Usman Galadima MUHAMMAD2023-09-212023-09-212019-12-05https://teras.ng/api/asset/document/375ff11b-4f76-4689-88e3-ff777e4af349https://teras.ng/catalog-item/f2a83838-0322-405a-a5b7-9c4b2b6b04c2http://dspace.teras-network.net:4000/handle/123456789/7227This 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.Research Theses