Stress Factors as Predictor of Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria

The study investigated stress factors and academic performance of undergraduate students. It employed a survey research design. Three hypotheses were formulated. Stratified random sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 90 students from the different departments in the faculty of education. Student Stress Inventory was used to collect the relevant information from the respondents. Using Cronbach Alpha statistics, the reliability co-efficient of .68, .57, 87 and .68 were obtained for sections A, B, C and D of the instrument respectively. The content validity of the instrument was ascertained by 3 experts (lecturers). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that stress factors significantly predict the academic performance of male undergraduate students. It was recommended that school counselling unit should organize seminars, workshop and symposia periodically for the students to address the stress factors.