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Differences in school connectedness and learned helplessness among undergraduates in a public and private university in Osun State, Nigeria
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This study examined differences in school connectedness and learned helplessness among students of a private (Redeemer’s University, Ede) and public university (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) in Osun state, south-west Nigeria. The study utilized an exploratory cross-sectional survey design.
278 under-graduate university students were purposively sampled from both universities using a non-probability sampling method. Instruments include, the Learned Helplessness Scale (r = 0.86) and Measurement of School Connectedness (MOSC) questionnaire (r = 0.72).
Results show that OAU students had a significantly higher mean score on learned helplessness as opposed to RUN students. OAU students likewise, had significantly lower mean scores on three of the four domains of school connectedness: belonging, communication and connectedness with teachers than RUN students. However, no significant relationship was found between learned helplessness and school connectedness. Further research is recommended to extensively study the variables.
Keywords: Learned helplessness, school climate, school connectedness, students, 1University
