EFFECT OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING ON SOCIAL COMPETENCE OF PUPILS WITH SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOUR IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE

📄 Project Abstract

The study investigated the Effect of Cognitive Restructuring on Social Competence of Pupils with Social Withdrawal Behaviour. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were generated to guide the study. The design of the study was a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest-posttest research design involving one experimental and one control group. The sample consists of eighteen (18) socially withdrawn primary school class five pupils from two schools in Igbo-Etiti L.G.A in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Two instruments used for the study were an adapted Social Withdrawal Identification Scale (SWIS) and Social Competence Rating Scale (SCRS). These were validated by experts and used for data collection. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions, while analysis of covariance was used to test the null hypotheses. Major findings of the study reveal that exposing Socially Withdrawn pupils in the skills associated with cognitive restructuring has...