Effects of Cognitive Restructuring and Solution Focused Brief Counselling Techniques on Self-Concept of Secondary School Underachievers in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria
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2016-10-26
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of cognitive restructuring and solution focused
briefcounsellingtechniques on self-concept of secondary school underachievers in Ilorin
metropolis, Nigeria. Five (5) research questions and five (5) null hypotheses to guide the work.
Quasi-experimental design involving pre-test post-test control group with two experimental and
one control groups was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises of fifty (50)
identified students with low self-concepts underachievers from SSII.The purposive sampling
procedure was used in selecting (45) samples and were grouped into treatment and control.
Academic self-concept scale developed by Liu and Wang (2005) was the instrument adapted for
the collection of data in this study. The ANCOVA statistical tool was used to test five hypotheses
raised at 0.005 alpha level of significance. The findings showed that cognitive
restructuringtechnique is effective in managingself-concept of secondary school underachievers
(p = 0.000), solution focused brief counselling techniqueis effective in improvingself-concept of
secondary school underachievers (p = 0.000) in enhancing self-concept of secondary school
underachievers. Comparing the two techniques, both were effective (p = 0.763)in improving self-
concept of secondary school underachieversin Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The result found no
significant differential effect of cognitive restructuringtechnique in improving self-concept of
male and female secondary school underachievers in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria (p = 0.359),no
significant differential effect of solution focused brief counsellingtechniquein improving self-
concept of male and female secondary school underachievers in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria (p =
0.341).The researcher recommended school counsellors and psychologists should be encouraged
to use cognitive restructuring and solution focused brief counselling techniques in improving
self-concept among secondary school underachievers. School counsellors and psychologists
should be encouraged to use both techniques in improving self-concept of male and female
senior secondary school underachievers.Also, teacher should be trained by the counsellors
andpsychologists on the use of cognitive restructuring and solution focused brief counselling
techniques in enhancing self-concept of secondary school underachieversin Ilorin metropolis.