INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES ON MARITAL WELL-BEING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TAKUM EDUCATION ZONE, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of psychosocial variables on marital well-being among secondary school teachers in Takum education zone, Taraba state. The study was guided by two specific objectives and two null hypotheses. The population of the study was 354 teachers. A simple random sampling was used and a sample size of 186 was drawn using krejcie and Morgan sample table. The instrument used for Data Collection was questionnaire titled ‘Psychosocial Variables on Marital Well-being questionnaire’ (PVMWQ)’. A reliability coefficient of 0.79 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha method. Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of Chi-square goodness of fit. Findings of the study revealed that there is significant influence of emotional variables on marital well-being among secondary school teachers in Takum education zone. It was also found that there is significant influence of interpersonal relationship on marital well-being of teachers. The study recommends that, school administrators should employ the services of counsellors to interface with married teachers on their psychosocial variables or supports such as emotional and interpersonal variable. The work concluded that there is significant influence of psychosocial variables on marital well-being of secondary school teachers.