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The relationship between psychological capital and academic performance of social work students

Sociální pedagogika, 2020-05, Vol.8 (1), p.53-67 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1805-8825 ;EISSN: 1805-8825 ;DOI: 10.7441/soced.2020.08.01.03

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  • Title:
    The relationship between psychological capital and academic performance of social work students
  • Author: Ogirima Onivehu, Adams
  • Subjects: Academic achievement ; academic performance ; Aptitudes ; College students ; Colleges & universities ; Correlation analysis ; Education ; Educational Environment ; Educational psychology ; Employment ; Occupational choice ; Optimism ; psychological capital ; Resilience ; Social capital ; Social Sciences ; Social work ; Social work education ; social work students ; Sociology ; Theory ; Universities ; University students
  • Is Part Of: Sociální pedagogika, 2020-05, Vol.8 (1), p.53-67
  • Description: 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.
  • Publisher: Zlin: Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
  • Language: English;Czech
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1805-8825
    EISSN: 1805-8825
    DOI: 10.7441/soced.2020.08.01.03
  • Source: CEEOL: Open Access
    ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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