Stress and it’s Implication on Students Study Habit in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions: Librarians’ Perspective

Abstract

The effect of stress has been a major concern to all humanity as it affects the wellbeing of individual in all aspect of life. This paper discus stress and its implication on students study habit in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions. Effort of researchers have seen stress as a term used in describing the attitude of an individual to cope with a changed situation physically, mentally, socially, psychologically, emotionally, etc. Concepts of Study Habit among students as influenced by stress in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions are apparently discussed as engaging activities that requires commitment in achieving academic excellence. Sign of Stress Observable on Students are also identified to include; feeling of unreality, weakness, or dizziness, frequent need to urinate inability to concentrate, flight of thoughts, and general disorientation and impulsive behavior, emotional instability. Emphasis was also made in discussing the effect of stress on Students Study Habit in four phases which include; physical, emotional and behavioral effects. This paper was concluded stressing that student should take things easy and not being over emotional towards their relation with their colleagues and not to be over ambition in meeting predetermined objectives.