Mathematics anxiety, an intense emotional feeling of apprehension that manifests when
one engages in mathematical tasks often results in low achievement in mathematics.
Evidence from literature has shown that secondary ...
Alcohol addiction is the excessive and compulsive craving for and alcohol consumption
which often results in lowered physical and mental alertness. Reports have shown that
alcohol addiction is prevalent among members of ...
Depressive Disorder (DD) is a psychological maladjustment characterised by
persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities which causes significant
impairment in daily life. Impaired mental health like DD ...
Negative Academic Emotion (NAE) is a disturbing feeling that students experience in the
cause of studying, which could cause poor mental health and self-worth. Reports have
shown that many underachieving Secondary School ...
Risky sexual behaviour among adolescents is one of the global challenges because of
its dire consequences on the adolescents, family and the society. It could lead to
unwanted pregnancy, abortion, school dropout, untimely ...
Achievement Emotion (AE), one of the important factors to academic success, is the
feeling of excitement that students receive during learning that leads to academic
success. However, meta-analytic findings have shown ...
Emotional intelligence, an important construct that has been extensively used globally, is
a critical factor in adolescent growth. However, extant literature have shown that locallybased Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) ...
Offending Behaviour (OB), a transgression against norms and social order, is generally
detested by society and the criminal justice system. Extant literature has shown that outof-school adolescents in motor parks in Ogun ...
Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA), the fear of giving an oratory in public because of the
expectation of being negatively evaluated, is a major hinderance to effective public
speaking. Extant literature have shown that many ...
Depressive symptoms characterised by a mild and non-clinical mental health disorder, is
detrimental to the well-being of human beings. Reports have shown that menopausal rural
farmers in Ibadan less city exhibited ...
Sexual decision-making is a major challenge among adolescents globally. Reports have
shown that adolescents in Nigeria, including Bayelsa State, encounter numerous lifethreatening adverse effects due to lack of sexual ...
Zero-tolerance for corruption is the propensity to reject the temptation to engage in
corruption in one’s own conducts and to consider the corrupt behaviour of other people as
ethically unacceptable. Reports have shown ...
Marital distress, which usually manifests in sadness, anger, infidelity, lack of trust and depression, has threatened the joy of most blissful homes in Nigeria with attendant breakdown in marital relationships. This trend ...
Marriage is a conscious union between man and woman for lifetime integration. However, dissatisfaction among married individuals records consequential effects such as domestic violence, suicidal ideation, depression, ...
Good quality sleep is essential for physical and mental alertness. However, evidence have shown that many in-school adolescents experience poor quality sleep which makes it impossible for them to adequately perform daily ...
Career decision-making difficulty is thelack of readiness and/or motivation of an individual to choose a suitable decision, a situation that is common with secondary students. Studies have shown that the problem of career ...
Blame attribution is a situation whereby patients apportion blame of the cause of their illness to themselves, the environment, significant others and illogical factors. The negative effects of this behaviour on newly ...
Self-acceptance is an important psychological condition, which enables individuals to appropriately evaluate their efficient and inefficient body features. Reports have shown that many secondary school students in Osun ...
Academic burnout is a mental and emotional fatigue state caused by continuous stress among extra-mural students. This syndrome is usually caused by repeated failure and overload of work in the school, which eventually leads ...
Pre-service counsellor anxiety is an emotional situation that inhibits counsellors’ training and performance. The literature has shown that pre-service counsellors experience anxiety, which largely accounted for underperformance ...