ROLE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN COMBATING THE INCIDENCE OF HEALTH COMPROMISING BEHAVIORS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/nnel.v8i5.1260Keywords:
G&C, HCB, undergraduatesAbstract
The current study investigated the role of guidance and counseling in controlling health-compromising behaviors in a sample of undergraduates in Enugu state, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental post-test-only nonequivalent control group design was used to study the effects of guidance and counseling on measures of health risk behaviors. Seventy-six participants were assigned to groups, with group A representing the experimental group and group B as the control group. An independent-samples t-test was conducted to compare guidance and counseling and non-guidance and counseling conditions. There was a significant difference in the score for G&C (M= 4.3, SD = 1.6) and no G&C (M = 3.2, SD = 0.33) groups; t (74) = 3.89, p = 0.020. These results suggest that G&C does affect health-compromising behavior. The result has implications for school counseling and risky behavior management. The study recommended that counseling psychologists and school counselors be well trained in the use of CBT in addressing risky behaviors, especially among adolescents.
References
Abdelsalam, E. A., Oraby, E. E. A., & Safaa, A. (2016). Health risky behaviors among University Students: Prevalence and effect of health education program. The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine, 34(4).
Abikoye, G. E., Eze, C. U., & Uchendu, I. U. (2014). Co-occurrence of substance use and study difficulty among university students. Psychological Studies, 59(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-014-0265-7
Akanni, O. O., Koleoso, O. N., Olashore, A. A., Adayonfo, E. O., Osundina, A. F., & Ayilara, O. O. (2017). Gender and other risk factors are associated with risky behaviors among Nigerian adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.03.002
Alawode, O. A., Ogunwemimo, H., Bolorunduro, M.-E., & Awoleye, A. F. (2021). Age at sexual debut and multiple sexual partnerships among adolescents in Nigeria: an assessment of the mediating role of the knowledge of sexually transmitted infections. Adolescents, 1(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1040032
Ali Abdallah, M., Lavinia Braiar, S., & Yousif Hammad, A. (2020). Studies on male adolescent health-risk behaviors in East Kassala Locality - Kassala State, Sudan. Asian Journal of Medicine and Health. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i530206
AlMakadma, A. S., & Ramisetty-Mikler, S. (2015). Student, school, parent connectedness, and school risk behaviors of adolescents in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2(3–4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2015.09.004
Azeredo, C. M., Levy, R. B., Peres, M. F. T., Menezes, P. R., & Araya, R. (2016). Patterns of health-related behaviors among adolescents: A cross-sectional study based on the National Survey of School Health Brazil 2012. BMJ Open, 6(11). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011571
Bali, N., & Othman, M. H. (2019). Implementation of guidance and counseling activities for special needs students. Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education, 34. https://doi.org/10.21315/apjee2019.34.5
Collaborators, G. B. D. 2016 A. (2018). Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the G. The Lancet, 392(10152).
Curcio, A. L., Knott, V. E., & Mak, A. S. (2015). Why do young people engage in delinquency and problem drinking? Views from adolescents and stakeholders. Australian Psychologist, 50(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12118
Danaei, G., Ding, E. L., Mozaffarian, D., Taylor, B., Rehm, J., Murray, C. J. L., & Ezzati, M. (2009). The preventable causes of death in the United States: Comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. PLoS Medicine, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000058
Dantes, N., & Suranata, K. (2020). Cognitive Behavior Counseling to Improve Responsibility Attitudes: A Development of Guidebooks. Bisma The Journal of …, 4(2).
Das, P., & Horton, R. (2012). Rethinking our approach to physical activity. In The Lancet (Vol. 380, Issue 9838). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61024-1
de Carvalho, A. P., da Franca, C., & de Menezes, V. A. (2018). Physical violence and alcohol drinking consumption among teenagers. Journal of Human Growth and Development, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.152172
Eze, C. U., & Uzoeghe, U. I. (2015). Alcohol use among full-time students of the University of Abuja. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 17(1).
