GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to assess modern counseling skills and technique for mitigation of sexual abuse in households in Nigeria. Given the high numbers of sexual assault crimes that occur within the general population, it is important that counselors have an adequate understanding of working with this population. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Nigeria. The population of the study comprised school counselors and social scientists. Strategic sampling technique was used to select 140 respondents which constituted the sample size for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled “Modern Counseling Skills and Technique, and Sexual Abuse in Households Questionnaire (MCSTSAHQ)”. Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy, appropriateness, completeness and the language of the study under consideration. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.84 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study concluded that most people who are sexually abused are scared and do not want to go to a counselor for help and guidance making the influence of counseling on the eradication of sexual abuse and rape low. The study also went further to recommend that counselors should seek for more training on the best techniques to use to help sexually abused and raped victims.

KEYWORDS: Modern Counseling Skills and Techniques, Sexual Abuse, Rape, and Households