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    Anxiety among Pregnant Women in Federal Capital Territory Abuja Nigeria: Therapeutic Interventions.
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-08-04) Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Kpanja, Kashim Lagu; Abeshi, Christiana Ladi
    This study focused on assessing anxiety among pregnant women in Federal Capital Territory Abuja, so as to find out therapeutic interventions strategics. Anxiety in pregnant women affects the woman as well as the developing baby yet, hardly diagnosed nor treated hence, leading to severe instances. The design of the study was descriptive survey. A questionnaire titled: Questionnaire on Anxiety in Pregnancy (QAP) was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated and pilol-tested using cronbach alpha, with a reliability coefficient of a:» 0.76. The population of the study was 939 pregnant women who booked and were attending antenatal in the National Hospital, Garki Abuja. 252 pregnant women who were willing and volunteered to participate formed the sample for the study. Data was analysed using frequency, percentage, and chi-square. The study identified pregnant women with anxiety', it determined anxiety levels, and determined how age related to anxiety' level among pregnant women. Findings revealed that 20.2% of 252 pregnant women who participated in the exercise had anxiety, 8.3% had nuld anxiety level and 11.9% had severe anxiety level. The researchers concluded that anxiety is real among pregnant women, that there are mild and severe anxiety cases among pregnant women irrespective of their age. it was therefore recommended that counsellors be more proactive, getting involved in regular screening for anxiety among pregnant women. Counsellors need to also collaborate with health workers in ensuring that women are screened. Reality therapy is recommended for counselling pregnant women with anxiety. These would go a long way in securing women as key agents of change in the society, and even protect the generation yet unborn thereby resulting in a healthier nation and society.
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    AWARENESS AND NEED FOR PREVENTIVE COUNSELING OF MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING STUDENTS IN NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI.
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-07-05) Kpanja, Kashim Lagu; Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    The study investigated awareness of mental illness symptoms among Guidance counseling students in Nasarawa State University, Keffi. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select students across all level of the programme. The researchers designed Awareness of Mental Illness Symptoms Sales (AMISS) for data collection with an internal consistency of 0.7. Three research hypotheses were generated and subjected to the use of t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that there was significant difference in the awareness of mental illness symptoms of300L and 400L students and also there was significant difference in the awareness of mental illness symptoms of M.Ed and Ph.D students and there way also significant difference in I00L and 200L students. The finding of this study has implication for preventive counselling. It was recommended that both the counsellor trainer and trainees be aware of mental illness symptoms so that they can continue to reeducate their clients for their mental wellbeing and self-development
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    COUNSELLING AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG FAMILIES, A PANACEA TO BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-05-06) Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    Domestic violence is increasingly becoming a rampant problem among Nigerian families, with children always at the receiving end. The paper focuses on the impact of domestic violence on the behavioural development of primary school pupils. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. It had a population comprising primary four and five pupils purposively selected from Nasarawa State University Demonstration Nursery and Primary School. Data was collected using purposive random technique. Statistics used for data analysis includes frequency, percentages, mean-and standard deviation.- Findings of the study revealed that 50.9% of respondents have witnessed domestic violence between their parents, and while 20.0% of them are witnesses of physical violence, 10.9% witnessed emotional and. 7.3% witnessed economic violence. The study similarly revealed that some respondents exhibit similar violent behaviours that they witness. It was hence concluded that domestic violence between parents has negative impact on pupils’ physical, psychological, emotional and social development. Researchers therefore recommended the need for counsellors Educate and counsel parents/families to guard their children's upbringing against exposure to domestic violence
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    COUNSELLING AGAINST WIFE BATTERING AMONG NIGERIAN FAMILIES
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-08-10) Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    The paper discusses the prevalence of wife battering among Nigerians, the causes, effects, and the counselling implications on the victims’ general wellbeing and that of their families. The paper describes the situation surrounding wife banering in Nigeria and recommends that community counselling centres should be established by government and private agencies across States of the federation from where battered wives can seek help
