Academic stress, personality traits and academic engagement among university students

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dc.contributor.author Kirabira, Hakim
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-26T21:14:16Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-26T21:14:16Z
dc.date.issued 2019-10
dc.description A dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences of Makerere University en_US
dc.description.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. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8019
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Makerere University en_US
dc.subject Academic stress en_US
dc.subject Personality traits en_US
dc.subject Academic engagement en_US
dc.subject Sociology students of Makerere University en_US
dc.title Academic stress, personality traits and academic engagement among university students en_US
dc.title.alternative A case of sociology students at Makerere University en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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