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Prevalence of Adjustment Problem and Its Predictors among First-Year Undergraduate Students in Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study
Joint Authors
Alemu, Wondale Getinet
Belay Ababu, Getu
Belete Yigzaw, Asmare
Dinku Besene, Yihunbelay
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Being in a university for the first time is an unpleasant event and time of heavy pressure relating to social things and dissatisfaction for several new faculty students.
Adjustment difficulties are the foremost common issues among freshman students; World Health Organization area unit researched a full-of-life adjustment innovation in universities.
Despite this reality, there is a few literature that identifies prevalence and factors related to the adjustment downside among university/college students.
Methods.
Institutional based quantitative cross-sectional study style was conducted from May to June 2016.
A total of 537 haphazardly elite students concerned within the study.
The result adjustment downside was explained with Student Adjustment to College Questionnaire (SACQ).
Data was described using descriptive analysis; logistic regression was used to assess the relation between adjustment downside and associated factors.
An odds quantitative relation 95% confidence interval was used to point out the strength of association.
Applied mathematics significance was declared as a p value less than 0.05.
Result.
A total of 537 respondents participate with a response rate of eighty-five percent.
the prevalence of adjustment downside among the respondents was 228 ( 42.5%).
Of the respondents, 327 (60.9%) were male and therefore the mean (sd) age was 19 (+- 1) years.
Being away from home and homesickness (AOR=4.15,95% CI: 2.46,2,99 and AOR=5.
9,95% CI: 2.35,14.76) and difficulties in socializing or making friends (AOR=3.99,95% CI:2.29,6.98) and difficulties in managing time and study skill (AOR=3.02,95% CI: 1.3,7.02) were abundant associated factors with adjustment downside.
Conclusion.
The study confirms that freshman students joining university do face problems in adjusting themselves at the university.
Homesickness, difficulties in socializing or making friends, and difficulties in managing time and study skill were found to be significant factors in adjustment downside.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Belay Ababu, Getu& Belete Yigzaw, Asmare& Dinku Besene, Yihunbelay& Alemu, Wondale Getinet. 2018. Prevalence of Adjustment Problem and Its Predictors among First-Year Undergraduate Students in Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study. Psychiatry Journal،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212686
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Belay Ababu, Getu…[et al.]. Prevalence of Adjustment Problem and Its Predictors among First-Year Undergraduate Students in Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study. Psychiatry Journal No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212686
American Medical Association (AMA)
Belay Ababu, Getu& Belete Yigzaw, Asmare& Dinku Besene, Yihunbelay& Alemu, Wondale Getinet. Prevalence of Adjustment Problem and Its Predictors among First-Year Undergraduate Students in Ethiopian University: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study. Psychiatry Journal. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212686
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1212686