Effect of Logo-therapy Technique on Reducing Social Anxiety Disorder and Promoting Health and Well-being among Junior Secondary School Students in Imo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study evaluated the effect of logo-therapy on reduction of social anxiety disorder and promoting health and well-being among secondary school students Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria. The study was carried out in Orlu Local Government Area. The sample of the study was 48 social anxiety disorder students in junior secondary schools Orlu, Imo State. The researcher formulated two research questions and two hypotheses to guide study. The study was a quasi-experimental study adopting pre-test, post-test and control group arrangement design used on a sample of 48 social anxiety disordered students were purposefully drawn from two randomly selected Co-educational senior secondary school class two students in Orlu, lmo State. In each school, one intact group was selected, the groups were assigned, experimental and control conditions. Two research questions and null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A 20-items instrument titled Social Anxiety Disorder Reduction Assessment Rating Scale (SADRARS) developed by the researchers was used. Two training programmes namely: Logo-therapy Technique and Conventional Lesson Treatment Plan were developed. Logo-therapy was used for experimental while control received conventional teaching method. The two techniques were administered before and after treatment. Instrument was validated and reliability index of 0.79 was obtained. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer research questions while Analysis of Covariance was used to test hypotheses. Results revealed that Logo-therapy was effective in reducing social anxiety disorder among junior secondary school students. Also logo-therapy was found to be effective in improving student's mental health. No significant effect on students’ mental health in wellness based on gender was found. However a major health education teaching and counselling implication of the findings was that reduction in social anxiety disorder depends on training in logo-therapy and this suggests that health educators would achieve better results if students were equipped with relevant skills using logo-therapy and education institutions incorporating Iogo-therapy in lifestyle modification.