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Item Academic corruption among nigerian students: the roles of contextual and personal factors(Harvesting global scientific knowledge for development of African higher education, In collaboration with Faculty of Education, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, 2019-06) Adeyemi A. O.The Contemporary educational environment is flocked with cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, purchased essays and term papers, shred test and quiz files, and identity spoofing for online and departmental examinations, to undermine commonly understood, long-standing educational ideals in Nigerian institutions. This motivated the need to investigate the roles contextual and personal factors play in academic corruption among Nigerian students. A correlational design was adopted with a sample of 250 undergraduates randomly selected from five faculties of the University of Ibadan. Data were collected using three measuring scales, Institutional Integrity Policy Scale, a=0.752, Peer culture, a= 0.731 and Academic Corruption scale; a=. 702). Three research questions were stated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson’s product moment correlation (PPMC) and multiple linear regression. It was discovered that there was a significant relationship between academic corruption and institutional integrity policy (r= 0.530, p<0.01) peer culture (r- 0.458, p<0.05) and age (r= 0.210, p<0.05) and gender (r= 0.101, p<0.05). The regression model showed institutional integrity policy (Beta = .750, t- 14.011, P<0.01) as the highest predictor of academic corruption followed by peer culture (Beta = -.467, t= -9.475, P<0.01), gender (Beta = .111, t= 1.877, P<0.05), but not with age (Beta = .008, t = 0.327, P>0.05). Among others, it was recommended that university administrators and faculty staff should rise to their responsibilities to ensure that students adhere to the ethics of academic integrity through an enforcement policy. The university counselling unit and the disciplinary committee should ensure that a corruption free culture is instilled in students through adequate disciplinary measures. Sincerity and integrity should also be rewarded.Item A comparative analysis of age, social media and mental health: a curse or a blessing(Department of Guidance and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, 2020-07) Adeyemi, A. O.; Ajayi, V.In recent time, plethora of events has shown mental health cases among undergraduates. Some of these include suicide Intention, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness. The mental health of undergraduates calls for concern which requires an investigative consideration of personal-social factors underpinning variance in mental health status. That is, a comparative analysis of age, social media exposure and mental health: A curse or blessing. This study adopted casual comparative design. A sample of 250 undergraduate students was randomly selected from the University of Ibadan. Two reliable measuring scales (Social media exposure; a = 0.77, Mental health; a = 0.72) were used for collection. T-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) used to analyse the data. The study discovered a significant difference in the mental health of undergraduates based on social media exposure (t(248)= 13.21, p<0.05, partial ɳ1 = 0.08). Participants with high social media exposure (ẋ- 48.3) had lower mental health than those with lower social media exposure (ẋ= 35.2). A significant difference in the mental health of undergraduates based on age; 44.43, p<0.05, partial ɳ2 = 0.35). It was further discovered that participants within the ages of 21 and 24 years (ẋ= 34.4) had higher mental health than those within the ages of 16 and 20 years (ẋ= 29.5). By implication, older undergraduates hove better mental health than the younger ones. Based on findings, it was recommended that university managements should adjust their policy for admission arriving at the exposure of psychological instrument that can determine the intelligent level of the candidates to know their mental age and determine eligibility for admission; in order to ascertain that the candidate is mature enough to handle academic pressure. Counselling psychology unit of the department are expected to champion this mental health screening and remediation within the university system. Also, undergraduate students are enjoined not to be committed to online friends so as to reduce negative feedbacks that come from online relationships.Item Determinants of quality romantic relationship among emerging adults in tertiary institutions in Oyo state, Nigeria(Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, 2015-06) Alade, A.O.Romantic relationships undoubtedly play a major role in the lives of most young adults since it is the building blocks for a healthy adult marriage. However, attachment style formed in early life through interaction with caregivers and significant others and the individual’s personality composition provide a spring board for quality romantic relationship in readiness for marriage. The present study using descriptive survey research design, investigated the predictive influence of personality traits, attachment styles, age and gender on quality romantic relationship among emerging adults in tertiary institutions in Oyo state. The sample comprised male and female young adults (N=450) aged between 18- 25years old who responded to three standardized self report questionnaires. Three research questions were raised and answered in the -study. Results indicated that there was significant correlations among the independent variables with correlation coefficients ranging from r=.286 to r=.861 with quality romantic relationship. Multivariates regression analyses indicated that the contribution of the independent variable was significant [F (9,44;) = 2.37; p<.0.05] which jointly accounted for about 92.2% variation in the prediction of quality romantic relationship. Conscientiousness made the most significant contribution (β= 1.096; t= 31.483; p<0.05) to the prediction while neuroticism (β= .003; t=.128; p>0.05) and gender (β= .004; t= .007; p>0.05) had insignificant relative contribution. The study provides empirical evidence to suggest that psychological factors, like age and gender have a role to play in quality romantic relationship among emerging adultsItem Emotional intelligence and academic achievement: the moderating influence of age , intrinsic and extrinsic motivation(African educational research network, 2010-12) Ogundokun M.O.||Adeyemo D.A.The study examined the moderating influence of emotional intelligence, age and academic motivation on academic achievement of secondary school students. The study adopted a survey research design. The participants in the study were 1563 (male=826, female=737) secondary school students from Oyo state, Nigeria. Their age ranged between 12 years and 17 years with mean age 0f 15.96 years. Two valid and reliable instruments were used to assess emotional intelligence and academic motivation while achievement test on English Language and Mathematics were used as a measure of academic achievement. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analyse the data. The result revealed that the Emotional Intelligence, Age and Academic Motivation were potent predictors mildly associated to academic achievement. The study has implications for the curriculum developers to integrate emotional intelligence into the school curriculum of secondary school. That teachers, counseling and educational psychologists should encourage the development of a strong achievement motivation in the students through the provision of appropriate counseling intervention programmes and enabling environment. By so doing, the academic performance of the students could be improved barring all other teaching-learning obstacles.