The study investigated the roles of counselling education in the rehabilitation of teachers with psychopathic issues in Enugu State, Nigeria. One research question and one null hypothesis formulated to guide the study was tested at .05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population for the study consisted of 51 school counsellors in the 279 public secondary schools in the area. The number is small and manageable; so no sampling was done. The instrument used for data collection was a 6-item questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts from Faculty of Education, one from Measurement and Evaluation and two from Guidance and Counselling, all from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Mean, with standard deviation and t-test statistics were used for data analysis. The study revealed, among others that counsellors ought to assist in providing a special psychological care to those vulnerable teachers and to identify the coping strategies they can use to adjust the changes that occur in their lives. Secondly, it was also found that there is no significant relationship between the mean ratings of male counsellors and female school counsellors in the role of counselling education in the rehabilitation of teachers with psychopathic issues in Enugu State, Nigeria. The study recommended, among others, that there should be sectional seminars, workshops, symposia on the mental health life adjustment of teachers as regards their psychopathic and psychological problems.
The study is on the effect of Self Instruction Technique on generalized anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Enugu East Local Government area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research design is quasi experimental. The population of the research work consist of secondary school students who were identified as positing generalized anxiety in the area of study and they were two hundred and three in number (203). Out of these 203 students, 61 made up the sample for the study and were those that posited generalized anxiety in the two schools in the area with the highest number of generalized anxiety victims. In order to collect the data for the study, Beck Anxiety Inventory was used. The inventory consist of 21 items and was adopted for the research. In analyzing the Data that were collected, mean scores and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses respectively. The study in its findings revealed that the technique; Self Instruction has effect on secondary school students with generalized anxiety. On the retention effect the findings of the study also indicated that Self Instruction Technique was retained twelve weeks after the treatment. The researchers therefore, recommended among others that guidance counsellors should incorporate Self Instruction Technique while handling secondary school students with generalized anxiety. In addition, Guidance Counsellors should arrange for seminars and workshops for teachers, in order to inculcate the process of using Self Instruction Technique in behavior modification especially such behavioural problems like generalized anxiety.
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