Adams Ogirima Onivehu
The relationship between psychological capital and academic performance of social work students
Číslo: 1/2020
Periodikum: Sociální pedagogika
DOI: 10.7441/soced.2020.08.01.03
Klíčová slova: psychological capital, academic performance, social work students
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Anotace:
The Nigerian society emphasizes the importance of
academic achievement as a major yardstick for measuring
students’ ability and the effectiveness of the educational system.
Thus, the academic performance of social work students has
been the prime tool for admission into higher schools,
employment and even the choice of future career. The present
study investigated the relationship between psychological
capital and academic performance of social work students in
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The descriptive survey
research method of correlational type was adopted for the
study. The study population consisted of all students in the
Department of Social Work who were enrolled in the 2018-2019
academic year. The sample included 180 third and fourth year
students, selected by simple random sampling. The research
instrument for the collection of data was the Luthans’s
Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) and a pro forma.
Three research questions were raised and one null hypothesis
was formulated and tested. Data were subjected to frequency
counts, percentage, correlation analysis and multiple regression.
The results of this study showed that there is a significant
positive relationship between the four factors of psychological
capital (resilience, hope, optimism and self-efficacy) with
academic performance. It was recommended that psychological
capital should be incorporated into the social work curriculum in
Nigerian universities so as to boost the level of students’
performance in the social work programme.
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academic achievement as a major yardstick for measuring
students’ ability and the effectiveness of the educational system.
Thus, the academic performance of social work students has
been the prime tool for admission into higher schools,
employment and even the choice of future career. The present
study investigated the relationship between psychological
capital and academic performance of social work students in
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. The descriptive survey
research method of correlational type was adopted for the
study. The study population consisted of all students in the
Department of Social Work who were enrolled in the 2018-2019
academic year. The sample included 180 third and fourth year
students, selected by simple random sampling. The research
instrument for the collection of data was the Luthans’s
Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ) and a pro forma.
Three research questions were raised and one null hypothesis
was formulated and tested. Data were subjected to frequency
counts, percentage, correlation analysis and multiple regression.
The results of this study showed that there is a significant
positive relationship between the four factors of psychological
capital (resilience, hope, optimism and self-efficacy) with
academic performance. It was recommended that psychological
capital should be incorporated into the social work curriculum in
Nigerian universities so as to boost the level of students’
performance in the social work programme.