Effect of Reality and Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Truancy in Students at Jigawa State Birnin-Kudu Government College, Nigeria

Abstract

This study determined the relative effectiveness of reality and behavioral therapy in the treatment of truancy among engineering students in Birnin-kudu Jigawa State, Nigeria. Three objectives guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at the 0.05 significance level. The study subjects included all truant students attending the public university's Birnin Kudu, who were nominated by their classmates and principal and confirmed on the class register. Among all truants, 36 truants were randomly selected and randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups. The tools for data collection were the attendance sheet and data form, which recorded the total absences of students before and after treatment.