Impact of Hope and Self-Affirmation on the Psychological Well-Being of Out-of-School Adolescents in Ondo State, Nigeria

This study investigated the impact of hope and self-affirmation on the psychological well-being of out of school adolescent in Ondo State, Nigeria. In the study, the researcher made use of questionnaires which were administered to two hundred respondents. The data collected from the respondents were analysed using descriptive statistical measures such as mean, standard deviation and regression analysis method. However, from the result and analysis of data collected in this research, it could be deduced that the impact of hope and self-affirmation on the psychological well-being of out of school adolescent cannot be over emphasised. Such that hope and self-affirmation had significant relationships with psychological well-being of out of school adolescents and that the combined effect of hope, and self-affirmation on psychological well-being of out of school adolescents was significant and produced an F-ratio value significant at 0.05 level to be 37.57.