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| Demographic Differential in Anxiety Disorder among Secondary School Students in Rivers State, Nigeria |
Ukwuije, Chinedu Kelechi, PhD and Amadi, Cajetan N., PhD
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Abstract:
Anxiety is a common and often healthy emotion. However, it is considered a disorder when reaction to such natural human events becomes blown up, exaggerated and gets out of hand even more than the anxiety-activating circumstance. This study aims at determining the demographic (gender, class level and school location) differential in Anxiety Disorder among Secondary school students in Rivers State, Nigeria. Population for the study was all senior and junior secondary school students in all Government secondary schools in the State. A sample of 400 students was drawn from secondary schools within the three senatorial zones of the state. An instrument adapted by the researcher comprising 25 items related to anxiety disorder and named "Anxiety Disorder Differential Scale (ADDS)", was used to collect data for the study. Research questions were answered using mean () and standard deviation (Sd.), while hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicated that there no significant difference in anxiety disorder among adolescents based on gender, class level and school location. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Counselling sessions and seminars on anxiety should be organized by schools for students, especially students moving from one class to a higher one. Also, school authorities should establish functional counselling centres with qualified counselling personnel to handle students' anxiety problems.
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