Marital Stress and Married Working Women in Nigeria:the Role of Coping Strategies,Self-Concept and Educational Qualification  

作　　者：Anthonia C.Nwatu 

机构地区：[1]Enugu State University of Science and Technology,Nigeria

出　　处：《Journal of Psychological Research》2020年第4期29-43,共15页心理学研究（英文）

摘　　要：In this 21st century a lot of women are experiencing marital challenges due to the various and important roles they perform in the home and in the society,which may require some psychological remedies.The research was on marital stress and married working women:the role of coping strategies,self-concept and educational qualification.Three hundred and seventy-seven(377)participants whose ages were between 25 to 55 years(mean 40.63 and SD 7.59)participated in the study.Three research instruments were used for data collection while three-way Analysis of Variance was used for data analysis.Result disclosed that emotion-focused strategies yielded less manifestation of marital stress(1,369)=4.44,sig.=.036;in the same manner,those with higher educational qualification presented less manifestation of marital stress(1,369)=6.33,sig.=.012.It was equally specified that coping strategies together with self-concept had a joint impact on marital stress(1,369)=5.88,sig.=.016;a joint influence was also observed between self-concept and educational qualification on marital stress(1,369)=4.18,sig.=.042.Hence,married working women should strive for higher education and also use emotion-focused coping strategies in dealing with marital stress.

关 键 词：Problem-focused coping Emotion-focused coping Higher Educational Qualification Lower educational qualification and manifestations of marital stress 

分 类 号：C92[社会学—人口学]