Friestad, C., & Klepp, K. I. (2006). Socioeconomic status and health behavior patterns through adolescence: Results from a prospective cohort study in Norway. European Journal of Public Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki051
Fulkerson, J. A., Sherwood, N. E., Perry, C. L., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Story, M. (2004). Depressive symptoms and adolescent eating and health behaviors: A multifaceted view in a population-based sample. Preventive Medicine, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.12.028
Gebresllasie, F., Tsadik, M., & Berhane, E. (2017). Potential predictors of risky sexual behavior among private college students in Mekelle City, North Ethiopia. Pan African Medical Journal, 28. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.151.5370
Govender, D., Naidoo, S., & Taylor, M. (2020). "my partner was not fond of using condoms, and I was not on contraception": Understanding adolescent mothers' perspectives of sexual risk behavior in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08474-2
Groft, J. N., Hagen, B., Miller, N. K., Cooper, N., & Brown, S. (2005). Adolescent health: a rural community's approach. Rural and Remote Health, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh366
Ho, S. tung. (2017). Adverse Effects of Smoking on Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery. In Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Rehabilitation (Vol. 23). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jotr.2017.04.001
Hosseini, F., Shahraki, K. A., Forouzi, M. A., Ahmadi, A., & Dehesh, T. (2020). The effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on sexual knowledge, motivation to avoid risky sexual relationships, and sexual depression in female university students. Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0052
Kaplan, C. P., Zabkiewicz, D., McPhee, S. J., Nguyen, T., Gregorich, S. E., Disogra, C., Hilton, J. F., & Jenkins, C. (2003). Health-compromising behaviors among Vietnamese adolescents: The role of education and extracurricular activities. Journal of Adolescent Health, 32(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00019-3
Keski-Rahkonen, A., Kaprio, J., Rissanen, A., Virkkunen, M., & Rose, R. J. (2003). Breakfast skipping and health-compromising behaviors in adolescents and adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57(7). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601618
Kristensen, P. L., Wedderkopp, N., Møller, N. C., Andersen, L. B., Bai, C. N., & Froberg, K. (2006). Tracking and prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors across socioeconomic classes: A longitudinal substudy of the European Youth Heart Study. BMC Public Health, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-20
Kyriakopoulos, C., Gogali, A., Chronis, C., & Kostikas, K. (2021). A direct adverse effect of smoking. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101438
Lapsley, D. K., Aalsma, M. C., & Felsher, B. L. H. (2005). Invulnerability and risk behavior in early adolescence. Research in Child Development.
Lastrucci, V., Innocenti, F., Lorini, C., Berti, A., Silvestri, C., Lazzeretti, M., Voller, F., & Bonaccorsi, G. (2021). Profiles of risky driving behaviors in adolescent drivers: A cluster analysis of a representative sample from the Tuscany region (Italy). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126362
Lee, C. K., & Liao, L. L. (2021). Feasibility of intervention program to prevent adolescent health-compromising behaviors. Journal of School Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405211046198
Loureiro, N., & de Matos, M. G. (2014). Associations between health-compromising behaviors and sleep patterns in Portuguese adolescents. Studies in Sociology of Science, 5(2).
Mokdad, A. H., Marks, J. S., Stroup, D. F., & Gerberding, J. L. (2004). Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. In Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 291, Issue 10). https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.291.10.1238
Neumark-Sztainer, D., Story, M., French, S., Cassuto, N., Jacobs, D. R., & Resnick, M. D. (1996). Patterns of health-compromising behaviors among Minnesota adolescents: Sociodemographic variations. American Journal of Public Health, 86(11). https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1599
Noël, X. (2014). Why adolescents are at risk of misusing alcohol and gambling. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt161
Olashore, A. A., Ogunwobi, O., Totego, E., & Opondo, P. R. (2018). Psychoactive substance use among first-year students in a Botswana University: Pattern and demographic correlates. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1844-2
Olofinbiyi, S. A., Mkhize, S., Dlamini, S., Maluleke, W., & Olofinbiyi, O. B. (2019). The social dimension of risk behaviors among adolescent prostitutes: Insight from South-Western Nigeria. Cogent Social Sciences, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2019.1565616
Olorunsola, A., Muyibi, S., Irabor, A., Adetunji, A., Ismail, W., & Ogunniyan, T. (2021). Pattern and predictors of sexual behavior among adolescents in Ibadan, South West, Nigeria. Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000158
