Discharbing Phobia and Panic Disorders through Therapeutic Photography: Towards Righting Undergraduates Emotions for Performance in FCE, Kontagora

This study on “Discharging Phobia and Panic Disorders through Therapeutic Photography: Towards Righting Undergraduates Emotions for Performance in FCE, Kontagora†deals with utilization of photographic skills for emotional expression and processing in therapeutic setting. The study adopted Mixed Method design with qualitative and Art-Based methods adopting interview, observation and focus group, while quantitative design adopted quasi-experimental study, with 2×2 factorial design with pretest-posttest non-randomized control group design. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated for the study, which 11 students were sampled, using nonprobability sampling technique of convenience sampling, while 14 students who also failed the Instructional Technology test, but did not accept the phototherapy voluntarily, as a way of helping them release emotional struggles were used as control group. Paired and Independent t-test were used to analyse the data, while Levene’s test for equality of variance was adopted to determine the degree of freedom at 0.5 degree. The research questions answered showed a significant difference between pretest and post-test scores among participants, but females were seen to have a high degree of emotional responses – discharging phobia and panic disorders. The stated hypotheses did not recognise significant differences in both emotions and academic performances; thus, the study recommends, among others that photographic component of Educational Resource Centers of tertiary institutions should be expanded to also cater for therapeutic interactions for students.