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Item ATTITUDE OF NURSING MOTHERS TOWARDS EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Counselling Association of Nigeria, 2017) Mustapha, Mulikat Ladi A; MUHAMMAD, Shuaib Abolakale; ABDULKAREEM, Shakiru I; ISIAKA, GafarInfant feeding methods are major determinant of infant nutritional status. Among the feeding methods, breast feeding is common and of particular importance. This study investigated the attitude of nursing mothers in Ilorin metropolis towards exclusive breast feeding. The study examines whether or not moderating variables such as educational attainment and occupational status would influence the respondents’ view of exclusive breast feeding. Descriptive design was adopted for the study. A total of 300 respondents were drawn from the target population using purposive random sampling techniques. A researcher developed questionnaire on attitude of nursing mothers in Ilorin Metropolis towards exclusive breastfeeding (ANURTEB) was used to collect data for the study and the data was analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that 80% of the respondents had negative attitude towards exclusive breast feeding while 20% had positive attitude towards exclusive breast feeding in Ilorin metropolis. The result of the study also showed that there was a significant difference in the attitude of nursing mothers in Ilorin Metropolis towards exclusive breast feeding on the basis of educational attainment and occupational status. Based on the findings, recommendations were made that, nursing mothers should be educated on the benefits of exclusive breast feeding, employers of labour should make also working atmosphere conducive for working mothers.Item CONSEQUENCES OF BULLYING BEHAVIOUR ON IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS(Department of Educational Management and Counselling, Alhikmah University, Ilorin., 2016) Mustapha, Mulikat Ladi Abdulqadir; MUHAMMAD, Shuaib AbolakaleBullying is a major source of victimization among adolescents which has been associated with violent behaviours and has numerous bio-psychosocial and educational outcomes. This paper investigated the consequences of bullying behaviour on in-school adolescents in Ilorin metropolis. A total of 495 in-school adolescents were randomly selected for the study. Data was collected from the respondents using an instrument titled “Consequences of Bullying Behaviour of In-school Adolescent Questionnaire” (CBBIAQ). One research question was answered using frequency counts and percentages while three hypotheses were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study indicated that 340 (68.7%) of the sampled respondent have bullied their fellow students or have been bullied once or twice while 155 (31.3%) have bullied their fellow students or have been bullied more than five times. The study also revealed that there was no significant difference in the consequences of bullying behaviour on in-school adolescents on the basis of bullying interaction and age. However, there was a significant difference in the consequences of bullying behaviour on in-school adolescents on the basis of gender. Recommendations were made on the desirability of providing preventative counselling services against incidence of bullying in secondary schools and remedial counselling services for victims of bullying and the bullies of different age bracket and gender in order to help them learn appropriate way of relating with others and develop proper adjustment.Item EFFECTIVENESS OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY IN REDUCING BULLYING BEHAVIOUR AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS BASED ON GENDER AND AGE(Department of Science Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria., 2016-03) Mustapha, Mulikat Ladi Abdulqadir; MUHAMMAD, Shuaib Abolakale; Alwajud-Adewusi, Mariam BolaBullying behaviour is a deliberate, unprovoked, aggressive behaviour displayed repeatedly with the aim of harming or hurting others. It is characterised with imbalance of power (physical/psychological). This study investigated the effectiveness of Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) in the reduction of in-school adolescents bullying behaviour. REBT is a theory based on the assumption that human beings are born with the ability of rational thinking and constructive behaviour. The theory attributes bullying behaviour to the irrational aspects of in-school adolescents belief system formed in childhood. The research design adopted in the study is quasi experimental in nature using 2×2×2 factorial design. It is made up of two (2) row groups (one experimental and one control) and two column groups (age and gender). Instrument used in purposively selecting the participants in the study was Bullying Identification Questionnaire (BIQ). Perpetrators of bullying behaviour (i.e bullies only) were identified and participated in the study. REBT treatment procedure packages were administered to participants in the treatment group. It was revealed that REBT produced significant reduction in the bullying behaviour of in-school adolescents, mean difference was observed in the pre and post-test scores of participants in the treatment group. ANCOVA was used to test for significant reduction of bullying behaviour yielding F= 85.8, df (1, 47); gender and age had moderating effects on the reduction of bullying behaviour of in-school adolescents F (df=1,47)=34.2; F (df=1,47) =51.9, p<0.05 respectively. It is recommended that REBT be used in the treatment of bullying behaviour of secondary school students