SCHOOL VARIABLES, CYBERBULLYING AS PREDICTORS OF SOCIAL RESTIIVENESS AMONG UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES IN RIVERS STATE: IMPLICATION FOR COUNSELLING
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This study investigated school variables, cyberbullying as predictors of social restiveness among university undergraduates in Rivers State. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design for this study was correlational design. The estimated population for this study was 35,000 university undergraduates in Rivers State. This estimation was because as at the time of this study there was no accurate figure in any government department housing the population of elderly in Rivers State. The sample size of this study comprised 500 university undergraduates in Rivers State. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study. Two instruments titled: “School Variables and Cyberbullying Scale” (SVACS) and “Social Restiveness Inventory" (SRI)” was used for data collection. The instruments (SVACS) and (SRI) were validated based on face and content validities by experts. Cronbach alpha reliability statistics was used to compute the general reliability coefficient of (SVACS) to be 0.77 and (SRI) to be 0.79. Simple regression was used to answer research question 1-3 and their corresponding hypotheses was also tested at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. The findings of the study show that: school policies, peer association and cyberbullying significantly predicted social restiveness among university undergraduates in Rivers State. Based on the findings of this study conclusion, recommendations and implications for counselling were made
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