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    Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Students’ Institutional Adjustment At A Public University: Case of University of Nairobi
    (School of Applied Human Sciences, Daystar University, 2023-10) Cheboi, Caroline Jepkeitany
    This study examined influence of psychosocial factors on students’ institutional adjustment at the University of Nairobi’s (UON) College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences. Three specific objectives guided the study: determining influence of self-efficacy on institutional adjustment; assessing the contribution of self-esteem to institutional adjustment; and examining the effects of help-seeking on institutional adjustment. Self-efficacy theory and theory of planned behaviour was the theoretical framework adopted. A correlational research design was adopted targeting 412 first-year students. Using a stratified random sampling, 175 respondents were selected and out of the 175 questionnaires administered, 160 were returned indicating a response rate of 91.4%. Help-seeking behaviour for both suicide ideation (r = 0.322, p< 0.05) and help-seeking for personal and emotional problems (r = 0.222, p< 0.05) had positive significant associations with institutional adjustment and this was also for self-efficacy (r = 0.025, p< 0.05). The regression output indicated that psychosocial factors influenced 12.4 percent of institutional adjustment of students with help-seeking for suicide ideation (β = 0.279, p < 0.05) had a positive and significant effect on student’s institutional adjustment. Self-esteem, self-efficacy, and help-seeking for personal/emotional problems did not have any effect on institutional adjustment. The study concludes that self-efficacy, self-esteem, and help-seeking for personal/emotional problems do not influence institutional adjustment. However, help-seeking for suicide ideation contributed positively to institutional adjustment. The study recommended revamping of guidance and counselling service and infuses life skills education into the curriculum for first-year students to aid in their integration into a new environment.