Babcock University Research Portal

Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria

Authors: UWANNAH Ngozi , ADERANTI Ruth , Starris-onyema Nkwachi, Mark, Onyinyechi Gift

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: European Journal Of Scientific Research

ISSN Number:

Downloads

Views

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of academic stress and workload on marital satisfaction among married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria. A total of 190 married employed students on part time studies in educational institutions in Ogun State, Nigeria served as participants in the study. The ages of the participants ranged from 18 to 64 years with 85 males and 105 females. Three instruments were used in the study. They included a 6-item Workload Scale, a 40-item Academic Stress Scale, and Enrich Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMSS) which contained 15 items. Four hypotheses were posited and tested in this study at the .05 level of significance using multiple regression analysis. Results showed that academic stress and workload significantly combined to influence marital satisfaction (F(2,187) = 198.820, p < .05) accounting for 67.7% of the variance in marital satisfaction (R2(Adj) = .677). Findings of this research also show that academic stress and workload have significant individual influences on marital satisfaction with academic stress (? = -.444, t = 5.149, p < .05) having the stronger and more significant negative influence on marital satisfaction than workload (? = -.407, t = 4.724, p < .05). Further analysis reveal that there is no significant moderating role of gender on the influence of academic stress on marital satisfaction (t = .2606, p > .05) while gender significantly moderated the influence of workload on marital satisfaction (t = 2.2158, p < .05). Based on these findings, it was recommended that spouses should be supportive of their partners educational and work activities by assisting with assignments and house chores to reduce the effect of academic stress and workload, teachers should be empathetic and considerate while management should relax policies in order to meet the needs of their employees who are working and schooling.

Access to Documents

External Link
Download
Digital Object Identifier

Keywords

UWANNAH,N. ADERANTI,R. Starris-onyema,P.N Mark,,O.G . (2019). Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria, 153 (), 458-458.

UWANNAH,N. ADERANTI,R. Starris-onyema,P.N Mark,,O.G . "Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria" 153, no (), (2019): 458-458.

UWANNAH,N. and ADERANTI,R. and Starris-onyema,P.N and Mark,,O.G and . (2019). Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria, 153 (), pp458-458.

UWANNAHN, ADERANTIR, Starris-onyemaPN, Mark,OG, . Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria. 2019, 153 ():458-458.

UWANNAH,Ngozi , ADERANTI,Ruth , Starris-onyema,Promise Nkwachi, and Mark,,Onyinyechi Gift . "Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria", 153 . (2019) : 458-458.

[1] U.Ngozi A.Ruth S.Promise Nkwachi & M.Onyinyechi Gift , "Academic Stress and workload in relation with marital satisfaction: A study of married employed students in Ogun State, Nigeria" vol.153, no., pp. 458-458, 2019.

Access to Documents

Keywords

About Us

Admissions

Contact Us

Policies

ALUMNI

STUDENT POPULATION