Psychological Resilience and School Counselling as Determinants of Students Affective Domain towards Civic Education in Public Senior Secondary Schools in South West Nigeria
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2022-12
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Lead City University
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Psychological resilience and school counselling are important factors that could influence students affective domain, but have not been fully explored. This study therefore, examined psychological resilience and school counselling as determinants of public senior secondary schools students affective domain towards civic education in South West Nigeria.The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population comprised of all students from mixed public senior secondary schools, between the ages of 15-19 years in SSS. II in Southwest Nigeria (748,468). 1,800 respondents were selected through systematic random sampling technique using Yamane Taro sampling size determination. Structured questionnaires tagged Psychological Resilience, School Counselling and Students Affective Domain towards Civic Education Questionnaire (PRSCSADCEQ) for data collection the descriptive statistical measure using simple percentage and frequency counts were used for the demographic characteristics of the respondents while the research questions were analysed using Pearson moment correlation, and the descriptive statistics and zero-order correlation, while research hypotheses were tested using multiple regression analysis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Findings revealed a positive significant relationship between psychological resilience and students affective domain towards civic education in southwest Nigeria; r (1798) = 0.180, r2= 0.032, p<0.01. Likewise, findings also revealed a positive significant relationship between school counselling and students affective domain towards civic education in southwest Nigeria; r (1798) = 0.471, r2= 0.222, p<0.01.Students affective domain towards Civic education positively correlated with psychological resilience (r=0.180, p<0.01), and school counselling (r=0.471, p<0.01).
Furthermore, the findings indicated that both factors: psychological resilience and school counselling are significant predictors of students affective domain towards civic education in southwest Nigeria.
Based on the findings therefore, it is recommended that a functioning counselling unit should be provided at schools also, the parents, school, stakeholders, and government should be concerned in relation to the Psychological resilience and School counselling and Affective domain of secondary school students.
Keywords: Psychological Resilience, School Counselling, Students, Affective Domain, Civics Education.
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Kate Turabian