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2019-12-05
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
This study examined effect of Cognitive Restructuring technique on Social Anxiety among
Senior Secondary School Students in Suleja Education Zone Niger State, Nigeria. The study was
guided by four research objectives, research questions and null hypotheses. The study employed
quasi experimental design involving pretest and posttest. The population of the study comprised
of 49 SS2 students identified with social anxiety from Government Day Secondary School Gawu
Babangida Gurara Local Government in Suleja Education Zone Niger State, Nigeria. Nineteen
(19) selected students constituted the sample and were used for the study. The 49 students were
identified using social anxiety scale (SAS) developed by Yahya and Nyarko-Sampson (2016).
The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation and the null
hypotheses were tested using paired sampled t-Test. The findings of the study revealed that:
Cognitive Restructuring technique has significant effect on the Cognitive component of Social
Anxiety with p=0.017, significant effect on the Behavioural component with p=.000, significant
effect on the Physiological component with p=0.005 and also significant effect on the Emotional
component of Social Anxiety with p=.000. All less than 0.05 level of significance. based on the
findings of this study, the researcher recommended that, school counsellors and psychologists
should be encouraged to use Cognitive Restructuring technique in handling students with Social
Anxiety and also, School teachers should be encouraged to replace corporal punishment with
Cognitive Restructuring technique in handling students with Social Anxiety by referring the
victim students to the school counsellors and psychologists for help.