Effect of Cognitive Restructuring Technique in Managing Dependent and Avoident Personality Disorders Among Senior Secondary School Students In, Sokoto Metropolis

This study investigated the effect of Cognitive Restructuring Technique in managing Dependent and Avoidant Personality Disorders among senior secondary school students in Sokoto Metropolis.Study was guided by two research objectives which were transformed into hypotheses.The study employed pre-test post-test quasi-experimental research design with the total population of 266 Senior Secondary School Students who exhibited personality disorders symptoms as identified using Personality Screening Scale.Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 43 participants with higher symptoms for the study.The instrument used for data collection in this study was an adapted Personality Disorders Questionnaire.Content validity was used to determine the validity of the instrument; it has a total of 20 items measuring dependent and avoidant personality disorders.The instrument was measure on four point scale with the reliability index of 0.79 and 0.72 respectively.The data collected were on pre-test, treatment sessions and post-test respectively.Findings of the study revealed that, there is significant effect of cognitive restructuring technique in managing dependent personality disorder p = .000and there is significant effect of cognitive restructuring technique in managing avoidant personality disorder p= .000.Based on the findings of the study it was concluded that Cognitive Restructuring Technique has significant effect in managing dependent and avoidant personality disorders.It was recommended that school counsellors should integrate Cognitive Restructuring Technique into school counselling programmes to foster emotional stability.