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- Title
School-Based Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Academic Self-Handicapping among Adolescents: Study Protocol for a Non-Randomized Control Trial.
- Authors
Victor-Aigbodion, Vera; Ngwoke, Dominic Ugwoke; Diale, Boitumelo Molebogeng
- Abstract
Background/Objective: One of the major learner-factor undermining maximum school successes among in-adolescents is self-handicapping. Here, we describe a protocol for a non-clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural coaching (CBC) on academic self-handicapping of in-school adolescents in Edo State, Nigeria. The study will also explore the influence of gender on academic self-handicapping of in-school adolescents. Method: In-school adolescents (senior secondary school) in class two will be included. Self-handicapping proneness checklist will be used to measure their levels of self-handicapping. The study will use a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group quasi- experimental research design involving one experimental group and one control group. Specifically, it will involve non-random assignment of subjects to experimental and control conditions and pretesting of subjects on the dependent measure before the introduction of treatment followed by a post-test after the introduction of the treatment. The CBC will be conducted using a 6-weeks problem-solving coaching plan. All functional outcomes will be measured before and after the CBC intervention. The data will be analyzed using the intent-to-treat principle. Conclusion: The high prevalence and burden of self-handicapping among young people and the barriers to treatment for these youths make it important to evaluate a non-clinical intervention that may be easy to scale up and sustain in non-specialty settings such as schools.
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 3, p339
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Academic Journal