Influence Of Personality Traits And Self-Efficacy On Academic Performance Among Federal University Oye-Ekiti (Fuoye) Student

ABSTRACT

Academic performance is the outcome of education and the extent at which students, teachers or institutions have reached their educational goals; which can be the function of several factors. The study examined influence of personality traits and self-efficacy on academic performance among Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti state. The survey made use of ex-post facto research design: where I 13 students were sampled using cluster sampling technique. Questionnaires comprise of demographic data. 44-item personality scale, and I 0-item self efficacy scale were administered to the participants. Eight hypotheses were tested with t-test for independent samples. Results showed that openness to experience has a significant influence on academic performance, self-efficacy does not have a significant influence on academic performance, age has a significant influence on academic performance and gender does not have a significant influence on academic performance among FUOYE students. Findings were discussed in line with past studies. It is concluded that certain psychological variables are influential to eliciting high academic performance among FUOYE students.   KEYWORDS: personality, self-efficacy, academic performance. FUOYE students.