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VOL. 11, ISSUE 11 (2024)
Impact of academic stress and parental expectation on mental health of first year students in tertiary institutions in Sokoto metropolis
Authors
Isiguzo Blessing Chioma, Okolie Benedicta Onuegbu
Abstract
The study investigated the impact of stress and parental expectations
on mental health of first year students in tertiary institutions in Sokoto
metropolis. Two research questions and two corresponding null hypotheses guided
the study using a descriptive survey. A sample of 378 first year undergraduate
students drawn through proportionate sampling technique from a population of
23,248 first year students randomly drawn from the five tertiary institutions
in Sokoto metropolis was used for the study. Data was collected through the use
of Academic Stress Scale (ASS), Parental Expectation Scale (PES) and Mental
Health Inventory (MHI). The instruments were duly validated and the reliability
was tested using Cronbach alpha which yielded a coefficient index of 0.65, 0.72
and 0.75 respectively for each measure. The instruments were administered with the
help of five research assistants and retrieved promptly. For data analyses,
Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while
t-test was used to analyse the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The
findings revealed that factors such as academic stress and parental
expectations have significant impact on mental health of first year
undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in Sokoto Metropolis
respectively. The study therefore recommends among others that, first year
undergraduate students should be properly sensitized on the normal aspect of
stress during orientation programme to enable them develop positive attitude
toward learning and the learning environment, lecturers should show
understanding to the fundamental challenges of first year undergraduate
students, educational psychologists and guidance counsellors together with the
tertiary institutions, should devote time for impactful orientation programme
for the first year undergraduate students to improve the students’ mental
health.
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Pages:27-33
How to cite this article:
Isiguzo Blessing Chioma, Okolie Benedicta Onuegbu "Impact of academic stress and parental expectation on mental health of first year students in tertiary institutions in Sokoto metropolis". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 11, Issue 11, 2024, Pages 27-33
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