International Collaboration Unit, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Health Economics & Policy Research Unit, Department of Health Services, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Oct 22;100(42):e27596. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027596.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Anxiety is a significant problem affecting University students including undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. This research evaluated the impact of a group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention (group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention [REBEI]) on social anxiety symptoms among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students.
Eighty six students participated in the study by belonging to either treatment group (n = 43) or control group (n = 43). A REBEI treatment program was developed by the researchers was used to implement the experiment and data was collected using a 22-item questionnaire on social anxiety. Analyzes of data were done using repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-test.
Results showed that despite the social anxiety experienced before exposure to the intervention, the social anxiety symptoms of the undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students in the treatment group reduced significantly at post-treatment and follow-up compared to students in the control group.
REBEI demonstrated its clinical usefulness in treating undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students with social anxiety problem.
背景/目的：焦虑是一个严重的问题，影响着大学生，包括成人教育和校外学习的学生。本研究评估了团体理性情绪行为教育干预（团体理性情绪行为教育干预[REBEI]）对成人教育和校外学习的大学生社交焦虑症状的影响。
86 名学生参与了这项研究，分为治疗组（n=43）和对照组（n=43）。研究人员开发了一个 REBEI 治疗方案来实施实验，并使用 22 项社交焦虑问卷收集数据。采用重复测量方差分析和配对 t 检验对数据进行分析。
结果表明，尽管治疗前存在社交焦虑，但治疗组的大学生成人教育和校外学习学生的社交焦虑症状在治疗后和随访时明显低于对照组的学生。
REBEI 证明了其在治疗大学生社交焦虑问题方面的临床有效性。
