Academic stress, personality traits and academic engagement among university students
Abstract
This study sought to examine the relationship between academic stress, personality traits and academic engagement among sociology students of Makerere University. A correlation study design was adopted. A total of 45 questionnaires were randomly distributed among respondents, with this the researcher considered a sample size of 40 respondents. The researcher used self-administered questionnaires which consisted of closed end questions to collect information from the respondents. Data was entered into a computer using Statistical Package of Social Scientists (SPSS). Findings of the study indicated that there was no relationship between academic stress and personality traits, a relationship was also found between personality traits and academic engagement. However the findings also indicated that there was no relaiomnship between academic sress and academic engagement.