Impact of Broken Homes on Mental Wellbeing Among Undergraduate Students in Sokoto State Owned Universities: Implication for Counselling
*1Khadijah Muhammad and 2M.S Nawait
*1&2Department of Counselling Psychology, Sokoto State University, Sokoto Email: muknawait@gmail.com
Abstract
The study investigated on the impact of Broken Home on mental wellbeing among undergraduate students in Sokoto state owned Universities. It employed descriptive survey design and purposive sampling was used in selecting 370 respondents from the population of 21,338 undergraduate education students across the state owned universities. Two research objectives and two hypotheses were used and an adapted questionnaire from Schultz (2013) titled, Mental Well-Being and Broken Home questionnaire (MWBBHQ) was used to collect data for the study with validity and reliability indexes of 0.87 and 0.75 respectively. The collected data were used in testing the formulated hypotheses using statistical tool of Independent Sample t-test and the results obtained stated that, moral and social factors associated with broken homes demonstrate a statistically significant effect on the mental well-being of undergraduate students in Sokoto State, Nigeria. And it was recommended that, Undergraduate students of education should be encouraged to learn healthy coping mechanisms, such as stress management, self-care, and problem-solving skills as well as prioritize physical and emotional well-being through activities like exercise, meditation, or hobbies.
Keywords
Broken home & Mental wellbeing
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