Title:
MOOD DISORDER AND ACADEMIC MOTIVATION OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Authors:
OMI-UJUANBI, Gloria Omolego PhD

Abstract:
This study examined mood disorder and academic motivation among public secondary school students in Edo State, Nigeria. The study sought to determine the level of mood disorder and academic motivation among secondary school students and also find out whether both variables are correlated. This study adopted the correlational study design. The population of the study covered the Senior Secondary School (SSS) students in all the 29 public secondary schools in Edo State. A total of 300 students were drawn as sample. The simple random sampling technique was used to select fifteen secondary schools in the study area. Two instruments were adopted for this study to measure mood disorder and academic motivation. The test-retest reliability method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. An r-coefficient of 0.78 and 0.81 were obtained on the instruments respectively. Research questions 1 and 2 were analysed using mean (X ?) and standard deviation (S.D) while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the level of mood disorder and academic motivation of students were both low. However, there exist an inverse and significant relationship between mood disorder and academic motivation of students. This implies that increase in mood disorder was associated with decrease in academic motivation. It was thereby recommended that guidance and counselling unit should be employed in all faculties to afford students the opportunity of receiving information and orientation services about how to control mood swings and maintain emotional stability for improved academic motivation.