Emotional Exhaustion and Academic Stress as Predictors of Suicide Ideation among Undergraduates

This study examined Emotional Exhaustion and Academic stress as predictors of suicide ideation among undergraduates at the University of Benin. Three research questions were raised, and their corresponding hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha significance level. This research adopted the correlational survey research design, while the population for this study consisted of all the students at the University of Benin. A purposive sampling of three hundred and fifty (350) was selected and the sample size was 50 students chosen from seven faculties from the University of Benin. The multi-stage random sampling technique was used for this work. The research instrument used was a Questionnaire titled Suicide Ideation, Academic Stress, and Emotional Exhaustion Scale” (SIASEESQ) with a reliability coefficient of 0.797, 0.695, and 0.768. The data was analyzed using linear regression. The findings revealed that Emotional exhaustion, Academic stress, and their interactions predicted Suicide ideation among undergraduates. It was therefore recommended that the universities should make the learning environment conducive for the students so as to reduce academic stress, by improving on the learning conditions of the classrooms and other basic facilities for learning amonst othes.