EFFECT OF AGE ON THE LEVEL OF STRESS EXPERIENCED AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study sought to determine the effect of age on the level of stress experienced and academic performance of automobile technology students exposed to multiple stress management interventions in universities in Southern Nigeria. 1 purposes with corresponding research questions and 1 hypothesis were generated, answered and tested respectively. The study employed quasi-experimental design. The population for the study was 97 first year Automobile students. The instruments used for data collection were validated by 3 experts and has overall reliability coefficients of 0.77. Data analysis was carried out using mean and standard deviation. MANCOVA was used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed significant effect of the intervention on student’s health status and improved academic performance. It was therefore recommended among others that multiple stress management
intervention should be integrated in Automobile technology education and other engineering/technology based programmes to foster effective stress management practices among students. Also, there is the need for stress management training for all levels of
Automobile students with involvement of capability within the university.