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    Effect of Rehabilitation Counselling on Physical and Moral Self Concept of Prison Inmates in Nasarawa State
    (Department of Educational Foundation, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2012-03-03) Mayange, Levi Terzungwe; Aris, Addrar Emmanuel; Nyam, Anna Levi
    The study investigated the effect of rehabilitation counselling on physical and on moral self concept of prison inmates in Nasarawa State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study employed experimental research design. The population was 525 inmates from two prisons in Keffi and Lafia prisons. The sample size was 60 inmates. The study adopted purposive sampling technique. The two sets of questionnaire for data collection namely; Physical and Moral Self-Concept Scale (PMSCS) with reliability coefficients of 0.96 and 0.77 respectively. The instrument was t validated by two experts in Guidance and Counselling in Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University, Makurdi. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is significant effect of rehabilitation counselling on physical and moral self concept of prison inmates in Nasarawa State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors should help inmates on the need for regular exercise in order to improve their appearances, body fats and so forth. Also, moral lessons should be introduced in prison by counsellors so as to improve inmates' morality
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    EFFECT OF REHABILITATION COUNSELLING ON SOCIAL SELF CONCEPT AND SELF-ASSERTIVENESS OF PRISON INMATES IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Educational Foundation, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2022-01-01) Mayange, Levi Terzungwe; Aris, Addrar Emmanuel; Nyam, Anna Levi
    This study investigated the effect ofrehabilitation counselling on social self Concept and self assertiveness ofprison inmates in Nasarawa State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study employed experimental research design. The population was 525 inmates from two prisons in Keffi and Lafia Prisons. The sample size was 60 inmates. The study adopted purposive sampling technique. The two sets of questionnaire were used for data collection namely; Social Self Concept Scale (SSCS) and Self Assertiveness Scale (SAS) with reliability coefficients of 0.96 and 0.77 respectively. The instrument was validated by two experts in Guidance and Counselling in Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University, Makurdi. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is significant effect of rehabilitation counselling on social self and self assertiveness ofprison inmates in Nasarawa State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Prison authorities should ensure that social activities such as debates and sporting activities are done in prison yards to improve the social selfconcept of inmates. Periodic lessons should be organized by counsellors along with talk shows and constructive arguments between inmates to help them improve on their self assertiveness (being polite/upright).