International Journal of Child Health and Human Development - Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc. https://cephashri.org Advancing Evidence. Building Healthier Communities Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:27:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://cephashri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png International Journal of Child Health and Human Development - Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc. https://cephashri.org 32 32 Impact of fear of mental illness on academic performance: A case study of Sokoto medical students, Nigeria https://cephashri.org/publication/impact-of-fear-of-mental-illness-on-academic-performance-a-case-study-of-sokoto-medical-students-nigeria/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:17:57 +0000 https://cephashri.org/?post_type=publication&p=1704 There is a popular belief in the Nigerian society that reading too much can result in mental illness. Interestingly, virtually no research literature had recorded any relationship between this belief and academic performance of Nigerian students. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the belief that reading too much can cause mental illness on the academic performance of Nigerian students. Study group: The final year medical students of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-section of 60 final year medical students was interviewed using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire obtained information from the participants on their socio-demographic characteristics, academic records, and beliefs on reading too much to be a cause of mental illness. Data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS version 16 software. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the respondents was 26.05 (±4.34) years, and the majority (83.3%) of them were males. Less than one-tenth (6.7%) of them reported that they had excellent performance in their current study programme.

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]]> There is a popular belief in the Nigerian society that reading too much can result in mental illness. Interestingly, virtually no research literature had recorded any relationship between this belief and academic performance of Nigerian students. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the belief that reading too much can cause mental illness on the academic performance of Nigerian students. Study group: The final year medical students of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-section of 60 final year medical students was interviewed using a self-administered anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaire obtained information from the participants on their socio-demographic characteristics, academic records, and beliefs on reading too much to be a cause of mental illness. Data obtained were analyzed using the SPSS version 16 software. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the respondents was 26.05 (±4.34) years, and the majority (83.3%) of them were males. Less than one-tenth (6.7%) of them reported that they had excellent performance in their current study programme.

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