Аннотация
This study investigated the relationship among Depression, Maladaptive Behaviours and Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students, in North-central, Nigeria. The designs adopted for this study are descriptive survey and Ex - post- facto design. The population of this study comprised of Senior Secondary School year one (SSS I) in all public schools, in North-central, Nigeria. A sample size of 333 male and female SSS one respondents was used in this survey. A multi-stage sampling technique divides large population into stages to make the sampling process more practical. The reliability of the instrument was determined by a pilot test which was conducted using 40 respondents from Government Secondary School, Gwagwalada, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja who did not participate in the main study. The test-retest method of reliability was used to obtain the data from the conducted pilot test to determine the reliability of the instrument. The data collected was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study concluded that there significant relationship between depression and maladaptive behaviour of senior secondary school students in North-central, Nigeria. The study also established that there is significant relationship between depression and the academic achievement of senior secondary school students. The study showed that there is significant relationship between depression and the academic achievement of senior secondary school students in North-central, Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommends that more effort should be made by all the stakeholders in education especially parents, teachers and school counsellors to guide these students and help them to concentrate as well as participate fully in class activities, in order to address the issue of depression among the students in secondary schools.