THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN KWARA STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA

Kinta Muhammed, Ph.D.

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This study examined the relationship between mental health, educational support and academic achievement among married women in Colleges of Education in Kwara State. Nigeria.  Three research questions, three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05level of significance. Survey Research design was adopted. The population of the study consists of 6 Colleges of Education in Kwara State. A total population of six thousand (6,000) students was used in the study. The sample size of the study was 361 students proportionately selected from all schools. Three instruments were used for this study. The instruments are Mental health inventory (MHI), social support and students’ academic achievement result (CGPA). Pearson Product Moment Correlation PPMC(r) was used to test the study hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 alpha level of significance. SPSS version 25.0 was used for the analysis. The finding of this study revealed that a significant relationship exists between mental health and academic achievement (r = 0.641, p = 0.001). Finding also revealed that a significant relationship exists between social support and academic achievement (r = 0.575, p = 0.002). (5) point scale of SA, A, UND DA SDA. 


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