Sociopolitical Crisis as a Predictor of Students’ Anxiety toward Schooling UN the University of Bamenda

The sociopolitical crisis in the Anglophone regions Northwest and Southwest of Cameroon has impacted the mental health of students and exacerbated the prevalence of anxiety among them. The purpose of this study is to explore how sociopolitical crisis predict students' anxiety towards schooling in the University of Bamenda. The study was based on the premise that University students often come with a replete of anxiety during this sociopolitical crisis that often lead to psychological breakdown. The purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 140 students. The instrument used to collect data was the questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using the Spearman's correlation test. The findings revealed that sociopolitical crisis in Bamenda P value=0.048 0.05 affected students' psychological wellbeing due to anxiety. It was concluded that sociopolitical crisis has a significant explanatory power over students' anxiety towards schooling making them academically stressed up and others have less interest in school. Neba Vernat Neh | Nkemanjen Donatus Achankeng "Sociopolitical Crisis as a Predictor of Students' Anxiety toward Schooling UN the University of Bamenda" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50336.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/50336/sociopolitical-crisis-as-a-predictor-of-students'-anxiety-toward-schooling-un-the-university-of-bamenda/neba-vernat-neh