ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the
extent personality traits and self-efficacy correlate with school adjustment
among secondary school students in Abia State. To carry out this study, seven
research questions were posed and seven null hypotheses were formulated and
tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational
research design. A total of 878 respondents drawn from the entire population of
8783 senior secondary school class II students drawn through multistage
sampling techniques made up the sample for the study. Three instruments were
used for the study. The researcher developed two of the instruments namely;
“Personality Traits Assessment Questionnaire (PTAQ)”, Selfefficacy
Questionnaire (SEQ)”; while “School Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ)” was adapted
from School Adjustment Scale (SAS) developed by Ekennia (2016). These
instruments were subjected to face validation by three experts, two from the
Department of Psychology and Counselling and one from Measurement and
Evaluation; all from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. The
stability of the instruments were determined using Pearson’s Product Moment
Correlation Coefficient and reliability indices of 0.83, 0.84 and 0.93 for
PTAQ, SEQ and SAQ respectively. The internal consistency of the instruments
were determined using Cronbach Alpha method and reliability indices of 0.78,
0.77 and 0.87 were obtained for PTAQ, SEQ and SAQ respectively. The data
obtained through the administration of the three instruments were analyzed
using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson’s r R2
coefficient of determination) to answer the research questions, while linear
and multiple regression analyses were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05
level of significance. Scheffe test was also done for a step-wise comparison of
the means of hypothesis six. Results revealed as follows: Joint personality
traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness,
and neuroticism) significantly correlated with school adjustment among
secondary school students. The joint personality traits (openness to
experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) had
a very high percentage contribution of 99.8%. However, openness to experience
had the highest percentage contribution of 74.2%; followed by conscientiousness
with 71.1%; agreeableness with 58.2%; extraversion 56.4% and lastly neuroticism
which negatively predicted 31.8% of the students’ level of school adjustment.
Self-efficacy significantly correlated with school adjustment among secondary
school students as it correlated 80.3% of school adjustment among secondary
school students in Abia State. Among the educational implications was that
students have diverse personality traits that may enable them to exhibit both
adaptive and maladaptive behaviours in the classroom. When the students exhibit
adaptive behaviours, it tends to result to positive school adjustment while
negative school adjustment may be due to maladaptive behaviours. It was thus
recommended among others that government should deploy trained counsellors and
psychologists in all the public secondary schools to help the students’ adjust
properly in schools. Also, teachers should vary their teaching methods and
instructional materials to accommodate the personality differences that exist
among the students for their proper adjustment in the school.
BLESSING, C (2024). Personality Traits and Self-Efficacy as Correlate of School Adjustment Among Secondary School Students in Abia State:- Maduka, Blessing C. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/personality-traits-and-self-efficacy-as-correlate-of-school-adjustment-among-secondary-school-students-in-abia-state-maduka-blessing-c-7-2
CHIDERA, BLESSING. "Personality Traits and Self-Efficacy as Correlate of School Adjustment Among Secondary School Students in Abia State:- Maduka, Blessing C" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 29 Apr. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/personality-traits-and-self-efficacy-as-correlate-of-school-adjustment-among-secondary-school-students-in-abia-state-maduka-blessing-c-7-2. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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CHIDERA, BLESSING. "Personality Traits and Self-Efficacy as Correlate of School Adjustment Among Secondary School Students in Abia State:- Maduka, Blessing C" Mouau.afribary.org (2024). Accessed 24 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/personality-traits-and-self-efficacy-as-correlate-of-school-adjustment-among-secondary-school-students-in-abia-state-maduka-blessing-c-7-2