Self-concept and resilience: Precursor to senior secondary school students’ performance in tourism in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State
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Self-concept, Resilience, Senior Secondary School, Students, Academic performance, TourismAbstract
The purpose of the study was to ascertain the relationship between self-concept cum Resilience and senior secondary school students’ academic performance in tourism in Akamkpa LGA of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Relevant literatures were reviewed according to the variables of the study. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive design. The sampling technique employed for the study was simple random sampling and proportional sampling techniques. The population of the study comprised all 1,221 senior secondary two (SS 2) tourism students in the public secondary schools in Akamkpa 2024/2025 academic session. The sample for the study comprised four hundred and seventeen students (417). Two instruments were used for data collection in this study namely: a questionnaire titled: Students’ Variable Questionnaire (SVQ) and Tourism Achievement test (TAT). The instruments were validated and the reliability of the SVQ was established using Cronbach’s Alpha with reliability estimate ranging from .83 - .93. While the reliability estimate BAT was established using Kuder Richardson K-R20 having reliability estimate at .784. Pearson product moment correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses formulated. The results obtained from analysis of data and testing of hypotheses revealed that there are intricate relationships between students’ self-concept and resilience, on the student’s academic performance in tourism. Based on these findings, it was recommended thatDownloads
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