Ibukunoluwa B Bello

Redeemer's University · Department of Behavioural Studies

Background: Despite the high prevalence reported in the literature, there is a paucity of indigenous diagnostic tools to assess depression severities among the Nigerian population. Objectives: This study aimed to develop and validate a depression scale entitled Redeemer’s University Depression Scale (RUDS). Methods: This research had four stages. T...

Depression is a leading cause of disability among the working population. This study assesses self-esteem and depression as psychosocial correlates of depression among Nigerian apprentice artisans. The research method adopted for this quantitative research was a cross-sectional design. A total number of five-hundred and seventeen (N=517) male autom...

Background: In Nigeria, alexithymia, “no words for feelings” is understudied and under-assessed despite its significance in physical and psychological health outcomes. This study attempts the development of a standardised alexithymia scale. Methodology: The development of this scale is in two phases: the first phase is the development and refineme...

Self-medication has been identified as a prevalent practice in Nigeria as it provides a ready low-cost alternative in low-income countries. The current study aims to assess the influence of knowledge of and experience of COVID-19 symptoms on self-medication behaviour in a cross-section of Nigerian undergraduates. Three hundred fifty-six university...

A cross-sectional survey design was adopted to validate the Burnout Questionnaire (BQ) on Nigerian automobile apprentice artisan. A multistage sampling technique was used to purposively select 150 (mean age ± SD 21.4±3.6). A total of 150 male participants were drawn from selected communities in Ede metropolis Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. The p...

Social support is a vital factor in promoting physical and psychological well-being. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted to validate the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support on Nigerian Female Undergraduates using a sample of 450 Nigerian female undergraduates. Participants responded to the Multidimensional Scale of...

Limited quantitative data exist on resilient coping among the unemployed and employed people during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined resilient coping during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. A cross-sectional research design was utilized via social media. Two hundred and eighty-two participants (age range = 18-62 years) were recruited usi...

Living with HIV is often connected with some overlapping experiences that are stigmatising and could aggravate attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).This study examined the influence of overlapping stigmas (homophobia, ethnic discrimination, sexism, injection drug use, and sex work) on the attitude towards PLWHA of serving healthcare...

Appropriate infant feeding practices have been identified as key in ameliorating the illness and death rate of infants and children under 5 in low resource countries. Despite national and international efforts at encouraging appropriate infant feeding practices, many young children still suffer the direct and indirect effects of poor nutrition. The...

The physical and psychological health challenges of Self-Medication (SM) for a pregnant woman and the unborn child spotlights it as an emergency. This unwraps a gap in epidemiological studies on SM and associated psychopathological symptoms among Nigerian pregnant women. This study examines the predictive influence of self-medication with Over The...

Background: Research studies show a high penetration rate of Facebook usage among Nigerian most of which are compulsive. The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) had been validated in many languages and is used in many countries but not yet in Nigeria. This study validates BFAS to determine psychometric properties acceptable for Nigerian popul...

Background: Research studies show a high penetration rate of Facebook usage among Nigerian most of which are compulsive. The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) had been validated in many languages and is used in many countries but not yet in Nigeria. This study validates BFAS to determine psychometric properties acceptable for Nigerian populati...

Domestic violence is identified across the globe as a menace as it poses a threat to the mental health of its victims, the significant others of the victim and the security of a nation at large. In some cases, the victim of domestic violence is a pregnant woman and harm is caused not only to a woman but her fetus also and this calls for urgent psyc...

Background: Globally, psychoactive substance use (PSU) and sexual harassment of female undergraduates are strongly linked and regarded as major public health concerns. However, research efforts on these problems are yet to be given adequate attention in Nigeria. Objectives: This study examined the patterns and predictive influence of PSU on exposur...

Parental styles and negative self-concept are risk factors for depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. 305 secondary school students (x =15.47; SD = 1.44) in Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria selected using multistage sampling technique responded to Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Children Depression Inventory (CDI), and Multidimensional...

Christian Counselling (CC) is the practice of talking with individuals, couples, and families to increase their understanding of emotional and religious conflicts and to help resolve problems using Christian religious injunctions and other related resources. Meseron Therapy (MT) was developed in accordance with the Nigerian belief in the power, pot...

Abstract: Most drivers across the world, particularly long-distance drivers suffer from sleep deprivation, and physical and psychological stress in the line of their duties. To prevent these, a significant number of them use substances, even at the expense of their health, to remain awake and relieve fatigue in the course of their long-distance dri...

Psychotherapy has been proven effective for the management of psychological disturbances. Indigenous psychotherapies, with which a client can identify, are often more effective than foreign ones. African perspectives of psychotherapy are scanty. This is a comparative analysis of two psychotherapies of Nigerian origin which are Awaritefe's Meseron a...

Aim: Work and family domains are interdependent. Job commitment is very important for both employees and employers. The study aims to examine the implications of marital satisfaction and job commitment to the Nigerian family value system. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey design. Place and Duration of Study: Redeemer’s University Osun State, S...

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy [REBT], Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] and Meseron Therapy are three uniquely and very effective cognitive therapies used in clinical psychology practice. It is essential to clearly spell out the difference in the therapies as some psychologists in the past have experienced difficulty differentiating them. Rati...

In the past two or three decades, dress code restriction in its various forms and contexts has emerged as one of the frequently discussed issues in many higher institutions of learning in the world. Administrators in higher institutions of learning worldwide have lend credence to the claim that measures of dress code restrictions encourage equality...

Adolescents are battled by psychological health challenges in present day society. These psychological health disturbances, if not properly managed may persist or reoccur in adulthood. Personality traits may promote or impair adolescents‘ psychological health. This knowledge prompts an urgent need to further identify the extent to which psychologic...