Dissertation submitted for the degree Magister Educationis in Guidance at the

I wish to express my most sincere gratitude to: • Prof. J L. Marais, my most esteemed supervisor, for his constant guidance, inspiration, support, formative criticism, commitment, unfailing and zealous assistance. May God bless him. • Prof. H.S. Steyn, head of the Statistical Consultation Services, Mrs. H. Viljoen and Mrs. W. Breytenbach, for their unfailing support, perseverance and patience while doing the final checking of statistical analyses and interpretation of the results. • Mrs. G.F. Rood, for her friendship and assistance with the bibliographical layout. • Dr. MJ. Wenzel, of the English Department for checking the language and editing the text. • Mrs. C. Postma, for her accurate and excellent typing. • Mr. Kid Motshepe, for his brotherly love and support. • My brothers, Tokyo Leepile, Joshllll Leepile and Daniel Mosiane. • My colleagues, Mr. E.G. Kgori, Mrs. B. Letshabo and Mss. Ratshidi, for their encouragement, constant support and friendship through thick and thin at all times. • All the principals, guidance teachers and standard 10 pupils of the secondary schools in the Potchefstroom area, for their cooperation and the permission granted me to conduct this research in their schools