Research Article

Family Economic Hardship and Stress as a Predictor of Mental Health among Students in Colleges of Education, Kaduna State

Authors: Zinatu Muhammed Sanusi

DOI: 10.33425/3070-3948.1007

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Abstract

This study investigated the Family Economic Hardship and Stress as a predictor of Mental Health among Students in College of Education, Kaduna State. The objective of the study was to determine if family economic hardship and stress can predict mental health among Students in College of Education in Kaduna State. Survey Research Design was used for study. Population of the study comprises 2500 N.C.E II students. 380 male and female students were randomly selected from the two colleges of education in Kaduna State. 180 students were randomly selected from Federal College of Education Zaria and 150 students from Kaduna State College of Education Gidan Waya. Three instruments were used for the study which are Economic Hardship Questionnaires (EHQ), Students Stress Scale (SSS) and Mental Health
Questionnaire (MHQ). Two research questions were formulated with their corresponding null hypotheses. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The results showed that economic hardship has a significant negative relationship with mental health among Students in College of Education in Kaduna State (r = - 0.732, p = 0.005). Stress has a significant negative relationship with mental health among Students in College of Education, Kaduna State (r = - 0.654, p = 0.025). Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that Government should devise economic plan to ease the economic situation of the people in the country to reduce the hardship and stressful situation which in turn affect the mental health of their children. More counsellors should be trained and employed for psychological intervention among students facing family economics hardship and finally counselling unit should be established in our schools to help students in any difficult situation they may face in the school.

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