THE ROLE OF INSECURITY ON ACADEMIC SATISFACTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study investigated the role of insecurity on academic satisfaction and Psychological well-being of undergraduate students in Anambra State. The purpose of the study was to find out the role of insecurity on academic satisfaction and Psychological well-being among undergraduate students. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. Correlational Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 19,478 undergraduate students in four tertiary institutions in Anambra State for the 2023/2024 academic session. The sample size of the study comprises 3,250 year two (200 level) students from the four tertiary institute (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nwafor-Orizu College of Education Nsugbe, Anambra state University Igbariam and Umunze Technical College) were sampled. The sample was obtained using purposive sampling techniques. From the four tertiary institutions, 800 undergraduates were sampled except Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka were 850 students were sampled. Two questionnaires titled “Insecurity and Academic Satisfaction Questionnaire (IAASQ) and Insecurity and Psychological Wellbeing Questionnaire (IAPQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts; two from the 
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and the other from the Institute of Peace and Conflict and Security Studies, all from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instruments was established using Crombach’s alpha method and the alpha coefficients indices was 0.81 and 0.78 respectively for IAASQ and IAPQ. Data was obtained using direct delivery 
technique. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson r for the research questions and Linear-regression analysis for the Ho. The findings showed that insecurity plays a significant role on undergraduate students’ academic satisfaction and psychological wellbeing. It was recommended among others that government should provide adequate security to the tertiary institutions to caution 
insecurity and to enhance academic satisfaction and psychological well-being among tertiary institution students in Anambra State.