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Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children

Impact of gender orientation on achievement behaviour of Nigerian in-school adolescents

  • Authors: Ossai, Osita V. , Ede, Augustina O. , Victor-Aigbodion, Vera , Ngwoke, Dominic U. , Ononaiwu, Agnes I.
  • Date: 2021
  • Subjects: Gender Orientation , Achievement behaviour , In-school adolescents
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483165 , uj:43841 , Citation: Ossai, O.V., Ede, A.O., Victor-Aigbodion, V., Ngwoke, D.U. & Ononaiwu, A.I. 2021. Impact of gender orientation on achievement behaviour of Nigerian in-school adolescents. DOI:10.31838/jcr.08.02.186
  • Description: Abstract: This study investigated the impact of gender orientation on achievement behaviour of in-school adolescents. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The design of the study was ex-post facto design. The target population was 22,296 in-school adolescents in Obollo-Afor and Nsukka Education Zones of Enugu State, Nigeria. The sample for this study consisted of 816 masculine and feminine (determined from their scores on the Gender Orientation Scale-(GOS) in-school adolescents randomly drawn through random sampling from 12 public secondary schools in ObolloAfor and Nsukka Education Zones in Enugu State, Nigeria. Two instruments namely: Gender Orientation Scale (GOS) and Achievement Behaviour Questionnaire (ABQ) were developed, validated and used for the study. The internal consistency reliability co-efficient of the instruments obtained through Cronbach alpha method were 0.87 and 0.96 for GOS and ABQ respectively. The instruments were administered to the respondents through direct delivery, by the researcher and 3 research assistants. Mean and Standard Deviation scores were used to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 probability level using Analysis of Variance Statistic. Results showed that gender orientation significantly impacts on the achievement behaviour of in-school adolescents. There were no significant interactions of gender orientation and school location on achievement behaviour of in-school adolescents. It was concluded that gender orientation significantly impacts on the achievement behaviour of in-school adolescents. Therefore, gender orientation is a critical factor that shapes the level of achievement, aspiration and goals attained by in-school adolescents. Among the educational implications is included that gender orientation is a major determining factor in the learning process, the in-school adolescents would aspire higher and achieve their full potentials if their gender orientation is definitive. Based on the findings it was recommended that the school authorities, teachers and stakeholders in the education sector should help in increasing the campaign of gender sensitivity in the contemporary learning environments. By so doing, instructional designers and textbook writers might adopt gender sensitive illustrations in pictorial representations in the learning materials to minimize gender stereotyping in learning environments.
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Impact of spiritual beliefs and faith-based interventions on diabetes management

Predictive power of demographic factors over nurses' work stress and burnout

Influence of parental education levels on eating habits of pupils in Nigerian primary schools

Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism : a rational emotive occupational health coaching control trial

  • Authors: Ogba, Francisca N. , Onyishi, Charity N. , Victor-Aigbodion, Vera , Abada, Ifeanyichukwu M. , Eze, Uchenna N. , Obiweluozo, Patience E. , Ugodulunwa, Christiana N. , Igu, Ntasiobi C.N. , Okorie, Cornelius O. , Onu, JeanFrance C. , Eze, Angela , Ezeani, Emmanuel O. , Ebizie, Elizabeth N. , Onwu, Alexandra O.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Children with autism , Job stress , Rational emotive occupational health coaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453550 , uj:40045 , Citation: Ogba, F.N. et al. 2020. Managing job stress in teachers of children with autism A rational emotive occupational health coaching control trial.
  • Description: Abstract: Background/Objective: Teaching has been found to be 1 of the most stressful occupations worldwide. Stress associated with teaching is more critical among teachers teaching children with special needs in general and those with autism specifically, partly due to the heterogeneous nature of the disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching (REOHC) in minimizing job stress in teachers of children with autism (CWA). Methods: A group-randomized waitlist control-trial design was adopted. A sample of 87 teachers of CWA who participated in the study was randomized into the immediate intervention group (IIG) and waitlist group (WLG). Participants were evaluated on 3 occasions: pretest, post-test and follow-up. Three instruments (Occupational Stress Index, Perceived Occupational Stress Scale and Stress Symptom Scale) were used to measure dimensions of job stress. After the pretest exercise, the IIG participated in a 2- hour REOHC programme weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Post- and follow-up evaluations were conducted respectively at 2 weeks and 3 months after the REOHC programme. Those in WLG were exposed to the REOHC after the follow-up assessment. Data collected were analysed using t-test statistics, repeated measures analysis of variance and bar charts. Results: Results revealed that the perceived stress and stress symptoms of the REOHC group reduced significantly over WLG at post-test, and follow-up assessments. Changes in the occupational stress index scores across pre-, post- and follow-up measurements were minimal and could not account for a significant difference between the IIG and WLG. Conclusion: It was concluded that REOHC is effective in reducing subjective feelings and physiological symptoms of job stress, even when the objective stressors remain constant among teachers of CWA and other employees who work in stressful occupational environments. Abbreviations: ABCDE = activating event, beliefs, consequences, disputation and effective world view, CI = confidence interval, df = Degree of Freedom, IIG = immediate Intervention Group, ŋ2 = partial eta squared (effect size), OSI = occupational stress index, POSS = perceived occupational stress scale, REBT = Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, REOHC = Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching, SISQ = single-item stress questionnaire, SSS = Stress Symptom Scale, WLG = waitlist group.
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Relationship of work irrational beliefs with burnout among Nigerian nurses

  • Authors: Eseadi, Chiedu Eseadi , Diale, Boitumelo Molebogeng , Victor-Aigbodion, Vera , Folorunsho, Raphael Oluwasina Babalola , Uwakwe, Rowland C. , Onwuasoanya, Paul N.
  • Date: 2020
  • Subjects: Work Irrational Beliefs , Burnout , Nigerian Nurses
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/463953 , uj:41424 , Citation: Eseadi, C. et al. 2020. Relationship of work irrational beliefs with burnout among Nigerian nurses. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v12i1.13878
  • Description: Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the association between work irrational beliefs and each burnout dimension (physical fatigue, cognitive weariness and emotional exhaustion) by treating burnout as a construct that is multidimensional. This cross-sectional, correlational study was completed by a convenience sample of nine hundred and twenty-three Nigerian federal medical nurses. The study data were collected from participating nurses through a 15-item Nurses’ Work-related Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (NWIBQ) and a 17-item Nurses’ Burnout Questionnaire (NBQ) with three subscales consisting of physical fatigue, cognitive weariness and emotional exhaustion. For analyses of data collected, bivariate correlation and linear regression analyses were conducted at .05 level of significance. The statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software, version 22. Results indicated that work irrational beliefs negatively correlated with physical fatigue (r=-.049, P=.136), cognitive weariness (r= -.025, P=.442) and emotional exhaustion (r=- .051, P=.123) among the nurses. The analyses also confirmed the extent of a direct association between work irrational beliefs and burnout symptoms among the nurses. Given the negative connection of work irrational beliefs with burnout among the nurses, the medical centres should ensure nurses benefit from psychological interventions to eliminate irrational beliefs and burnout issues linked to work.
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