EFFECT OF ADLERIAN COUNSELLING THERAPY ON STEALING MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LALINGO EDUCATION ZONE, TARABA STATE.

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of Adlerian  counselling therapy on maladaptive behaviours of secondary school students in Jalingo Education Zone Taraba State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 significance level. The study adopted quasi-experimental design. The study target population was 2,283 SS2 students, while the sample of the study comprises 60 SS2 students (male and female) drawn from the public secondary school in the Zone who exhibited maladaptive behaviour of stealing. Maladaptive Behaviour Inventory questionnaire (MBIQ) consist of 20 items were used for data collection for the study. The reliability of MBIQ was established using Cronbach Alpha, an index of 0.82 was obtained. The MBIQ was validated by three experts of different area of specialization all from Faculty of Education Taraba State University, Jalingo. The two research questions were answered using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, while inferential statistics of t-test (paired samples and independent samples) was used to test the two null hypotheses. From the analyzed data findings revealed that: there was significant effect of Adlerian counselling therapy on stealing maladaptive behaviour of secondary school students in Jalingo Education Zone Taraba State, Nigeria. There was no significant difference in the mean effect of Adlerian counselling therapy on stealing between male and female secondary school students in Jalingo Education Zone Taraba State, Nigeria. It was concluded that Adlerian therapy had significantly reduces stealing  behaviour among secondary school students in Jalingo Education Zone Taraba State, Nigeria. The Adlerian counselling therapy is gender friendly. The study recommends among others that school counsellors, teachers, psychologists should improve in using Adlerin Therapy when dealing with behaviour related cases.