Gender and Religious Affiliation as Determinants of Emotional Adjustment of Transfer Undergraduates in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Abstract

This authors examine the influence of religious affiliation on the emotional adjustment of transfer students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. They also examine the influence of gender and age on their emotional adjustment. They utilise the purposive sampling technique to select 164 undergraduates from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria to
participate in the study. Data is collected using a standardised psychological scale, the Emotional Adjustment Scale (EAS) and subjected to the independent t-test as well as One-way Analysis of Variance (One-Way ANOVA). Results reveal that religion affiliation has a significant influence on the emotional adjustment of transfer students {t(162)=3.37, p<0.05} but gender {t(162)=0.77, p>0.05} and age {F(2,161)=0.297, p>0.05} have no significant influence on emotional adjustment among transfer students. The authors conclude that
religious activities on campus have been able to provide a cushioning effect to transfer students who had emotional difficulties coping with their new departments.