Sources of marital stress of people in polygamous marriages in Kwara State: Implications for counselling
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Date
2013
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Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
The study investigated sources of marital stress of people in polygamous marriages in Kwara State. The researchers thus investigated whether or not there was a significant different in the sources of marital stress of people in polygamous marriages in Kwara State on the bases of gender, religious affiliation and educational attainment. Descriptive survey research procedure was adopted for the study. The multistage sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 600 respondents. The instrument for data collection was the Sources of Marital Stress Questionnaire (SMSQ). Research questions were raised while research hypotheses formulated were tested. The data collected were analyzed through the use of frequency counts, percentages, t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that inability of husbands/wives to meet the sexual demands of wives/husband was the major source of marital stress of people in polygamous marriage. Based on the findings, there is a need for proper enlightenment on marital counsellling for the singles and the married on the stress associated with polygamous marriages
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Sources of stress as experienced by people in polygamous marriage and its implications for marital counselling was the focus of the paper.
Keywords
Sources of stress, Implications for marital counselling, Polygamous marriage
Citation
Ilorin Journal of Education