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Title Stress-related experiences and intentions to quit studies among female married postgraduate distance education students in Ghana
Full text https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2990937
Date 2024
Author(s) Adu Henaku, Eugene; Sambah, Francis; Quansah, Frank; Agormedah, Edmond Kwesi; Srem-Sai, Medina; Hagan Junior, John Elvis; Ankomah, Francis; Ankomah-Sey, Vera Rosemary; Schack, Thomas
Abstract Adu Henaku E, Sambah F, Quansah F, et al. Stress-related experiences and intentions to quit studies among female married postgraduate distance education students in Ghana. <em>BMC Psychology </em>. 2024;12(1): 348. - BACKGROUND: Although postgraduate studies have been shown to be associated with stressful experiences, students reading programmes through the distance and e-learning mode experience greater levels of stress due to several reasons. These stressful encounters might be heightened in female married postgraduates on distance education programmes due to other family-work-related engagements. This study investigated the stress-related experiences and intentions to quit studies among female married students on a distance education programme in Ghana.; METHODS: Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, 164 married postgraduate distance education students were sampled to participate by responding to a questionnaire. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 10 participants to offer insight into the quantitative findings. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, including frequency and percentages, while the qualitative data were thematically analysed.; RESULTS: Stress was prevalent among the female married distance education students, with the majority having intentions of quitting their studies. The stressors identified ranged from personal (i.e., work and family demands) to institutional ones (i.e., academic load, unresolved complaints and high financial demands from the programme).; CONCLUSIONS: Key findings suggest that female married postgraduate distance education students perform multiple roles as full-time employees with family and academic demands that can negatively impact their health and academic work. Implications and recommendations of the findings are discussed. © 2024. The Author(s).
Language eng
Publisher BioMed Central
Relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/s40359-024-01839-x; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2050-7283; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/001248066600003; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/38877581
Type of publication http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; doc-type:article; text
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Repository Bielefeld - University of Bielefeld
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