PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AS CORRELATES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Stella Ego Ohaka; O G Kemjika

PARENTAL ATTACHMENT AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AS CORRELATES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Stella Ego Ohaka, O G Kemjika

Abstract

The study investigated parental-child and emotional competence as correlates of psychological well-being of students in secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The design was correlationl research design. The population of the study comprised all the 27,386 (13,331 male and 14,055 female) JSS1 students in the 275 public junior secondary schools. The sample size comprised 441 (226 male and 215 female) students (JSSI). The multistage sampling approach with the help of cluster, simple and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques were used to arrive at the sample size. Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) by Vescoveli, Albieri and Ruinihas, Inventory on Parent Attachment (IPA) by Armsden and Greenberg as well as Emotional Competence Scale (ECS) were used for data collection. Face, content and construct validities were ensured by experts in the relevant areas. The Cronbach alpha was used to establish the reliability coefficient of ECS, PWBS and IP A were 0.86, 0.87 and 0.78 respectively. Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that Parental attachment and emotional competence have a positive significant high relationship with psychological well-being of the students in Rivers State. it was recommended among others that parents should ensure that they develop strong bond and affinity of relationship in their family life style. Also, parents should always desire and seek for parenting skills through reading of materials and counselling sections in the churches, Mosques among others.

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