DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i02.015

Pages: 383-391

This study was conducted to examine the psychological wellbeing of undergraduate students; it’scorrelation with socio demographic variables at University of Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. The objective of the study among others includes; determining the state of self-acceptance of undergraduate students, examining purpose in life of undergraduate students etc. Two hypotheses were formulated, viz; Hypothesis One (H01): There is no significant relationship between psychological well-being and Age. Hypothesis Two (H02): There is no significant relationship between psychological well-being and Gender. Data for this study was elucidated through the use of structured questionnaire which has the modified Ryff’s Scale for Measuring Psychological Well-Being (SPWB. The questionnaire was administered to 377undergraduate students but 356 questionnaires were duly filled and returned representing 94% return rate. The respondents were selected through multi-stage sampling technique. The demographic data of respondents and research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistic (frequency distribution and percentage) while inferential statistics (Pearson Correlation) was used to test hypothesis one and two.