GENDER VARIATIONS, STRESS LEVELS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
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2015
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WORLD EDUCATORS FORUM
Abstract
Several factors have been identified as being responsible for the poor
academic achievements of students in Nigerian Universities. However,
stress levels experienced by students, could be other plausible factor
that could be implicated. This study was a descriptive survey design
which aims at investigating the possible effects of gender and stress
levels on students’ academic achievements. The population for this
study comprised all Nigerian University students in the South East
Geo-Political Zone (Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo). The
sample consists of one thousand eight hundred (1800) respondents
from the six randomly selected universities. Three research questions
and three hypotheses were generated for the study. A research
instrument called Stress Rating Scale for Students; (SRSS) was
developed and used for data collection. A proforma was also
developed and used for collection of students’ GP on their General
Studies GS (Use of English). Data collected were analyzed using chisquare
statistics; Mean Ratings; Frequency and Percentage Distributions.
Results show that a significant difference exists between
the academic achievements of male and female Nigerian university
students who experienced high and low levels of stress. Stress level was
also found to be a great contributor to students’ poor academic
achievements. It was therefore recommended among others that,
educational psychologists and counselors should introduce more
appropriate coping strategies which will help students to overcome
their stressors.
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GENDER VARIATIONS, STRESS LEVELS, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, STUDENTS, NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES