Dr Amos Ayoola Odeleye, Dr Olusola Akintunde Adediran & Awoniyi Gideon Funmilade
Abstract
The study examined self-efficacy and family size as predictors of psychological well-being among Students with Learning Disabilities (SLDs) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The correlational research design was adopted. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted. The three senatorial districts in Oyo State were enumerated. Fifteen Local Government Areas in the three senatorial districts (five from each senatorial district) were randomly selected. Fifteen secondary schools (three per Local Government Area) were randomly selected. A total of 734 Senior Secondary I and II SLDs, across the schools, were purposively selected. The instruments used in the study are Screening Checklists for Suspected Learning Disabilities (α= 0.91), General Self-efficacy (α = 0.90) and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being scales (α = 0.75). Pearson product moment correlation was used for analysis of data collected. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result obtained indicated that self-efficacy (r = 0.45) and family size (r = 0.15) had significant relationship with psychological well-being of secondary school students with learning disabilities in Oyo State, Nigeria. Therefore, there is need for Special educators, policymakers and school administrators to focus on these variables for improved psychological well-being among students with learning disabilities.