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    Counselling Support for Families of Persons Living with Special Needs in Nigeria
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-08-05) Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Olubodun, Naomi N
    How families cope with everyday challenge of persons with special needs Challenges of Families of Persons Living should concern professional Counsellors, with Special Needs Counselling Psychologists, Mental Health Families of persons living with special Counsellors and other relevant agencies. It needs are challenged in many ways is necessary forparents and care givers of including; stress, stigma, and guilt among special need persons to be involved as key others. The moment a woman gets stakeholders and kept up to date on how pregnant, expectations concerning the best they themselves can be assisted in unborn child is that he/she would be a caring for their children. The psychological perfect child. No woman gets pregnant and impact of the presence of special need expects that she would give birth to a child
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    CULTIVATING UNIVERSITY CULTURE IN NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2019-06-05) Ayuba, Haruna K.; Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    This paper focuses on the principles andpractice ofuniversity culture in one of Nigeria's State-owned Universities (The Nasarawa State University, Keffi-NSUK). It viewed University culture as the beliefs, perceptions, relationships, altitudes, and written and unwritten rules that shape and influence every1 aspect of how a universityfunctions, as well as more concrete issues such as the physical and emotional safety of students, the orderliness of classrooms and public spaces, or the degi'ee to which the university embraces and celebrates racial, ethnic, linguistic, or cultural diversity. It aigued that each university has a unique and cherished culture that is borne from the institution's history and tradition. This tradition in turn reinforces that history and works to incorporate newcomers into the culture by instilling defined cultural values. A university's culture, tradition, and values are not only important, they are vital to the wellbeing of the institution because they provide stability and continuity. Over tune, as the university matures, so does its culture.
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    EFFECTS OF HERDSMEN ATTACK ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NASARWA STATE
    (Department of Educational Foundation, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2017-02-02) Mayange, Levi Terzungwe; Jerry, Jummai E.; Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    The study investigated the effect of herdsmen attack on economic, social and school development of Nasarawa State. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of herdsmen attack on economic, social and educational development. The variable of the study included economic, social and educational development. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The population ofthe study was 1,379 displaced people fivm 2 local government areas, and the sample size was 300 respondents. A self-structured questionnaire titled: Effects of herdsmen attack on economic, social and educational development questionnaire (EHAESEO) containing 15 items was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two lecturers fivm the Department of Educational Foundation, Nasarawa State University, Keffi. The data collected were analysed using means ratings and standard deviation in answering research questions and Chi-square ofgoodness of fit was used in testing null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that herdsmen attacks have significant negative effects on economic, social and development of Nasarawa Stale. Based on the findings of the study the researchers made the following recommendations: that the Federal Government should deploy security agencies to the affected local government areas, and Nasarawa State House of Assembly should make laws prohibiting open grazing by herdsmen.
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    Girl Children’s Nigeria: Vulnerability And Economic Recession In A Case Study of Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria.
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-09-10) Jacks, Chinyere Stella; Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Pur, Hamsatu; Abua, Cyril
    Girls are discriminated against in Nigeria in access to educational opportunity, food and nutrition. Girls carry the burden of housework, Anyanwu. (1995) The girl child is vulnerable in that she is susceptible to attack from many angles, in the home, school, church, among groups, anywhere at all. With negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth recorded for the fifth consecutive quarters. Nigeria's economy is mired in recession, according to newly published data by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). May 23, 2017. Due to the economic recession, inflation and unemployment have been on the increase, and as a result, some parents send their girl children as domestic servants either to relatives or non-relatives. Calabar, due to its metropolitan stand, attracts a lot of people from rural areas to come and seek “better lives", and parents give out their girls as domestic servants due to hardship. The population of the study was adolescents between the ages of I (hears to 20years.
