Loneliness as Correlate of Marital Satisfaction Among Civil Servants in Nassarawa and Benue States, Nigeria
- May 2, 2022
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue IV, April 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186
Aiyegbenin Charles Ubunyemen, Gbenda Batur-Laha, Joseph Audu Obida
Department of Educational Foundations,
Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria
Abstract: This study examined loneliness as correlate of marital satisfaction among civil servants in Nassarawa and Benue States. One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. Correlational Design was adopted. Sample size of 400 civil servants out of the population of 56,962 was used. Two self-developed questionnaires titled ‘Psycho-Social Factors Questionnaire (PSFSQ) and Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire’ (MFQ) were used to collect data. For the reliability of the instrument, the questionnaires were administered on 40 participants comprising of 20 men and 20 women. The test yielded a reliability coefficient of .84 Cronbach’s Alpha on Psycho-social factors and .85 Cronbach’s Alpha on marital satisfaction. The questionnaires yielded a reliability coefficient of .90 Cronbach’s Alpha. Descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentage were employed for the demographic variables while Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation coefficient was used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses at .05 significance level. Result showed that, there was significant relationships between the variable (Loneliness) and marital satisfaction of civil servants in Nassarawa States of Nigeria. It was recommended that civil servants should be counselled during premarital counselling and marital counselling to create time for bonding as a couple in order to avert loneliness in their marriage.
Key words: Loneliness, Marital Satisfaction, Civil Servants.
I. INTRODUCTION
Marriage is considered a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time (Haviland, Prins, McBride, & Walrath, 2011), also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally recognized union between people usually man and wife, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It can also be described as a union between two biologically unrelated female and male who live together and seek to derive benefits from such union such as sexual gratification, love, companionship, and also use such a union as a legitimate means to procreate (Abra, 2001).
Marital satisfaction is one of the common concepts used for assessing happiness and stability in a marriage. Marital satisfaction can be described as a mental state that reflects the perceived benefits and cost of marriage to a particular person. The more costs a marriage partner inflicts on a person, the less satisfied one generally is with the
