EFFECT OF TRAUMA-FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY ON KIDNAPPING ANXIETY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The study determined the effect of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Kidnapping Anxiety among Secondary School Students in Zaria Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It adopted the Quasi-experimental design in form of pre-test and post-test designs. The population of the study consisted of 254 SSI students of GSS Yakawada, Kaduna State. The researchers adopted the
purposive sampling technique to select 10 students who exhibited characteristics of a high level of kidnaping anxiety. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire designed by the researchers titled 'Students Kidnapping Anxiety Scale' (SKAS). The SCAS consisted of 15 items on the perception of students on the activities of bandits and their attitudes towards school; it is a
four-point scale with responses ranging from Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly disagree. The study was conducted in three stages; pre-test, treatment and post-test stages. In the pre-test, the researchers administered the scale to all 251 SSI students in the school, from these 10 students that scored between 25 and 45 were selected for the study. The treatment was undertaken in
12 sessions, each session lasted for 1 hour. After the treatment, the subjects were post-tested and data collected compared with the pre-test to ascertain the efficacy of the treatment. Descriptive statistics of frequency, mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research question while the null hypothesis was tested using the paired sample t-test at a 0.05 level of significance. It was found that there was a significant effect of Trauma-Focus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on kidnapping anxiety among secondary school students in Zaria Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (t = 10.52, p= 0.001), based on the finding, it was deduced that Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was effective in reducing kidnapping anxiety among secondary school students. It was recommended that since Trauma-Focused Behavioural Therapy was effective in reducing kidnapping anxiety among secondary school students, counsellors should use the technique in reducing the anxiety induced by the activities of the bandits.