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    Stress and coping strategies among relatives of mentally ill in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo state, Nigeria
    (2022) Afolabi, A.; Salami, K.
    Mental illness of an individual does not just affect the patient, it may also be seen as a problem of the whole family. As primary care givers, families suffer from stress factors such as financial burdens, the neglect of other sibling and the interruption of the family routines. This work investigates the stress factors and coping strategies adopted by relatives of people living with mental illness in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo state. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design involving 300 relatives of mentally ill individuals seen at the psychiatric unit of Ring Road State hospital, Ibadan. A purposive sampling was used to elicit information from respondents. Among other findings, it found that 59% of respondents were children of the mentally ill patients and 43% indicated that the emotional stress was the major stressor identified and creation of humour (29%) was the major coping strategy employed by the relatives. Furthermore, there were significant relationship between stressors, coping strategies and gender of the caregivers. The study recommends that the government health care providers and policy makers should organize public enlightenment programmes on mental health education. Health care providers should educate family members of mentally ill so as to enable them cope with stressors.
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    Stress and burnout as determinants of teachers' under- performance in private secondary schools in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo state
    (Department of Social Work, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2021) Afolabi, A.
    Teaching is becoming more challenging as a profession and is one of the most significant and visible professions in the world. This study looked at stress and burnout as predictors of teachers' under-performance in private secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. The study used descriptive survey research with the target population consisting of randomly chosen teachers in Ibadan city. A purposive sampling technique was employed to pick 150 respondents from 15 selected private schools and a research instrument titled "Stress, Burnout and Teachers' Performance Questionnaire" (SBTPQ) was utilised to collect data far the study. According to the findings, stress is a predictor of teachers' effectiveness, (r = .516. n= 150, p < .05) and burnout is a predictor of teachers' performance, (r=610, n=I50 p<.05). Based on these findings, it was suggested that social workers should push for work stress audits far teachers at regular intervals in order to identify work stress regions. Schools could also arrange lectures and workshops on holistic work-life balance far teachers.
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    An empirical inquiry to psychological variables constituting stress: middle aged widows in rural communities in Nigeria
    (California Institute of Pan African Studies, 2014) Busari, A. O.; Folaranmi, O. O.
    This study investigated empirically the psychological variables constituting stress among middle aged widows in rural communities in Nigeria. The participants were 128 widows drawn from Kajola, Itesiwaju, Saki East, and Saki West local government of Oyo state in Nigeria. The instrument used for gathering information was the Widowhood Stress Scale (WSS), developed by the researchers. A descriptive research design was adopted for this study, with two research questions raised as a guide and the use of Multiple Regression Anaylsis as the statistical tool for processing the data collected. The result indicated that four psychological variables constitute widow's stress level in the rural communities of study.