Efficacy of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) on Depression among Secondary School Going Adolescents in Yobe Islamic Centre Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria

The study examined the efficacy of rational emotive behaviour therapy on depression among secondary school going adolescents in Yobe Islamic Centre Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 students for the study. The sample participants consist of 15 male and 15 female students. Becks Depression Inventory (BDI) was administered to assess depression before and after the intervention with .85 reliability co-efficient. REBT was employed as the treatment to the experimental group. T-test statistical tool was used to test the 3 hypotheses formulated. The result revealed that REBT was significantly effective on the management of depression%253B difference in the management of depression was significant to Gender but not for age. In view of these findings, the study recommended that students should be trained on the effective usage of this intervention (REBT), Experts in educational Counseling%252FEducational psychologists should intensify their effort to organize seminars%252Fconferences on the implications of this intervention

Self-Efficacy, Motivation and Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Damaturu, Metropolis, Yobe State Nigeria

This study examined the teachers self-efficacy, motivation and academic performance of senior secondary school students in Damaturu, Metropolis, Yobe State Nigeria. Two research hypotheses were raised and tasted. The study adopted a correlation research design. The study has the total population of 2,998 teachers spread across the 9 secondary schools in Damaturu Metropolis. A sample of 250 teachers were selected from six (6) senior secondary Schools in Damaturu Metropolis by using multistage sampling techniques. The study used two instruments for data collection%253A The teachers sense of efficacy scale and Students termly academic results. The internal consistency of the items was established to be 0.94 using Cronbach Alpha Statistical Method. Data Collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at lt%253B0.05 level of significance. The results of the study indicated that, teachers self-efficacy was found to have significant positive influence on academic performance of students. Similarly, teachers motivation is significantly related with students academic performance of students. The researchers concluded that proper training and work on motivation of the teachers towards the teaching should be improved. As such, the study recommended that, government should enhance professional training for teachers welfare and teachers educational programmes to develop a sense self-efficacy and motivation for teachers