Prevalence Of Emotional Exhaustion, Subjective Happiness And Achievement Striving Among Undergraduates In Selected Universities In Lagos State

Abstract

This study assessed the influence of emotional exhaustion and subjective happiness on achievement striving among undergraduates in selected universities in Lagos State. The study adopted a descriptive design and used a multi-stage sampling technique to select the 370 participants of this study. Three validated questionnaires were used for data collection with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.822 to 0.901. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that undergraduates' achievement striving (Mean = 2.69; 67.3%), (Mean = 2.69; 67.3%) and emotional exhaustion (Mean = 2.79; 69.8%) were above average and good. Additionally, the prevalence of subjective happiness, emotional exhaustion, and achievement striving among undergraduates in Lagos State were high. The study concluded that emotional exhaustion, subjective happiness, and achievement striving were highly prominent among the sample of the study. Thus, it is recommended that adequate and sufficient attention must be given to the students’ personality and teachers should be offered methodological guidance in order to work on this through the educational process, in order that psych-educational intervention may serve as an avenue to improve achievement striving.