INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED USAGE OF TRADO-MEDICINE (TRADMEDICINE) ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF OMAMBALA NATIVES, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined influence of perceived usage of trado-medicine (trad-medicine) on psychological Wellbeing of Omambala Natives in Anambra State, Nigeria. A total of 391 Omambala natives drawn from Anambra North senatorial zone of Anambra State served as participants for the study. The study comprised of women and men. The ages of the participants’ ranged from 29 to 72. The mean age was 45.65 and standard deviation of 13.50. Gender data revealed that 268(68.5%) were males and 123(31.5%) were females. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the towns, while incident sampling technique was used to select the participants of the study. Two instruments were used in the study: Perception about Traditional-Medicine Use Questionnaire, and Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing Scale. The study used a cross-sectional design and multi-variate analysis of variance (MANOVA) as appropriate statistics. The study revealed that trado-medicine (trad-medicine) usage significantly influences autonomy of psychological wellbeing among Omambala natives at (F1, 389) = 47.62, p<.05. Trado-medicine (tradmedicine) usage significantly influences environmental mastery of psychological wellbeing among Omambala natives at (F1, 389) = 51.06, p<.05. Based on the findings, the recommends that there is need for integration of trado-medicine (trad-medicine) usage and psychological principles; with the integration, these natives will always maintain good wellbeing and understand psychological implications of tradomedicine (trad-medicine) usage.