Personality Traits and Socio-demographic Factors as Predictors of Divorce Proneness Among Couples Seeking Divorce in Court in Ilorin

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dc.contributor.authorOyeleke, Johnson T.
dc.contributor.authorYusuf, M.S
dc.contributor.authorOguntayo, Rotimi
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-02T11:18:51Z
dc.date.available2025-05-02T11:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated personality traits and social demographics as predictors of divorce proneness among couples seeking divorce in court in Ilorin, Nigeria. It adopted a survey method utilizing expo-facto design. 150 participants were sampled purposively. A structure questionnaire comprises of Marital Instability Index and Big Five Ten-item Personality Traits Inventory was utilized to assess divorce proneness and personality traits respectively. Results showed that female respondents (M=43.07, S.D= 3.01) were not significantly different in the scores of divorce proneness compared to male respondents (M=42.08, S.D =3.01). However, there was no significant difference between male and female on divorce proneness (t(148)=-1.790, p>.05). There was a significant joint influence of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness and neuroticism on divorce proneness [F(5,144)=5.01, 2 R =.148; p<.05] with those variables accounting for 15% of the variance in divorce proneness. Further results showed that extraversion (β=-.405; p<.05), conscientiousness (β=-.582; p<.01); openness (β=-.439; p<.05) and neuroticism (β=.337; p<.05), did significantly predicted divorce proneness. While agreeableness (β=-.174; p>.05) did not significantly predict divorce proneness. The study, thus, recommends that governments should formulate policies or programs that will facilitate awareness on the need for self-understanding of individual personalities as couples; court should seek psychosocial intervention from experts as alternative to divorce to foster a better marital stability in Nigeria
dc.identifier.issn115-960X
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15834
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin
dc.subjectMarriage
dc.subjectCouple
dc.subjectPersonality Traits
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectDivorce Proneness
dc.subjectCourt
dc.subjectIlorin
dc.titlePersonality Traits and Socio-demographic Factors as Predictors of Divorce Proneness Among Couples Seeking Divorce in Court in Ilorin
dc.typeArticle

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