Emotional Regulation and Academic Performance among Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Minna Campus

Abstract

Emotional regulation and academic performance are two important domains in achieving students’ life’s goals and objectives. It is crucial for students to have the right attitude and be fortified with effective emotional regulation strategies to handle the difficulties of daily life. Thus, the study investigated the relationship between emotional regulation and academic performance of students. Two research objectives and two null hypotheses guided the study; a co relational survey was used. The Population of the study comprised of (346)200 level students of Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Minna Campus; with a sample size of 267 respondents was used
in the study. The instrument was validated by two experts and overall reliability index value of .092 was obtained. The instrument of the study was tagged “Students Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (SERQ)”adapted from Gross (2011) while Academic performance were derived from students’ demographic background and CGPA for 2021/2022 academic session. The results showed that there is no significant relationship between emotional regulation and students CGPA, and a significant difference exist between low and high emotional regulation strategies used by the students of Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Minna Campus. Based on the results of
the study, it was therefore recommended among others that there is need for higher institutions or educational institution administrators to develop workshops that include positive emotion regulation skills among students in order to start creating exposure and lastly, there is need to create awareness among students about the importance in regulating emotions especially when it involves their studies and overall academic life.