Counselling Strategies for Marital Stability in Homes in Enugu State

Author Ig. O. NWANGWU
Co-Author EGBO, ANTHONIA CHINONYELUM, ODUNZE, QUEEN OGECHI, ASOGWA, SOLOMON CHINAGO
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Country : Nigeria
Subject : Educational Management

Keywords : Counselling, Strategies, Marriage, Marital Stability, Homes.

Abstract

The study examined the counselling strategies for marital stability in homes in Enugu State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study while two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population was 4986 (901 males and 4085 females) married secondary school teachers out of the 8116 teachers in Enugu State. The researcher used simple random sampling technique to draw 499 married teachers (90 males and 409 females) from 4986 married secondary school teachers in Enugu State. The instrument for data collection for this study was a researcher structured questionnaire titled “Counselling Strategies for Marital Stability in Homes Questionnaire (CSMSHQ)”. The instrument went through a validation process by three research experts. Two of the research experts were from the Department of Guidance and Counselling while one of them was from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Education (Measurement and Evaluation unit), all from Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and technology (ESUT), Enugu. The result of the trial test was used to determine the internal consistency reliability of the instrument using Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate. The reliability coefficients for the various clusters are .81, and .81, for clusters 1, and 2, respectively. The overall reliability coefficient of the instrument is .81 which makes the instrument reliable and considered appropriate for data collection for the study. The researcher used mean scores, cluster mean and standard deviation in answering the five research questions. The interpretation of the test of hypotheses was based on the significance (sig.) values from the SPSS output using t-test statistic. The findings of the study showed that behavioural counselling, and cognitive behavioural strategies are effective for marital stability in homes in Enugu State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that family counsellors should organize workshops, seminars and conferences, whereby, couples would be sensitized on counselling strategies for the stability of home and help in empowering families for sustainable healthy lifestyles. Couples should also visit family counsellors when they need help.

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