Pyschology Research Papers/Topics

DRUG ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: SIGNIFICANCE OF COUNSELLING

normal">ABSTRACt 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:calibri;This study is on drug abuse and its significant of counseling, it was carried out in selected students of government scienceschool in Obi Local Government of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. 60 participants wererandomly chosen for the study, 30 were males and 30 were females. Questionnairewas used for data collection and the literature review revealed some causes ofdrug addiction by the students which ...

INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND SELF – ESTEEM ON DEPRESSION AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS

ABSTRACTThis study investigated influence of gender and self-esteem on depression among diabetic patients. One hundred and thirty (130) diabetic patients (77 with low self-esteem and 53 with high self-esteem) were used. Males and females were 65 each. Self-rating depression scale Zung (1965) and index of self-esteem Hudson (1982) were used. A 2x2 factorial design was adopted while two way ANOVA statistics was used for data analysis. Gender was found to significantly influence depression among...