Educational Background, Gender and Duration of Marriage as Predictors of Marital Adjustment among Married Teachers in Delta State

Oghenemase Obanyedo
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Oghenemase Obanyedo: Department of Guidance and Counselling, Delta State University, Abraka

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 6, 2454-2462

Abstract: This study examined educational background, gender and duration of marriage as predictors of marital adjustment among married teachers in Delta State. The study was a correlational design targeting married teachers of public secondary schools. The multi-stage and stratified sampling technique was utilized in study. A self-structured questionnaire was face, content and construct validated using factor analysis. The construct validity was estimated using the rotated factor loading matrixes while marital adjustment had factor loading matrixes that ranged between 0.54 – 0.89. The Cronbach Coefficient Alpha was used in estimating the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded an alpha of 0.94 for the marital adjustment instrument. In answering the research questions for the study, correlation and coefficient determination was used while in testing the null hypotheses, F-test (ANOVA) statistic associated with linear regression statistics were used at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the analysis, it was found that: there was no significant relationship between educational background and marital adjustment among married teachers; that there was no significant relationship between gender and marital adjustment among married teachers in Delta State and that there was significant relationship between duration of marriage and marital adjustment among married teachers in Delta State. Based on the conclusion, it was recommended among others that workshops should be organized by school counsellors for married teachers as this will help enhance their understanding of the effect of educational background and their marital adjustment

Date: 2025
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