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Unit for Distance Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria
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Adapting and Validating a Measurement Battery for Academic Cheating Proneness: Its Correlates among Nigerian In-School Adolescents Gafar Isiaka
Journal of Counseling and Educational Research Vol. 2 No. 3 (2026): Journal of Counseling and Educational Research
Publisher : Asosiasi Asesmen Pendidikan (AAP)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63203/jcerch.v2i3.531

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Nigerian secondary school researchers face an urgent methodological crisis: no validated, culturally appropriate instruments exist for measuring academic cheating proneness and its key psychological correlates among adolescents in this context. This paper employs an instrument adaptation and psychometric validation design to address this gap, reporting the systematic cross-cultural adaptation of a four-instrument measurement battery comprising the Proneness to Academic Cheating Behaviours Questionnaire (PACBQ), the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ), the Procrastination Scale (PS), and the Locus of Control Scale (LOCS). These four instruments were selected as a theoretically coherent package, collectively capturing the full psychological profile of the cheating-prone student within Social Cognitive Theory and Cognitive Behavioural Theory frameworks. Each instrument underwent expert panel appraisal, item deletion, cultural contextualisation, and linguistic simplification. Content validity was established through a five-member expert review panel, with inter-rater agreement exceeding 80%. Test-retest reliability, assessed on a pilot sample of 20 SS1 students at a two-week interval, yielded coefficients of 0.89 (PACBQ), 0.90 (SEQ), 0.90 (PS), and 0.92 (LOCS). The main study involved 102 students selected via multi-stage sampling. Implications for counselling practice and further psychometric development are discussed.
Counselling Nigerian Youth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Implications for National Development Gafar Isiaka; Abdulkadir Olarewaju Rasaq; Beatrice Paul Zuhumben
Journal of Counseling and Educational Research Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Counseling and Educational Research
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63203/jcerch.v3i1.550

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This conceptual paper examines how technological innovation, particularly the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), artificial intelligence, and automation, is reshaping the world of work and the career-adjustment demands facing Nigerian youth. Drawing on a structured synthesis of peer-reviewed literature, national policy documents, and international labour-market reports published between 2015 and 2026, the paper analyses three interlocking shifts: the restructuring of global and Nigerian labour markets, the transformation of work values and occupational identity, and the counselling responses required to support youth adjustment. The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 projects that 92 million jobs will be displaced and 170 million created by 2030, with 39% of existing skill sets requiring transformation. Nigeria's ICT sector contributed approximately 19.8% of real GDP in the second quarter of 2024, while youth unemployment estimates range from 6.5% under the National Bureau of Statistics' revised methodology to over 50% under civil-society assessments, underscoring the scale of adjustment required. The paper argues that professional counsellors occupy a strategic position for translating these macro-level shifts into individual career resilience, and concludes with prioritised, actor-specific recommendations for counsellor education, professional bodies, curriculum policy, and government agencies to strengthen Nigeria's national human-capital response.
Co-Authors Abdulkadir Olarewaju Rasaq Beatrice Paul Zuhumben