Benue State University, Makurdi

ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND CAREER CHOICE OF STUDENTS IN ECONOMICS IN FCT ABUJA, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLORS AND POLICY MAKERS

Assoc. Prof. Lucy Ugbe and Dr. Maikudi Kwanza Allahnana

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between psychological factors and career choice of senior secondary school students in Economics in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. The study employed correlational survey research design. The population for the study were 3567 Economics students in the six areas council in FCT. Multistage sampling techniques was used to sampled two areas council with 385 Economics students. Questionnaire on Psychological Factors and Students Career Choice in Economics (PFCCE) was used for data collection. A PFCCE consist of the personal information of the respondents while section B consists of 15 items each to measure psychological factors and 5 items are to measure career choice in Economics. Hence responses are in five scale using Strongly Agree (SA), 4 Agree (A), 3 Undecided (U), Disagree (D) 2 and Strongly Disagree (SD) 1. The cut-off point considered as agreement for the responses is 2.5. While anything below 2.50 signifies disagreement. Pearson product moment correlation was used to test the formulated hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. This was considered appropriate for this study because it is a parametric statistic for treating data. Data generated for the study were analyzed on the computer using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Findings from the study revealed that there is relationship between psychological factors and career choice of senior secondary school students in Economics in FCT. It was recommended among other that students considering to make career choice decisions should carefully evaluate available career opportunities against their interests and attitude.

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