Effect of Self Instruction Technique on Generalized Anxiety among Secondary School Adolescents in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study is on the effect of Self Instruction Technique on generalized anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Enugu East Local Government area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research design is quasi experimental. The population of the research work consist of secondary school students who were identified as positing generalized anxiety in the area of study and they were two hundred and three in number (203). Out of these 203 students, 61 made up the sample for the study and were those that posited generalized anxiety in the two schools in the area with the highest number of generalized anxiety victims. In order to collect the data for the study, Beck Anxiety Inventory was used. The inventory consist of 21 items and was adopted for the research. In analyzing the Data that were collected, mean scores and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses respectively. The study in its findings revealed that the technique; Self Instruction has effect on secondary school students with generalized anxiety. On the retention effect the findings of the study also indicated that Self Instruction Technique was retained twelve weeks after the treatment. The researchers therefore, recommended among others that guidance counsellors should incorporate Self Instruction Technique while handling secondary school students with generalized anxiety. In addition, Guidance Counsellors should arrange for seminars and workshops for teachers, in order to inculcate the process of using Self Instruction Technique in behavior modification especially such behavioural problems like generalized anxiety.