THE EFFECT OF SELF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AMONG BEREAVED STUDENTS IN JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event. This used descriptive design to assess the effect of self-management education on post-traumatic stress disorder among bereaved students in JABU. Snow ball sampling technique was used to recruit 53 respondents. Questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection. The responses were analyzed with descriptive statistics (frequency and tables) and influential statistics of chi-square to test the hypothesis. The findings showed that majority 40(75.5%) have experience posttraumatic stress disorder since they lost their loved ones, while 13(24.5%) said they have not. Majority 50(94.3%) said they experience sleeplessness, while 3(5.7%) did not. Majority 40(75.5%) aid they do not avoid classes, while 13(24.5%) said they do. Majority 30(56.6%) said they neglect social activities, while 23(43.4%) said they don’t. Hypotheses were set and tested using chi-square at 0.05 level of significance, there is a significant association between the level of knowledge on self-management education and the effect of self-management on PTSD among the bereaved student of JABU, Since the P-Value (0.00) is lesser than 0.05 level of significance, we reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis. (P=.00, X2 Cal=2.126a).The findings revealed that although 62.3% of respondents know something about self-management at the baseline data,after educating them for 5 weeks it was seen that 95% of the respondents now have Knowledge on the self-management techniques, 90% have practiced any self-management technique, while 85% have share the self-management techniques they learnt with others who have experience bereavement after educating them.it is therefore required of academic institutions to offer supportive services tailored to both students and professionals to help bereaved students.