EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION ON ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONCENTRATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ONDO STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study examined effects of depression on academic engagement and concentration of university students in Ondo state. To guide the study, three research questions were raised while three hypotheses were formulated.
Descriptive research design of survey type was adopted for the study. The sample for the study consisted of 200 respondents from public universities in Ondo state. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using regression and Pearson correlation.
The results of the study showed that there is significant relationship between depression, academic engagement and concentration of university students in Ondo state. The result revealed that there is significant relationship between depression on academic engagement of university students in Ondo state. Finally, result revealed that there is significant relationship between depressions on academic concentration of university students in Ondo state.
Based on the findings of the study, the study concluded that depression and academic engagement and concentration significantly influences their academic performance on the university students in Ondo state. It was therefore recommended amongst others that professional school psychologist and counsellor should render psychological intervention using cognitive behavioral techniques to counsel university students who are depressed so as to improve their engagement academic. It is also recommended that students should be encouraged to concentrate and remain focus in their academic and educational pursuits. Finally, it is recommended that Educators, counsellors and psychologists to develop strategies to reduce psychological problems like depression among students and to intervention programs to enhance students’ psychological well-being which may help to increase their academic engagement.
Keywords: Depression, academic, engagement, concentration
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