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Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Mensah Prince Osiesi; Bolanle Oriola; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Adesina Isaac Okunade; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Monica Ngozi Odinko; Babatunde Kasim Oladele – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Academic failure is seen as an educational challenge, and students are unable to adapt to the required academic skills that could foster academic success. Research on students' academic success and emotional support along the lines of moderation and mediation effects of resilience and self-regulation, especially among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Support Groups, Resilience (Psychology), Self Management
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Oke, Tunde Dayo; Aluede, Oyaziwo – Educational Research Quarterly, 2022
This study examined peer social support, locus of control as determinants of school adjustment among freshmen in Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. The study adopted Ex post facto as research design. The sample comprised 600 participants randomly selected from all the schools/faculties (as used in Nigeria). A total of 75 students were each…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Social Support Groups, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
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Tchoh, Bennett K.; Mertan, E. Biran – Journal of International Students, 2018
In this study, we explored the relationship between self-construals, self-esteem, social support, and the sociocultural adaptation of African students in Northern Cyprus. Based on the responses received from 112 students from Sub-Saharan Africa studying in Northern Cyprus, the results indicated that only the interdependent self-construal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Social Support Groups
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Ebenehi, Amos Shaibu; Rashid, Abdullah Mat; Bakar, Ab Rahim – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2016
This paper examined predictors of career adaptability skill among higher education students in Nigeria. A sample of 603 higher education students randomly selected from six colleges of education in Nigeria participated in this study. A set of self-reported questionnaire was used for data collection, and multiple linear regression analysis was used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, College Students, Employment Potential
Salami, Samuel O. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of psychological and social factors to the prediction of adjustment to college. A total of 250 first year students from colleges of education in Kwara State, Nigeria, completed measures of self-esteem, emotional intelligence, stress, social support and adjustment. Regression analyses…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Schools of Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries