Severity of Stress Induced Factors Among Students in Tertiary Institutions in llorin Metropolis

Abstract

The thrust of this study was to assess the serverity of ten main stress induced factors among students in tertiary institutions in llorin metropolis. A total of 600 respondents participated in the study. The findings revealed that financial, family, infrastructure!, academic and social relationship stress induced factors were ranked as highly experienced-while physical and health, personal psychological, administrative, future Concerns and moral and religious stressors were ranked as lowly experienced. It was therefore suggested that counselling centers be established in Nigerian institutions of higher learning to assist students to identify the main sources of their stresses and learn appropriate coping strategies.

Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol. 6 (1&2) 1998: pp. 89-104