ABSTRACT
This study
explored the effects of life skills training and rational emotive behaviour
therapy on health risk-taking behaviour ofin-school adolescents in Abia State.
The study adopted a quasi-experimental design employing non-randomized pre-test,
post-test, and control group with a 4x2 factorial matrix. Eight research
questions and eight null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the
study consisted of 778 (455 males' and 323 females) Senior Secondary Two (SS
II) students with health risk-taking behaviours from Aba and Umuahia Education
Zones of Abia State. The sample size of the study was 64 (32 males and 32
female) in-school adolescents assigned to four experimental groups. The
instrument used for data collection was a 30-item questionnaire titled
Adolescents’ Health Risk-Taking Behaviour Identification Questionnaire
(AHRTBIQ). The instrument was validated by three experts to establish its face
validity. The instrument was tested for stability aspect of reliability using
test retest procedure where the data from it were analysed using Pearson
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient which yielded a coefficient of 0.87.
Cronbach’s Alpha method reliability test was used to determine the internal
consistency ofthe instrument with index value of0.76. Data collected were
analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and
Analysis ofCovariance (ANCOVA) to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level
ofsignificance. The findings revealed that the interventions using either life
skills training or rational emotive behaviour therapy significantly reduced the
rate of health risk-taking behaviours of the in-school adolescents in Abia
State; hence, the null hypotheses were rejected. It was concluded that the
combination oflife skills training and rational emotive behaviour therapy were
more effective in the reduction of health risk-taking behaviours of in-school
adolescents in Abia State. There were no significant gender differences
observed at follow-up. Based on this finding, it was recommended among others
that: school counsellors and even teachers who have some identified students
with health risktaking behaviours in their schools should effectively use life
skills training and rational emotive behaviour therapy in reducing their health
risk-taking behaviour.
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