Effect of Social Skills Training On Social Phobia among Secondary School Students in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria

Abubakar Hassan, A. I. Mohammed, E. F. Adeniyi, H. A. Tukur

Abstract


This study assessed the Effect of Social Skills Training on Social Phobia among Secondary School Students in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria. Three (3) Objectives were formulated to guide this study, and three (3) null hypotheses were tested. Quasi-experimental design involving pre-test and post-test was used. The population was made up of 1,742 secondary students who exhibited symptoms of social Phobia in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria. A sample size of 20 students was selected through purposive sampling technique. An instrument tagged Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) was used for data collection. And the t-test statistic was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that students exposure to Social Skills Training (SST) had led to a reduction in Excessive Fear of Social Interactions, Physiological Manifestations of Social Phobia and  Social Interactions (p=0.000) in each case. The researcher, therefore, concluded that Social Skills Training is effective in reducing Social Phobia among secondary school students. Based on the findings of this study it was recommended among others that Psychologists and Counsellors should be encouraged to use Social Skills Training (SST) in handling Social Phobia among secondary school students so as to improve their social interactions and competency in learning.

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