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PSYCHO-PERSONOLOGICAL FACTORS AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC CONFIDENCE AND MOTIVATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
Lack of academic confidence and motivation among undergraduates has become worrisome among stakeholders and educational psychologists. It often results in the inability to adjust to academic demands, socio-personal and psychological difficulties experienced by undergraduates which consequently lead...
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