Adjustment Challenges of First Year Students of Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study focused on the academic and social adjustment challenges of first year undergraduate students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. Descriptive survey research design was used, and a population of 3,633, with a sample size of 346 subjects, was studied. Simple random technique was employed. A researcher designed questionnaire titled ‘Students' Adjustment Challenges' was used for data collection. Face validity was ensured through inspection by three experts in the Department of Counselling Psychology, IBB University Lapai. A reliability measure of 0.82 was found through a test retest method. The two administrations of the test were done with two weeks interval. All the items that derive from the factor analysis of academic and social adjustment challenges of the subjects showed affirmation of the problems above the threshold level of confirmation of the challenge. The challenges are evident from the analysis of data and must have been adversely affecting the quality of learning of the subjects. It was recommended that student support services, such as counselling and sports, should be put in place (in practical terms) to solve the problem of adjustment of the subjects.