Student Behavioural Patterns and Counseling Intervention Services in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State
Onofiok, Blessing Wilson (Ph.D)
Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Ikot Ekpene
Email: blessingwilson20@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study ‘Student Behavioural Pattern and Counseling
Intervention Services’ was carried out in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State among counselors. The behavioural pattern mostly observed among students were anxiety problems, compulsive gambling, substance abuse, self-harm and raping behavioural pattern. A total of 20 counsellors were randomly selected in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State were used as respondent for the work, five research questions and hypothesis guided the study. A researcher made
instrument tagged counseling intervention services and student behavioural pattern questionnaire (CISABPQ) was used in gathering relevant data for the work, independent t-test was used in analyzing the data and all the variables selected for the study were highly significant, it was therefore recommended that because of the magnitude of the problems encountered by students in recent times, the government should recruit and send more counselors to the school to help the students in
tackling all these problems. KEY WORDS: Compulsive gambling, substance abuse, self-harm, anxiety problems, raping behavioural problems.
