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Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Social Phobia among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

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dc.creator Babalola, Segun Oyetunde
dc.creator Ogunyemi, Ajibola Olusoga
dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-23T12:57:31Z
dc.date.available 2020-01-23T12:57:31Z
dc.date.issued 2019-12-31
dc.identifier https://aj-tuv.org/index.php/ajtuv/article/view/136
dc.identifier info:doi/10.29114/ajtuv.vol3.iss2.136
dc.identifier urn:ISSN:2603-316X
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.tu-varna.bg/handle/123456789/119
dc.description Social phobia is a mental health problem that has been repeatedly linked with adolescents. This study therefore investigated the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) on social phobia among secondary school adolescents in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a pretest – posttest control group quasi experimental design. The sample comprised of 104 secondary school adolescents identified with some levels of social phobia from the two randomly selected schools among the three senatorial districts of Oyo State. The selected students, grouped by schools and subsequently, treatment groups, were 51 and 53 for the control and experimental groups, respectively. The experimentation spanned a period of eight weeks, with ACT administered to the experimental group and placebo of leadership styles administered to the control group. The Social Phobia Inventory (SPI) was adopted and used for screening and in pretest and posttest stages. A statistical hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance by means of the Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). It was found that treatment with ACT significantly reduced the level of social phobia among school-going adolescents. ACT was therefore recommended for use in relieving school-going adolescents suffering from social phobia.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Technical university of Varna, Bulgaria
dc.relation https://aj-tuv.org/index.php/ajtuv/article/view/136/51
dc.rights Copyright (c) 2019 Segun Oyetunde Babalola
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.source ANNUAL JOURNAL OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA, BULGARIA; Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Annual Journal of Technical University of Varna; 54-61
dc.source ГОДИШНИК НА ТЕХНИЧЕСКИ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ - ВАРНА; Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Annual Journal of Technical University of Varna; 54-61
dc.source ЕЖЕГОДНЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ТЕХНИЧЕСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА ВАРНЫ, БОЛГАРИЯ; Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Annual Journal of Technical University of Varna; 54-61
dc.title Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Social Phobia among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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