Authors : Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka Onyechi, Anthony U. Okere and Mkpoikanke Sunday Otu
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether born againism correlate with academic pursuit among undergraduate students in South-East of Nigeria. The participants were 126 undergraduates identified as born again students and 110 undergraduates identified as non-born again students from Nigerian Universities in the South-East of Nigeria. The selection of the participants was done using snowball and volunteer sampling techniques. Students’ religious activities questionnaire and cumulative grade points average were the primary measures used in the study. Point-Biserial correlation was used to analyze the data gathered. The results show very low negative relationship between engagement in religious activities and academic pursuit among born again students. By gender, there was a perfect positive relationship between born againism and academic pursuit among female undergraduate students and a very low negative relationship between born againism and academic pursuit among male undergraduate students. The implications and limitations were discussed based on these findings.
Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka Onyechi, Anthony U. Okere and Mkpoikanke Sunday Otu, 2016. Relationship Between Born Againism and Academic Pursuit among Undergraduate Students in South-East Nigeria: Implications for Counselling. International Business Management, 10: 4313-4317.