Relationship between Undergraduates Family Emotional Climate and Academic Performance of Undergraduates

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between undergraduate family emotional climate and academic performances. To guide this study, five research questions were asked and five null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Purposive random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 136 respondents’ from the department of guidance and counseling. The instrument for the study is titled, undergraduates emotional climate and academic performance inventory. It has face and content validity index of 0.91. The findings of the research revealed that there is no relationship between family emotional climate and academic performance among undergraduates, males, females, 100 level and 400 levels. It was recommended that university management should create an enriched academic environment that will encourage the growth of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor activities that will enhance academic success among undergraduate.

Keywords: Family emotional climate, academic performance.