RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY AND ITS EFFECT ON UNDERGRADUATES’ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CYBERCRIME IN UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA.

Abstract

This study investigated the Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy and its effect on undergraduates’ susceptibility to cybercrime in University of Abuja. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The research design was quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group; the study was carried out in three randomly selected faculties of the University of Abuja. A sample size of 361 from a population of 6416 students was taken which gave rise to 53 susceptible undergraduate students to cybercrime. Descriptive statistics was used to answer research questions while One-Sample t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The results of the analysis showed that, there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test mean scores of experimental groups for undergraduates’ susceptibility to cybercrime, and the interactive effect of the treatment plan had no regard for students’ residence. It was concluded that REBT will make life on campus interesting; motivate learners to learn which would lead to higher academic achievement in their respective field of study. The strategy will also assist undergraduates in Nigeria to develop negative attitude towards cybercrime.