Causes of Nagging in Marriage as Expressed by Married Women in Oyo State, Nigeria
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2016-06
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Journal of Issues and Practice in Education
Abstract
Abstract: Nagging in marriage is one of the peculiar characteristics that are common among
married women and this can results into various problems among couples. from varying factors.
This study investigated the causes of nagging in marriage as expressed by married women in
Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. Proportional and
stratified sampling techniques were used to draw a sample of 663 married women who
participated in the study. The instrument used to obtain data was a researcher designed
questionnaire tagged “Causes of Nagging Questionnaire (CNQ)”. Frequency count and
percentage were used to analyze the demographic data of the respondents while all hypotheses
were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings
of the study revealed that nagging in marriage can be caused by lack of effective communication
between couple, inability to tolerate individual differences, financial problem, disagreement on
religious matters and unsatisfactory sexual relationship. The hypotheses tested revealed that
there is no significant difference in the causes of nagging as expressed by married women on the
bases of educational qualification, religion and length of years in marriage. Based on the
findings of this study it was recommended that couples irrespective of age, educational
qualification and gender should be encouraged to go for counselling before contracting
marriage, marriage counsellors should educate their clients on the desirability of acquiring
effective communication skills, in order to guard against nagging in their marriage.
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Nagging, Marriage, Married Women