Effect of Social Skills Training on Social Withdrawal Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State

Ibrahim Nana Fatima

Abstract


This study will examine the effect of social skills training on social withdrawal behaviour among secondary school students in Patigi local government area of Kwara State. Two (2) objectives and two (2) corresponding research questions and hypothesis were set guide the study. The study will adopt quasi-experimental design involving pre-test - post-test design. Forty- one (41) students were identified with social withdrawal behaviour from Patigi Secondary School and Islamiya Community School Patigi. However, twenty-eight (28) students out of the identified will be used as sample of the study. Two instruments were used in the study, the first instrument entitled social withdrawal check list adapted from cheek and Buss (2014) used by the class teachers to identify students with social withdrawal behaviour. The second instrument entitled social withdrawal scale (SWS) adapted from Akinade (2012) will be used to obtain pre-test – post-test scores from the participants. The data called from the participants will be analyse using descriptive and inferential statistics, mean and standard deviation will be used to answer the research questions and paired sample t-test will be used to test the null hypotheses. The hypotheses will be tested at 0.05 level of significance.


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