Ascertaining the psychosocial determinants of academic success: A predictive analysis of motivation and self-efficacy among secondary school students in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

10.5281/zenodo.21351675

Musah, E., Enoch, E. D., & Bruce-Agbogidi, E. T. (2026). Ascertaining the psychosocial determinants of academic success: A predictive analysis of motivation and self-efficacy among secondary school students in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.. Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, 1(5). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21351675

Musah, Ebikabowei, Ebiketone Diema Enoch, and Esther T. Bruce-Agbogidi. "Ascertaining the psychosocial determinants of academic success: A predictive analysis of motivation and self-efficacy among secondary school students in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, vol. 1, no. 5, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21351675

Musah, Ebikabowei, Ebiketone Diema Enoch, and Esther T. Bruce-Agbogidi. "Ascertaining the psychosocial determinants of academic success: A predictive analysis of motivation and self-efficacy among secondary school students in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies 1, no. 5 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21351675

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