PSYCHOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 121. SOCIAL SUPPORT, SELF ESTEEM AND RELIGIOSITY AS PREDICTORS OF DEPRESSION AMONG YO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The term depression among Nigerian youths cannot be mentioned without being attached with social support, self esteem and religiosity as its determinant. Depression can be said to be a state of being sad. It is a grave mood swing or disorder that negatively influences how one thinks, feels about everything and behaves. It has a slight disparity from...Continue Reading »

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• 122. THE BEHAVIORAL TERATOGENIC EFFECT OF CIMETIDINE ON THE OFFSPRING’S OF ALBINO R...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The guinea pig (cava parellus), also called cavy, and the genus cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from guinea, they originated in the Andes, and earlier studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggested they are domestic descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida, or c. tsc...Continue Reading »

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• 123. EFFECT OF MARITAL PROBLEMS ON THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Marriage is a basic institution in every society designed by God as a social agreement between two individuals to become husband and wife (Becker, 2002; Uka, Obidoa & Uzoechina, 2013). It is an institution that gives legitimacy to sexual relationship and reproduction for legitimate children (Ryan & Powelson, 2010). Marriage involves joining ...Continue Reading »

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• 124. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND PSYCHO SOCIAL ISSUES AS DETERMINANT OF ACADEMIC PE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The National Policy on Education (2009) recognizes education as the nation’s greatest asset towards the quick development of its economic potentials, sociological and human resources, hence, it focuses on the integration of the individual into a sound and effective citizen. Education has been the pillar upon which all meaningful national d...Continue Reading »

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• 125. ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY IN PERCIEVED CONTROLLABILITY OF ZI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Perceived controllability is a generalized expectancy pertaining to the connection between personal characteristics or actions Rotter, Chance & Phares (1972). People who perceive controllability may evaluate their health positively Bailis & Chipperfield (2002) Chipperfield (1993) and estimate lower risk estimates (Dolinski, Gromski, &...Continue Reading »

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• 126. INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SELF-ESTEEM:...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Education is very essential to all countries of the world both developed and developing. Education is the process or art of imparting knowledge, skills, facts, judgment and either formally or informally. It is the channel through which human, physical, social, emotional and intellectual abilities are developed. Education to Kneller (2000) is the pro...Continue Reading »

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• 127. EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS LE...

  » 1.1 INTRODUCTION The occurrence of drug abuse has become endemic in the Nigerian society to the extent that secondary school students, who are mere adolescents, engaged themselves in drug abuse as a result of peer pressure or the parental influence, which some of their parents are drug addict or former drug addict. Drug abuse makes a student to become obstinate towards their parents and elderly on...Continue Reading »

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• 128. EFFECTS OF PEER PRESSURE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Educational activities are targeted at ensuring students achieve the basic goals of educational objectives which is encompassing the students good academic performance for greater tomorrow of self, society and the nation at large. Academic performance refers to the degree to which a student achieves educational goals. Scott (2012) sees academic ...Continue Reading »

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• 129. EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE ON FEMALE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Birth, marriage and death are the standard trio of key events in most people’s live. But out of these three events; ‘marriage’ is a matter of choice. The right to exercise that choice was identified as a principle of law starting from the Roman era and has been established in the international human right instruments. Yet, many...Continue Reading »

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• 130. IMPACT OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENTS’ PYSCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMI...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Education is highly imperative to all countries of the world regardless of their level of development. Education is the process of transmitting knowledge, skills, facts, judgment etc. either formally or informally. It is the channel through which human, physical, social, emotional and intellectual abilities are harnessed. Education to Kneller (2000) is the process by w...Continue Reading »

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• 131. INFLUENCE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG NURSES IN OSU...

  » 1.1 Background to the study The Nursing profession has been known to be an integral part of the health care system, they are needed in all stages and levels of healthcare. The registered nurse is responsible for implementing the physicians’ orders, such as giving medications or changing dresses and assessing the client’s responses to the treatment plan. The nurse is also responsible fo...Continue Reading »

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• 132. EATING HABIT AS A DETERMINANT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STU...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Most students in our secondary schools today are finding it difficult to concentrate and do well in their studies and because of this, academic achievement becomes a problem. Many of the academic problems students face is fueled by poor nutrition and lack of proper eating habit. Academic performance is measured through continuous assessments and...Continue Reading »

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• 133. A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF NATURE AND POLITICAL RIGHT IN THOMAS HOBBE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY There are as many views of the nature of philosophy as there are philosophers, if not more and nearly everyone points out that the Greek roots of the word “philosophy” are “philo,” meaning “love,” and “sophia” meaning “wisdom” which would make philosophy translate more or less to “love of wisd...Continue Reading »

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• 134. INDIRECT REALISM IN JOHN LOCKE: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE REPRESENTATIONAL TH...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The aim of this chapter will include; an attempt to establish the nature of the controversy between direct and indirect realism right from the period of John Locke who had established the foundations for the debate. The rationalists had come to lay a foundation of our knowledge on supposedly certain and indubitable foundations in reasoning, ...Continue Reading »

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• 135. SOCIAL SUPPORT, SELF-ESTEEM AND RELIGIOSITY AS PREDICTORS OF DEPRESSION CONTROL ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the Study Depression is one of the most widespread mental disorders among youths (Kiringlen, Torgersen & Crammer, 2001) in Western society. Depression is an affective, or mood disorder. It is an illness that immerses its sufferers in a world of self blame, confusion and hopelessness. It is an illness of the mind. Some could argue that depression is a ...Continue Reading »

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• 136. SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCE AS A PREDICTOR OF ACADEMIC PERFORMAN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Academic performance is of maximum importance to parents, educators, guardians and even the Government. This of course is because of the huge impact education has on the national and economic development of the country. According to Davison institute (2004), Performance is a measure of quality and quantity of success one has in the mastery of kn...Continue Reading »

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• 137. PSYCHOLOGY IMPACT OF LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction The problem of sickle cell anaemia is in different faces. In this work we are looking at the social aspect of the sickle cell anaemia or the psychological assault of people living with sickle cell anaemia. People does not see them as normal, majority of the people see people with sickle cell anaemia as a working corpse that can die at any time. 1.1 Backgro...Continue Reading »

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• 138. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE WELLBEING OF STUDENTS LIVING WITH SICKLE C...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY People with sickle cell disease can live a normal life and achieve their dreams and aspirations if the condition is well managed especially from the psychological perspectives. Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic disorder that can be acquired if both parents carry the disease trait (World Health Organization WHO, 2010). In sickle cell anaemia, the ...Continue Reading »

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• 139. POORLY EQUIPPED LANGUAGE LABORATORY AS DETERMINANT OF ACADEMIC FAILURE IN ORAL E...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The benefits of language laboratory cannot be over emphasized without defining language and its importance. In order to use a language laboratory, students must be conversant with the term ‘language’ and its usefulness in learning. Language is the method of human communication either spoken or written consisting of the use of words i...Continue Reading »

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• 140. INFLUENCE OF HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL ON MENSTRUAL ATTITUDE AMONGST THREE GENERAT...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Menstruation is a biological phenomenon laden with cultural implications. Individuals do not experience the body in a socio cultural vacuum. In turn, women’s interpretations of the physiological and hormonal changes associated with menstruation cannot be understood outside of the social and historical context in which they live, which is i...Continue Reading »

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