Browsing by Author "Maduagwu, Chinonso Beatrice"

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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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    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.