IMPACT OF MULTIPLE STRESS MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION ON MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study sort to determine the impact of multiple stress management intervention on motivation and academic performance of Automobile Technology Education students in Universities in South-South, Nigeria. 2 purposes with corresponding research questions were generated, answered respectively. The study employed a quasi-experimental design. The population for the study was 97 first-year Automobile students. The structured questionnaire and automobile technology performance test instruments were used for data collection. The instruments used for data collection were validated by 3 experts and has overall reliability coefficients of 0.78. Data
analysis was carried out using mean and standard deviation. MANCOVA was used to test the hypothesis. The Findings revealed signicant 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 a need for stress management training for all levels of Automobile students with involvement of capability within the university.