ANXIETY, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF REV. FR MOSES ORSHIO ADASU UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE
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Anxiety, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Health Promotion, Undergraduate Students, Psycho-social Well-being, UniversityAbstract
This study investigated anxiety, interpersonal relationship and mental health promotion among undergraduate students in Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were formulated. The population comprised 16,300 undergraduate students in Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State. A correlational survey research design was adopted and a sample of 300 undergraduate students was selected using a multi-stage sampling technique involving stratified, proportional and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using two researcher-developed instruments titled Anxiety Questionnaire (AQ) interpersonal Questionnaire (IQ) and Mental Health Promotion Questionnaire (MHPQ). The instruments were validated by three experts, and reliability was established through a trial test using Cronbach Alpha, yielding coefficients of 0.81, 0.79 and 0.83. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) to answer the research questions and linear regression analysis to test the hypotheses at 0.01 level of significance. Findings showed a significant positive relationship between anxiety and mental health promotion, as well as interpersonal relationship and mental health promotion among undergraduate students in Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi. The study concluded that anxiety and interpersonal relationship has significant positive relationship with mental health promotion among undergraduate students in Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State. The study recommended that the university management should strengthen accessible mental health promotion programmes through counselling services, awareness campaigns and stress management workshops, while counsellors and the student affairs division should encourage positive interpersonal relationships among students through peer support programmes, social skills training and conflict resolution activities.
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