Abstract

PERSONALTY FACTORS, DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM AND SINGLE PARENTING AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AMONG UNDERGRADUATES

Segun-Martins Opeyemi Ibironke and Dennis Uba Donald*

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the extent of which personality factors, dispositional optimism and single parenting as predictors of psychological wellbeing among undergraduates in Ondo State, Nigeria. An ex-post factor design was adopted in this study. using accidental sampling technique, 300 questionnaires were administered to students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State (170 males and 130 females) whose ages ranged from 16 to 40 years (M= 22.34; SD: 3.35). Four research hypotheses were formulated and tested. The result revealed that only openness personality factor significantly predicted psychological wellbeing of undergraduate (β = 0, 212, p<0.01), extraversion β = 0.021, p<0.05), agreeableness β = 0.058, p<0.05), conscientiousness β = 0.008, p<0.01), and neuroticism β = -0.014, p<0.05) had no significant prediction on psychological wellbeing. The prediction of psychological wellbeing by dispositional optimism was significant (β = 0.019 p<0.05). Moreover, personality factors, dispositional optimism and single parenting showed a joint prediction of psychological wellbeing among undergraduate [F (7, 292) = 6.093, P<0.01]. This implies that personality factors, dispositional optimism and single parenting have a significant joint prediction on psychological wellbeing of undergraduate.

Keywords: Personality Factors, Dispositional Optimism, Single Parenting, Psychological Wellbeing.