Relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Adjustment among Students of College of Education Gidanwaya Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the Relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Social Adjustment among Students of College of Education Gidan Waya Kaduna State. Three objectives were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The target population of the study were four hundred and eleven (411) among Students of College of Education Gidan Waya Kaduna State. The sample of the study were 196 participants drawn from NCEII students. Data was collected using post-traumatic stress disorder inventory (PTSDI) by Harvard refuge trauma adapted from educational media solution, social adjustment inventory (SAI) by Bell. Post-traumatic stress disorder inventory (PSDI) faced and content was validated and had the reliability of .856 also social adjustment has a reliability of .898 respectively after pilot testing. The collected data was processed and analyzed using descriptive (frequencies, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r). All tests were done at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The finding shows that a relationship exists between anxiety and the social adjustment of college students (r=-0.681, p=0.001). Aggression and social adjustment of college students (r=-0.770, p=0.000). Depression and Social adjustment of College students (r=-0.795, p=0.000). From the results of the findings it was recommended among others that Conference/workshop should be organized for the Teachers, administrators, in order to pay more attention to College students with Post-Traumatic Disorder issues and refer them to psychological testing and counselling centres by adopting this, will improve the social adjustment of college students. Since there is a relationship between anxiety and social adjustment psychologists and counsellors should be encouraged in addressing students with anxiety problems thereby having functional psychological testing and counselling centres for proper social adjustment