The Nigerian Educational Psychologists

Vol. 21 Issue No. 1 August 2024 / Article


PSYCHOSOCIAL CHALLENGES AND COUNSELLING NEEDS OF TRAUMATIZED INTERNALLY DISPLACED STUDENTS IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION

Halimatu Sadiya Abubakar

Yusuf Umar Abdullahi

Umar Abubakar Nasarawa

Abstract
This paper examined psychosocial challenges and counselling needs of traumatized displaced Students in Sokoto State. Two objectives and two research questions were formulated to guide the research. Descriptive research design was used for the study. A sample of 500 Students were randomly selected from Combined Schools at Government Technical Collage (GTC) Farfaru, Sokoto for the study. Two instruments – Psychosocial Problems of Traumatized Displaced Students Questionnaire (PPTDSIABQ) and Counselling Needs of Traumatized Students’ Questionnaire (CNTDSQ) were used for the study. Data obtained were analyzed using frequency and percentage. The results showed that fear and anxieties, feeling of anger, imagining the issue of this insecurity accursed feeling of less concern by State and Federal Government, Fear of death, Night Destroying a whole village by bandit, kidnaping innocent people for ransom are some of the factors associated with displace Students traumatization in Sokoto state. Therefore, it was concluded that both socially and psychologically it affected Students. However, with proper counselling skills, the counsellors can contribute meaningfully toward eliminating or curtailing the trauma in displace Students in Sokoto state some of the negative psychological variables among students includes anxiety, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms and psychosocial issues such as housing concern, financial matters, domestics abuse, grief and loose, isolation among others

Keywords
Psychosocial Challenges, Counselling Needs, Internally Displaced Students, Insecurity, Banditry



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2024-08-01


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