The Influence Of Psychological And Academic Stress On Academic Performance Among Nce Ii Students Within State Colleges Of Education In Northerwest Geo-Political Zone

Abstract

This study examined the influence of psychological and academic stress on academic performance among NCE II Students within state colleges of education in Northwest Geopolitical zone.  A purposive sampling technique was used to carry out this study with a sample size of three hundred and sixty four students (364) drawn from the entire population of 6,635 NCE II students.  Psychological stress scales as well as academic stress scale were the instruments used for data collection in this study, which were subjected to statistical analysis using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and T-test statistic to test the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of significance.  The findings revealed that, psychological stress has significant influence on Academic performance with (r-value = .138,P=0.008) Academic stress has significant influence on Academic performance with r-value=.255,P=0.000) there is no significant difference on gender and course of study in terms of psychological stress and Academic performance of NCE II Students of these state colleges of education.  It is recommended that all NCE II students should be sensitized on the various strategies for managing stress irrespective of their gender and course of study.