Predictive of Psychological and Demographic Characteristics on Psychological Wellbeing amongst Academic Staff in Nigeria
Main Article Content
Abstract
The psychological wellbeing of the academic staff has become a concern to psychologists and other social scientists of which major steps have been taken in understanding the factors predicting psychological well-being. Based on this premise, this study investigated predictive of psychological and demographic characteristics on psychological wellbeing amongst academic staff of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. The study employed a cross-sectional research design, where ninety (90) academic staff consisting of 54 (60.0%) male and 36 (40.0%) females were used for the study. Their ages ranged from 22 to 61 years of age with the Mean of 411.61 (SD=11.226). Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-R) and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale (RPWS) were used for data collection. Statistical analysis involved the use of multiple regression. Findings from the two hypotheses indicated that, occupational stress significantly predicted psychological well-being [β = -.310, t = -2.915; p<.01]; observation of beta weight [β = -.310] shows that occupational stress significantly accounted for 31.0% of the variation in psychological wellbeing. Result further showed that, there was no significant joint influence [F (1, 86) = 2.424; p>.05] of demographic variables on psychological well-being. On the independent basis, result revealed that age [F (23, 86) = .970; p>.05], sex [F (1, 86) = .435; p>.05] and level of education [F (3, 86) = 1.348; p>.05] did not independently influence psychological wellbeing among academic staff in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, academic lecturers should be enlightened on how to manage work stress, and of course more researches should be encouraged on the subject matter for further identification of long-term solutions to the problems affecting psychological well-being of academic staff in Nigerian Universities.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Abouserie, R. (1996). Stress coping strategies and job satisfaction in university academic staff. Educational Psychology, 16 (1), 49-56.
Adegoke, T.G., (2014). Effects of occupational stress on psychological well-being of police employees in Ibadan metropolis. Nigeria. African Research Review, 8(1), 302-320.
Adenuga, O. A. (2015). Impact of Occupational Stress on Job Satisfaction and Mental Health of First Bank Employees: Implication for Personnal Psychologists. American Journal of Psychologist and Cognitive Science, 1(1), 15-21.
Agbor, N. S., Ebeh, R., & Onyeanu, M. (2018). Predictors of mental health wellbeing among undergraduates in eastern Nigeria: A function of academic stress, substance abuse and age. African Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 8(2), 142-150.
Aggarwal, N. T., Wilson, R.S., & Beck, T.L. (2015). Perceived Stress and Change in Cognitive function among Adults Aged 65 and Older. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76 (1), 80–85.
Ahmed, U., Riazand, A., & Ramzan, M. (2013). Assessment of Stress and Stressors: A Study on Management Students. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 4 (9), 687–699.
Akintayo, D. I. (2012). Occupational stress, psychological well-being and workers’ behavior in manufacturing industries in South-west Nigeria. Organizational Psychology & Educational Studies, 1(5), 289-294.
Akintayo, D.I. (2012) Occupational Stress, Psychological Well Being and Workers’ Behaviour in Manufacturing Industries in South-West Nigeria. Research Journal in Organizational Psychology & Educational Studies, 1, 289-294.
Amato, P. R. (1994). Father-child relations, mother-child relations, and offspring psychological wellbeing in early adulthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 56(4), 1031.
American Psychological Association. (2016). Stress won’t go away? Maybe you are suffering from chronic stress. Available at: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/chronicstress.aspx Retrieved 5/11/2016
Archontakil, A., Lemis, J., & Bates, K. (2012). Veersrils of Records Online: Personality and Individual Differences. Journal of Personality, 2(81), 223-244.
Ardelt, M. (1997). Wisdom and life satisfaction in old age. Journal of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 52, 15–27.
Asamoah-Appiah, W., & Aggrey-Fynn, I. (2017). The impact of occupational stress on employee’s performance: a study at Twifo oil palm plantation limited. African Journal of Applied Research, 3(1), 14-25.
