Stress level of Nigerian widows and rehabilitative counselling as an agenda for sustainable democratic society

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dc.contributor.authorOniye, Abdulrazaq Olayinka
dc.contributor.authorAsonibare, John Bisi
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-27T08:05:41Z
dc.date.available2018-08-27T08:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionThe paper examined the stress level of widows and the support system available to them as well as the implication for building an integrative society.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper examined the stress levels of Nigerian widows on the basis of three independent variables of age at bereavement, educational level, and duration of bereavement. The sample consisted of 865 widows purposively drawn from the three major ethnic groups of Nigeria namely; Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. The stress rating scale for widows (SRSW) developed by the researchers, was administered to the widows in their offices, meeting places, religions gatherings and their homes respectively. Frequency counts, simple percentages and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics were used for data analysis. The results showed that majority of the widows had moderate (medium level) experience of stress s(59.9/5) while only 29.9%and 10/3% of them experience low and high levels of stress respectively. No significant differences in stress levels on the basis of age, educational level and duration of bereavement was found. It was concluded from the findings that widowhood practices in Nigeria result in stress for the widows. On the basis of the findings, useful recommendations were made to government with a strong suggestion for the establishment of a National Commission for Widowhood Affairs so as to provide a basis for poorer rehabilitation serves, and as a way of building a truly democratic society.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNoneen_US
dc.identifier.citationThe Counselloren_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1190
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCounselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;18, 68-76
dc.subjectStress Levelen_US
dc.subjectWidowsen_US
dc.subjectWidowhooden_US
dc.subjectCounsellingen_US
dc.titleStress level of Nigerian widows and rehabilitative counselling as an agenda for sustainable democratic societyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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