TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Cognitive Restructuring on School Adjustment of
Maladjusted In-School Adolescents in Onitsha Urban Education Zone of Nigeria
AU - Anyanwu, Joy I AU - Omeje, Joachim Chinweike AU - Oyibo, Zita Ikwunemelu 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 979
EP  - 984
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.979.984
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.979.984
KW  - maladjusted students
KW  -in-school adolescent
KW  -Cognitive restructuring
KW  -school
KW  -adjustment
AB  - This study investigated the effect of cognitive restructuring on school adjustment of maladjusted in-school adolescents in Onitsha Urban Education Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design to achieve its objectives. Through a purposive sampling technique, a sample of 14 maladjusted students was used as experimental group while 16 maladjusted students was used as control group. Two null hypotheses guided the study. In the analysis of the data for the study, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions whereas Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses. Results show that there is a significant difference in the mean academic adjustment of maladjusted adolescent students exposed to cognitive restructuring and those of conventional counselling and significant differences in the mean social adjustment scores of maladjusted adolescent students exposed to cognitive restructuring and those in conventional group. The researchers recommend among others that counsellors and school teachers should adopt cognitive restructuring approaches in addressing the problem of maladjusted in-school adolescents.
ER  -