PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE OF TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF DURING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC IN VOCATIONAL ENTERPRISES INSTITUTES IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study identified the psychological resilience of teaching and non-teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic in Vocational Enterprises Institutes in Abuja, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and answered and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. The research design used for this study was a cross-sectional study. The study was conducted in Abuja, Nigeria. The population of the study was 182 respondents consisting of 91 males and 63 females teaching staff as well as 16 males and 12 females nonteaching staff from the six Vocational Enterprises Institutes, one each from the six area councils in Abuja, Nigeria. Total population sampling technique was used to select the whole population of the study. The instruments used for data collection was the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Cronbach Alpha statistical method was used to determine the reliability index of the instrument and found to be .90. The study employed the use of mean to answer the research questions and Analysis of Variance to test the null hypotheses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Findings from the study revealed that, the psychological resilience scores of teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic in Vocational Enterprises Institutes in Abuja, Nigeria was low.The study recommended that, the education secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria should develop a cognitive behaviour therapy programmes for building resilience to aid teaching and non-teaching staff in Vocational Enterprises Institutes cope with the negative impacts of COVID-19 pandemic