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- Title
Attribution Styles As Correlates Of Social Competence And Self-Esteem Of In-School Adolescents.
- Authors
Akanaeme, Immaculata N.; Kalu, Comfort O.; Onyishi, Charity N.
- Abstract
This study explored the correlation between attribution styles and the social competence as well as self-esteem of in-school adolescents. The study adopted a correlations survey research design using a sample of 280 senior secondary II students drawn from the public secondary schools in Aba education zone, Abia State. Attribution Style Questionnaire (ASQ), Social Competence Assessment Questionnaire (SCAQ) and Self-esteem Scale (SES) were adapted and used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by experts. These instruments were trial-tested on a cross-section of the students. The reliability of the instruments was established using the Cronbach alpha correlation coefficient ( ) method with the reliability indices of 0.81, 0.79 and 0.87 for the Social Competence Assessment Questionnaire, Self-esteem Scale and Attribution Style Questionnaire respectively. Data collected were analysed using linear regression analysis to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses. It was revealed that significant relationship between attribution styles and social competence as well as self-esteem of in-school adolescents. This implies that attribution styles are major determinants of in-school adolescents’ social competence and self-esteem. It is therefore recommended that parents inculcate social skills into their children for positive social interaction at early stage of life since moderate relationship exists between internal attribution styles and social competence.
- Subjects
ABIA State (Nigeria); SOCIAL skills; SELF-esteem; SOCIAL interaction in children; CRONBACH'S alpha; TEENAGERS; TEENAGE girls
- Publication
Webology, 2022, Vol 19, Issue 3, p674
- ISSN
1735-188X
- Publication type
Article