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    THE PLACE OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIAN
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-08-03) Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    IHnitgrohdeur cetdiouncation system in Nigeria has its problems, lapses, controversies and issues. Prominent among the lapses in the system is the issue of examination malpractice. Although examination malpractice in Nigeria dates back to 1914 (Adesina, 2000), the current trend is alarming considering sophistication in Information Technology, Increased collaboration of some Lecturers/staff and the role of some parents as well as significant others in the society. This chapter
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    Psychological Challenges of Women in Maiduguri Metropolis internally Displaced Persons’ Camp: Counselling Implications
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-08-03) Joseph, Hamsatu; Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Maduagwu, Chinonso Beatrice
    The study determined the psychological challenges of women in Maiduguri Internally Displaced Persons’ camp and its implication for counselling. Three objectives guided the study. With a descriptive survey design, the popu tion of the study comprised 1,100 internally displaced women from Wulari LDP camp located within i ugun Metropolis, Borno State. This study utilized nou probability convenient sampling technique to get the sample for the study. Data for the study were collected from 100 willing internally displaced women through an instrument titled ‘Psychological Challenges Identification Questionnaire (PCIQ)” designed by the researchers. Test-retest reliability method utilized for the instrument provided a reliability coefficient of 0.85 using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, frequency count and percentage. The findings of the study revealed that the leading sources of psychological trauma among IDP women were prolonged stay in camp, loss of loved ones, threats constituted by Boko Haram in the camp and abandonment by the government. It was further revealed that 61% of the respondents are psychologically challenged with living in constant fear, constant nightmares, feeling depressed and insomnia as major psychological challenges experienced by these women' Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that women were psychologically challenged as a result of insurgency attack. Hence, it was recommended that professional counsellors and psychologists should be deployed to all the IDP camps in the state to assist the women overcome their psychological challenges and live a fulfilled life.
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    PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SUPPORT OF ORPHANED CHILDREN IN INTERNALL DISPLACED PEOPLES (IDPS) CAMPS IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-08-03) Jacks, Chinyere Stella; Pur, Hamsatu; Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    M^millinf Ti? reCOrd that there are approximately one hundred and forty - live (145) million children worldwide who have lost at least one parent as a result of (world health organization/United States agency for international development, 2008). Since 1990 the number in Sub- Saharan Africa has risen by 50 /o,( United Nations children’s funds, 2006). Puwanagba, 2017 noted that millions of children have been oiphaned or separated from their families as a result of war. The North Eastern part of Nigeria has been battling with the activities of terrorists who have millions of citizens killed as a result of their activities. Satomi, 2016 reported that there are about 23,000 orphans in the internally displaced camps in Bomo state in the North Eastern part of Nigeria which has Maiduguri as the state’s capital. They are vulnerable children with no one to sponsor their education. Most of them according to Satomi are unaccompanied children; they are all Boko haram victims. Some of their parents were killed while some have fled without any trace.
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    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND ANXIETY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA.
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-06-07) Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    The study determined the relationship between socioeconomic status and anxiety among pregnant women in North Central Nigeria The choice of pregnant women as a target group is justified by the fact that women are important agents of change in the society whose physical, psychological and social wellbeing need to be safeguarded. Correlational research design was adopted. A questionnaire on Socio-economic Status and Anxiety among Pregnant Women tOSSAPIV) was adapted for data collection. The instrument was validated and an index of 0.S3 (83%) was obtained. Cronbach alpha method of testing reliability was used in establishing a reliability coefficient of at = 0.S0. Data were analyzed using chi-square statistics. The population of the study was 7,058, from which 979 pregnant women were randomly selected as sample. 810 Questionnaire were rightly completed and used for analysis. Findings revealed that while education level showed a significant relationship with anxiety among pregnant women, occupation status and income levels show no relationship with anxiety level. It is recommended that anxiety screening needs to oc rctuit'reti in counsellors to pregnant women regardless o’du .r <. din alia1'.Cams
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    Relationship Between Test Anxiety And Academic Achievement Of Undergraguate Students Of Nasarawa State University Keffi
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-08-04) Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Igbo, Happiness Ihuoma
