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Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Anxiety is a significant problem affecting University students including undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. This research evaluated the impact of a group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention (group rational-emotive behavioral education...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027596 |
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author | Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Aloh, Henry Egi Okeke, Polycarp M.D. Osilike, Chioma C. Ekwealor, Nwakaego Ebele Koledoye, Uzoamaka Lucynda Ilechukwu, Leonard Chidi Onwuadi, Charles Chibuike |
author_facet | Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Aloh, Henry Egi Okeke, Polycarp M.D. Osilike, Chioma C. Ekwealor, Nwakaego Ebele Koledoye, Uzoamaka Lucynda Ilechukwu, Leonard Chidi Onwuadi, Charles Chibuike |
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description | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Anxiety is a significant problem affecting University students including undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. This research evaluated the impact of a group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention (group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention [REBEI]) on social anxiety symptoms among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. METHOD: Eighty six students participated in the study by belonging to either treatment group (n = 43) or control group (n = 43). A REBEI treatment program was developed by the researchers was used to implement the experiment and data was collected using a 22-item questionnaire on social anxiety. Analyzes of data were done using repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-test. RESULTS: Results showed that despite the social anxiety experienced before exposure to the intervention, the social anxiety symptoms of the undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students in the treatment group reduced significantly at post-treatment and follow-up compared to students in the control group. CONCLUSION: REBEI demonstrated its clinical usefulness in treating undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students with social anxiety problem. |
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spelling | pubmed-85421252021-10-25 Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Aloh, Henry Egi Okeke, Polycarp M.D. Osilike, Chioma C. Ekwealor, Nwakaego Ebele Koledoye, Uzoamaka Lucynda Ilechukwu, Leonard Chidi Onwuadi, Charles Chibuike Medicine (Baltimore) 6500 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Anxiety is a significant problem affecting University students including undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. This research evaluated the impact of a group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention (group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention [REBEI]) on social anxiety symptoms among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. METHOD: Eighty six students participated in the study by belonging to either treatment group (n = 43) or control group (n = 43). A REBEI treatment program was developed by the researchers was used to implement the experiment and data was collected using a 22-item questionnaire on social anxiety. Analyzes of data were done using repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-test. RESULTS: Results showed that despite the social anxiety experienced before exposure to the intervention, the social anxiety symptoms of the undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students in the treatment group reduced significantly at post-treatment and follow-up compared to students in the control group. CONCLUSION: REBEI demonstrated its clinical usefulness in treating undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students with social anxiety problem. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8542125/ /pubmed/34678909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027596 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | 6500 Ezenwaji, Chisom Ogochukwu Aloh, Henry Egi Okeke, Polycarp M.D. Osilike, Chioma C. Ekwealor, Nwakaego Ebele Koledoye, Uzoamaka Lucynda Ilechukwu, Leonard Chidi Onwuadi, Charles Chibuike Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title | Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title_full | Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title_fullStr | Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title_full_unstemmed | Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title_short | Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: An intervention study |
title_sort | managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students: an intervention study |
topic | 6500 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34678909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027596 |
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