Counseling variables as affective correlates of truancy/ absenteeism in senior secondary school in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorNwadinigwe, I.P.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T15:45:33Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T15:45:33Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study investigate counsellor variables as correlates of truancy/absenteeism in secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The sample comprised 150 senior secondary one students one manifested truant behaviour in 2004/2005 academic session, selected from four secondary schools in Lagos Metropolis. a researcher-constructed questionnaire was used to test three hypotheses formulated in the study. The finding shows that there is a significant influence of perceived counsellor ability to disseminate information adequately on truants' psychological awareness of their latent potentialities. It also found that no significant difference in psychological awareness of latent potentialities due to truants' perception of adequacy of counsellors interpersonal relationship skills. However it was observed that truants from schools with counsellors have higher psychological awareness of their latent potentialities than those form schools without counsellors. The implication of the conclusion on counsellors, school administrators and students with respect to curbing truancy were highlighted.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNwadinigwe, I. P. (2006). Counseling variables as affective correlates of truancy/ absenteeism in senior secondary school in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria. African Journal of Special Needs, IV (3), 476-487.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0855-7713
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10914
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Journal of Special Needs;4(3)
dc.subjectCounsellor variablesen_US
dc.subjectTruancy/absenteeismen_US
dc.subjectSecondary Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectLagos Stateen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationen_US
dc.titleCounseling variables as affective correlates of truancy/ absenteeism in senior secondary school in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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