GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examined guidance and counseling services and suicidal tendencies among secondary school adolescents in the Uyo local education committee. The survey research design was adopted for the study on a population of 12,227 students in public secondary schools in the Uyo local educational committee. A sample size of 250 students was selected using a simple random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire titled “Guidance and Counselling Services and Suicidal Tendencies Questionnaire” (GCSSTQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. The instrument was subjected to a face validation and a reliability test. A reliability coefficient index of 0.88 was obtained using Cronbach's alpha statistics. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at the .05 level of significance. The results revealed there is a significant relationship between educational counselling service, vocational counselling service, and social counselling service and suicidal tendencies among secondary school adolescents in the Uyo local educational committee. It was recommended, among others, that regular counseling sessions should be held for students with a high tendency for depression and anxiety.