    This study investigated the relationship between students of \a.\arawa State University. Keffi. The lest anxiety among the students, its relationship with tlxh difference in the relationship in terms of gender and their level * of study. .-I population of 260 students composed of 100 and 200 level students of guidance and counselling unit, d sample of SO and 100 students were selected from both levels. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The design off he study was correlation research design. Statistics used included '’frequence counts and percentages. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and independent t-test statistics. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement of students. While gender was not a significant factor, level of study significant in the relationship between test anxiety and academic achievement. The study therefore recommended amount others that guidance counsellors at the beginning of every anide students on how to he committed to their studies in order to avoid examination Co tcs' and academic achievement of /v.u ai\ tu . ' '
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    ROLE OF COUNSELLORS IN ADJUSTMENT OF SURVIVORS OF UNREPORTED RAPE
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-09-12) Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Jacks, Chinyere Stella; Mayange, Levi Terzungwe
    In any way acceptable. Rape is a type of recent times, been confronted with * sexual assault against mostly women. U is increasing vices such as insurgency, forced sex or engaging one in sex activity abduction, violence, armed robbery, and without the person's consent. Rape is not kidnap, among others, leaving women at just unwanted sex but also a highly the receiving end; rape. Women have been traumatic experience like other serious positioned as vulnerable to men’s violence traumas (Ayinde. 2010). It is according to and powerless to stop it (llcberle, 1996). Centre for Law Enforcement Education Rape is a horrific experience that most (CLEEN Foundation 2011), a form of women would not want to talk about hence, sexual violence with devastating resulting in several unreported rape psychological, social and economic impact instances in the country. Rape, according on the survivors who are predominantly to Akinade, Adewuyi and Sulainvan women. Peters and Olowa (2010) consider (2010), is a pandemic crime that is rape as an immoral act which is not characteristically underreported peculiar to any nation, race, creed or worldwide. It is however, known to have gender. The trend of recurrence of rape in high prevalence in Nigeria. This has been the Nigerian society today constitutes a variously attributed to the enduring culture serious phenomenal threat to human of male dominance, female social and existence and dignity (Babalola, 2013). economic disempowerment and poor or • Unfortunately, available statistics and records of rape across the country are not true representation of the actual rape incidences. Partly, because most rape survivors never report their experiences for
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    Teachers’ Awareness and Attitude towards Positive Psychology in Secondary Schools in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2020-08-09) Maduagwu, Chinonso Beatrice; Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Obinna-Akakuru, Annabel Uchechukwu
    The study was conducted to determine teachers’ awareness and attitude towards positive psychology in secondary schools. The design for the study was descriptive survey'. The sample comprised 200 teachers enrolled from ten selected secondary' schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria using stratified sampling technique. A self-developed instrument on teachers’ awareness and attitude towards positive psychology with a Cronbach Alpha of 0.77 was used for data collection. Data were summarized and analysed with descriptive (mean, standard deviation and percentages) and inferential (independent t-test) statistics respectively. Results showed that teachers were fairly aware of positive psychology as 52.5% of participants had never heard of positive psychology' until the study while teachers/lecturers and online served as the major sources of information. However, teachers had very good attitude towards positive psychology. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in awareness and attitude towards positive psychology between male and female teachers. Based on this, it is recommended that teachers be enlightened and trained to imbibe the tenei.N of positive psychology in the teaching-learning process. Also, positive psychology should be made a compulsory' course tor education students/' teacher trainees in all tertiary institutions.
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    TOWARDS CULTIVATING UNIVERSITY CULTURE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-05-06) Ayuba, H. K; Ayuba, Iya Haruna
    Managing higher education in Nigeria is not an easy task. From 1949 when the premier University (University of Ibadan) was established in Nigeria till date (2020), there are a total of 172 Federal, State and Private Universities. Each university has a unique and cherished culture. This culture is bom from the institution's history and is steeped in tradition. ... Over time a university matures, and so does its culture.
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    Trainers' Entrepreneurship Programme of University of Maiduguri: Implications for Students' Empowerment Perception of the
    (Department of guidance and counselline, Nasarawa State university keffi, 2018-04-07) Ayuba, Iya Haruna; Joseph, Hamsatu Pur; Igbo, Happiness Ihuoma
    This study assessed entrepreneurship training program in the University of Maiduguri with reference to its nature, trainers' perception, material and human resources available, and the time span within which training is completed. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. A Likert type questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of os = .75 was designed by the researchers and used for data collection. Eighteen trainers were randomly selected to respond to the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation). The findings revealed that entrepreneurship programme in the University of Maiduguri is compulsory and in compliance with government's demand, material and human resources for the program are inadequate when compared with the large number of students involved. The time allotted for entrepreneurship training is only 3 months hence, considered too short to empower students meaningfully