Authors : Ene I. Ene, Anthonia E. Inaja and Ekpe Martha Daniel
Abstract: This study was predicted on the premise that emotional maturity, being one of the counsellors’ personality characteristics, exerts some level of influence on counselling effectiveness of counsellors among secondary school students in Calabar Metropolis. The objective of the study was to investigate and establish the relationship between emotional stability of counsellors and their counselling effectiveness among secondary school students as a launching-pad for further research on other personality characteristics of guidance counsellors. Five hundred senior secondary one and two students selected from ten public schools constituted the sample for the study. Equal random and stratified random sampling techniques were employed in the selection of the schools and subjects for the study, respectively. A self developed questionnaire titled: Emotional Stability Profile Questionnaire (ESPQ) was validated and used for the data collection. The null hypothesis was tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Statistics. The result revealed a significant positive relationship between emotional stability and counselling effectiveness. It was concluded that the level of emotional maturity exhibited by the counsellor exerts some level of significant influence on counselling process. It was therefore, recommended that counselors should covet and cultivate in them a high level of emotional maturity since it is capable of fostering counselling process.
Ene I. Ene, Anthonia E. Inaja and Ekpe Martha Daniel, 2014. Student’s Perception of Counsellors’ Emotional Stability and Their Counselling Effectiveness in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 11: 90-95.