Patton, G. C., Coffey, C., Sawyer, S. M., Viner, R. M., Haller, D. M., Bose, K., Vos, T., Ferguson, J., & Mathers, C. D. (2009). Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data. The Lancet, 374(9693). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60741-8
Pickett, W., Craig, W., Harel, Y., Cunningham, J., Simpson, K., Molcho, M., Mazur, J., Dostaler, S., Overpeck, M. D., & Currie, C. E. (2005). A cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury. Pediatrics, 116(6). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-0607
Plessz, M., Ezdi, S., Airagnes, G., Parizot, I., Ribet, C., Goldberg, M., Zins, M., & Meneton, P. (2020). Association between unemployment and the co-occurrence and clustering of common risky health behaviors: Findings from the Constances cohort. PLoS ONE, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232262
Rakhmawati, D., Nurihsan, J., & Suherman, U. (2018). Brief Cognitive-Behavioural Group Counselling Strategy to Improve Resilience Towards Risky Sexual Behaviours in Adolescents. Advanced Science Letters, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2018.11471
Sari, E., Zulkifli, A., & Suriah. (2021). The Effects of Counseling on The Knowledge and Attitude About The Risking Sexual Behavior of SMA 5 and SMA 21 Students in Makassar City. MIRACLE Journal Of Public Health, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.36566/mjph/vol4.iss1/218
Shayo, F. K., & Kalomo, M. H. (2019). Prevalence and correlates of sexual intercourse among sexually active in-school adolescents: An analysis of five sub-Sahara African countries for adolescents' sexual health policy implications. BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7632-1
Shuaibu, H. O., Haliza, A. R., Samah, A. A., & Zulkefli, N. A. M. (2020). Psychoactive substance use among Nigerian secondary school students: A review of current literature. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.47836/PJSSH.28.4.36
Ssekamatte, T., Tetui, M., Kibira, S. P. S., Isunju, J. B., Mugambe, R. K., Nabiwemba, E., Wafula, S. T., Buregyeya, E., & Bukenya, J. N. (2020). Multiple sexual partnerships and associated factors among young psychoactive substance- users in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. PLoS ONE, 15(10 October). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239323
Stang, J., Story, M., & Kossover, R. (2005). Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors. Guidelines for Adolescent Nutrition Services, 2005.
Sun, Y., Li, X., Xu, L., Ma, Z., Yang, Y., Yin, T., Gao, Z., Gong, X., Li, L., Liu, Q., Tang, X., & Liu, J. (2021). Health-related risky behaviors in Chinese adolescents with autism: a cross-sectional study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00390-6
Suranata, K., Atmoko, A., & Hidayah, N. (2017). Enhancing Students' Resilience: Comparing The Effect of Cognitive-Behavior And Strengths-Based Counseling. https://doi.org/10.2991/icirad-17.2017.20
Svensson, J., & Landberg, J. (2013). Is youth violence temporally related to alcohol? A time-series analysis of Sweden's binge drinking, youth violence, and total alcohol consumption. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 48(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt035
Tanimowo, M. O., Tanimowo, E. O., & Oloyede, T. (2014). Youth smoking in South-Western Nigeria: awareness of anti-smoking efforts, and the adverse health effects of cigarette smoking. International Journal of Medical and Applied Sciences, 3(1).
Toyin, A. F., & Elizabeth, E. O. (2019). Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Logotherapy in Reducing Risky Sexual Behaviour among in-School Adolescents in Benin Metropolis Edo State, Nigeria. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research. https://doi.org/10.9734/jammr/2019/v31i630302
Udigwe, I. B., Adogu, P. O., Nwabueze, A. S., Adinma, E. D., Ubajaka, C. F., & Onwasigwe, C. (2014). Factors Influencing Sexual Behavior among Female Adolescents in Onitsha, Nigeria. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 04(16). https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2014.416139
van Nieuwenhuijzen, M., Junger, M., Velderman, M. K., Wiefferink, K. H., Paulussen, T. W. G. M., Hox, J., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2009). Clustering health-compromising behavior and delinquency in adolescents and adults in the Dutch population. Preventive Medicine, 48(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.04.008
Vazsonyi, A. T., Trejos-Castillo, E., & Huang, L. (2006). Risky Sexual Behaviors, Alcohol Use, and Drug Use: A Comparison of Eastern and Western European Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.05.008
Xiong, Q., Fang, X., Wu, Y., Chen, H., Hu, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Guidance and counseling relations to high school students' positive development and psychopathology: A non-recursive modeling study. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01722-7
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 International Journal of Advance Research in Education & Literature
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