Austin, A. & Pilat, M. (2000). Tension, stress, and the tapestry of faculty lives. Academe. January/ February. 38-42.
Baghurst, T., & Kelley, B. (2014). An Examination of Stress in College Students over the Course of a Semester. Health Promotion Practice, 15 (3), 438–447.
Biro, E., Balajti, I., Adany, R. & Kosa, K., (2009). Determinants of mental well-being in medical students. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Retrieved November 9 2009, from [Online] Available:http://www.springerlink.com/content/5587832m1u83601q/fulltext.pdf. doi:10.1007/s00127-009-0062-0
Blascovich, J., & Tomaka, J. (1991). Measures of self-esteem. Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes, 1, 115-160.
Bowen, P., Rose, R., & Pilkington, A. (2016). Perceived Stress amongst University Academic. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 6(1), 22-28.
Buunk, B.P., Janssen, P.P., & Vanyperen, N.W. (1989). Stress and Afïïliation Reconsidered: The Effects of Social Support in Stressful and Non-stressful Work. Social behaviour, 4, 155- 171.
ComRes, (2015). Teachers’ satisfaction and wellbeing in the work place: NASUWT. The Teacher’s Union. (Online).
Diener, E. (1997). Introduction of Special Section on the Structure of Emotion. USA: Journal of Personality and Psychology, 76(2) 803 – 804.
Diener, E., & Seligman, M.E.P. (2002). Very Happy People. Psychological Science. Journal of Research in Personality, 13 (1), 81-84.
Doyle, C. & Hind, P. (1998). Occupational stress, burnout and job status in female academics, Gender, work and organisations. 5, 67-8.
Dua, J. K. (1994). Job stressors and their effects on physical health, emotional health and job satisfaction in a university. Journal of educational administration. Journal of Educational Administration. 32 (1).
Early, P. (1994). Lecturers’ work load and factors affecting stress levels. Slough: NFER. Keyes, C. L., Shmotkin, D., & Ryff, C. D. Optimizing well-being: The empirical encounter of two traditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 1007-1022
El Ansari, W., Adetunji, H. & Oskrochi, R.(2014a). Food and Mental Health: Relationship between Food and Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms among University Students in the United Kingdom. Central European Journal of Public Health, 22, 90–97.
El Ansari, W., Oskrochi, R. & Haghgoo, G. (2014b). Are Students’ Symptoms and Health Complaints Associated with Perceived Stress at University? Perspectives from the United Kingdom and Egypt. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11 (10), 9981–10002.
Eres, F., & Atanasoska, T. (2011). Occupational stress of teachers: a comparative study between Turkey and Macedonia. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1(7), 59-65.
Espinoza,J.,(2015). Stress pushing teachers to leave profession. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11480108/Stresspushing-teachers-to-leave-professionfigures-show.html
Evers, W., Tomic,W., & Brouwers, A. (2004). Effects of Aggressive Behaviour and Perceived Self-efficacy on Burnout among Staff of Homes for the Elderly, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 22, 439-454
Ezeugwu, R. C., Obi, N.I., Ogunleke, S. J & Afolabi, O.A. (2016). Teachers’ turnover intention: impact of jobstress and depression. African Journal for the Psychological Studies of Social Issues, 19(3), 16-23.
Fry, L. W. & Greenfeld, S. (1980). An Examination of Attitudinal Differences Between Policewomen and Policemen Department of Management. Journal of Applied Psychology, 65(1), 123-126.
Gureje, O., Lola, K., Ebenezer, A. & Benjamin, O.O. (2008). Determinants of quality of life of elderly Nigerians: results from the Ibadan Study of Ageing. Africa Journal of Medical Sciences. September, 37(3), 239-350
Hanushek, E.A., Kain, J.F., & Rivkin, S.G (2004). Why public schools lose teachers. Journal of human resources, 39(2), 326-354.
Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., & Keyes, C. L. (2002). Well-being in the Workplace and its Relationship to Business Outcomes: A Review of the Gall up Studies. In C. L. Keyes, & J.