Influence of Farmers and Herders' Clashes On Psycho-Social Well-Being of University Students in North Central Nigeria

This study investigated influence of farmers and herders clashes on psycho-social well-being of University students in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and answered and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance for the study. The study adopted survey research design. University undergraduates formed the population of the study. A total of four hundred (400) undergraduates were sampled from a population of one hundred and ninety-eight thousand, eighty-six (198,086) undergraduates of Federal Universities in North Central Nigeria using Taro-Yamen’s formula. A multi-stage sampling procedure which included purposive or judgmental sampling technique, proportionate stratified random sampling technique, and ballot simple random sampling technique were used at different stages in the study. A questionnaire structured by the researcher titled “Influence of Farmers and Herders Clashes on Psycho-Social Well-Being of University Students” (IFHCPSWBUS) was used for data collection. An overall instrument reliability coefficient of .81 was obtained using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient in determining the internal consistency of the items. Descriptive statistics involving mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the inferential statistics of chi-square (x2) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that farmers and herders clashes had significant influence on psycho-social well-being of university students in North Central Nigeria. The study concluded that security challenges including farmer and herders’ clashes influence the psycho-social well-being of university students in North Central Nigeria. It was recommended that University also should be advised to take steps to ensure the safety of students by providing accessible services, and implement security measures to reduce stress and anxiety.