INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AND SELF-COMPASSION AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES 0F, BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY MAKURDI
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research examined the influence of psychological resilience and self-compassion as predictors of academic excellence among undergraduates of Benue state University, Makurdi. A cross-sectional survey design was used for the study and the researcher used 394 undergraduates. The psychological resilience scale (PRS) developed by Wagnild and Young (1993), The short form of the self-compassion scale (SCF.SF) was developed by Raes, Pommier, Neff and Van Gucht (2010) and The Purdue Academic Rating Scales (PARS) was designed by Fedhusen, Hoover and Sayler (1990) were used for data collection. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested and result from the first hypothesis showed that psychological resilience has a significant influence on academic excellence among undergraduates of Benue state University, Makurdi. From the second hypothesis, it was found that self-compassion has a significant influence on academic excellence among undergraduates of Benue state University. From the third hypothesis, it was found that psychological resilience and self-compassion has no significant joint influence on academic excellence among undergraduates of Benue state University. The findings of the study were discussed in line with other studies and conclusions were drawn. It was recommended among others that efforts to promote academic resilience should be embraced by teachers because developing more resilience in students has many positive benefits.
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