Aims: This study seeks to determine the integration of digital technology in rendering counselling services in Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Nigeria, conducted within the space of four (4) months January 2022 to May 2022. Methodology: The design for this study is the descriptive survey research design. The target population for this study include all professional guidance counsellors registered with the Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON). In this wise, for ease of access the authors employed the accidental sampling technique during the administration process. The instrument for data collection is a structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on the integration of digital technologies in rendering counselling services in Nigeria” this instrument was structured on a 5-point Likert scale and further divided into clusters (see link https://forms.gle/Jr5PgpD5XvmzWwdY8). The validation of the instrument was done by two experts in the Department of Guidance and Counselling. The overall reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha statistics and yielded a reliability statistic of 0.76. Data for this instrument was collected through a mailing approach. The method for data analysis adopted the use of Mean, Standard Deviation (Mean±STD) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). This was done after the normality of the data collected is established. In judging the response, the criterion mean score of 3.00 was adopted. Results: The sample size of 169 professional counsellors responded to the instrument and yielded the following results. The result revealed that counsellors rated agreed to all the items raised, the result further show that counsellors rated agreed to seven (7) items and disagreed with item 1, counsellors rated agreed to seven (7) items and disagreed with one (1) item and counsellors rated agreed to all the items raised in the fourth cluster. Results relating to the hypotheses tested revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience on the integration of telephone device in rendering counselling services, a significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience on the integration of video conferencing service in rendering counselling services, a significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience on the integration social networking tools in rendering counselling services and finally a no significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience on the factors hindering the integration of digital technologies in rendering counselling services in Nigeria. Conclusion: it was concluded that guidance counsellors agreed to the integration of telephone device, video conferencing service, social networking in rendering counselling services in Nigeria. They further agreed to the factors hindering the integration of digital technology in rendering counselling services in Nigeria. The study further revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience (0-5 years, 6-10 years & above 10 years) on the integration of telephone device and also factors hindering the integration of digital technology in rendering counselling services in Nigeria. There is a significant difference in the mean rating of counsellors with varied years of experience (0-5 years, 6-10 years & above 10 years) on the integration of video conferencing service and social networking in rendering counselling services in Nigeria.
Aims: This study compared the adoption of conflict resolution model for conflict management in colleges of education and universities in South-east Nigeria. Study Design: The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Place and Duration of Study: Academic staffs of Nwafor Orizu College of Education and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, between November 2022 and February 2023. Methodology: Simple random sampling technique of balloting with replacement was used to select 1,046 academic staffs from the accessible population of 5,225 academic staffs of Nwafor Orizu College of Education and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. The standardized instruments adopted for data collection was conflict management style assessment by Reginald Akins. The psychometric properties of the instrument were validity and a reliability coefficient of 0.74; also the instrument was administered using the direct delivery approach. Data collected was analysed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation. A table of real limit of numbers was used to interpret the respondents’ response. Rarely - 1.00 - 1.49, Sometimes - 1.50 – 2.00, Often - 2.50 – 3.00, Always - 3.50 – 4.00. Analysis for this study was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: The findings revealed that academic staffs in colleges of education always adopt competing mode of conflict resolution for conflict management. While, academic staffs in universities often adopt competing mode of conflict resolution for conflict management. Furthermore, academic staffs in colleges of education often adopt avoiding mode of conflict resolution for conflict management, while academic staffs in universities always adopt avoiding mode of conflict resolution for conflict management among others. Conclusion: Conflict is inevitable in all organisations and the tertiary institutions being a formal organisation have intricate network of members with divergent needs that trigger conflicts. The findings of this study revealed that academic staffs in colleges of education and universities adopt conflict resolution model for conflict management.
Aims: The thrust of this study was to determine the relationship between social cognition, social adjustment and prosocial behaviour among undergraduates in federal universities in South-east. Nigeria. Study Design: The study adopted the correlational survey design. Place and Duration of Study: Undergraduates in federal universities in South-east, Nigeria (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Federal University of Technology, Owerri FUTO, Federal University Ndifu-Alike, Ebonyi State and Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike), between January 2023 and April 2023. Methodology: The sample for the study comprised of 1500 undergraduates drawn from two federal universities (University of Nigeria = 780, Nnamdi Azikiwe university = 720). The instruments for data collection were the social cognition questionnaire, social adjustment scale and pro-social behaviour scale. The instruments were validated and its reliability determined using Cronbach alpha reliability statistics (r = 0.786, r = 0.748 & r = 0.631). Data collected was analysed using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and t-test for correlation analysis. The research questions were answered using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, while hypotheses were tested using the t-test for correlation analysis. Results: The findings of the study revealed a high positive relationship between social cognition and prosocial behaviour among undergraduates in federal universities in South-east, and a very high positive relationship between social adjustment and prosocial behaviour among undergraduates in federal universities in South-east. The findings revealed a statistically significant relationship between social cognition and prosocial behaviour among undergraduates in federal universities in South-east. Also the findings revealed a statistically significant relationship between social adjustment and prosocial behaviour among undergraduates in federal universities in South-east, Nigeria. Conclusion: Professional psychologist in collaboration with universities should develop psychological programmes tailored towards behaviours and undergraduates engaging in them.
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