Emotional Intelligence and Age as Determinants of Marital Adjustment Among Married Women in Ogba, Egbema, Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria (Published)
This study investigated on Emotional Intelligence and age as determinants marital adjustment among married women in Ogba, Egbema, Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted the correlational and descriptive research design. A total of three hundred and twenty nine (329) married women were accidentally sampled for the study. Two instruments named the “Marital Adjustment Scale” (MAS) and the “Emotional Intelligence Scale” (EIS) were used for the study. Reliability of the instrument were 0.89 and 0.90 for MAS and EIS respectively. Simple regression and ANOVA were used in analysing the data. Findings were that emotional intelligence significantly predicts marital adjustment among married persons while age had insignificant influence on marital adjustment. Based on these, it was recommended among others that focus should be channelled by counsellors and therapist unto developing the emotional capacity of married couples in order to have better adjustment.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, age marriage, marital adjustment.