AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF GENDER, SELF-EFFICACY, AND RESILIENCE ON MARITAL ADJUSTMENTS AMONG EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study assessed the role of gender, self-efficacy, and resilience on marital adjustments of employees at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study utilised the ex-post facto research design. The population of the study consisted of all employees at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The simple and purposive sampling techniques were used in selecting 106 employees as the study’s sample. An instrument tagged “Self-Efficacy, Resilience and Marital Adjustment Questionnaire” was used in collecting data for the study, with α= 0.81, 0.84, and 0.86 respectively for the instrument’s sub-sections. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis at a 5% significance level. Findings indicate high levels of self-efficacy, resilience, and marital adjustments among the sampled employees, and that employees' gender and self-efficacy play a significant role in their marital adjustment levels; yet, employees’ resilience played no significant role (contrasting findings of prior research; Ahmad & Jahangir, 2020; Cihan & Aydogan, 2020; Khalaf &AL-Hadrawi, 2022; İlmen & Sürücü, 2022), that found a significant association between resilience and marital adjustment). The study recommends that efforts, especially professional development programmes, and capacity-building workshops, aimed at fostering employees' self-efficacy be made available to employees of the university, counselling units established in all faculties of the university, and employees (both male and female) be advised and encouraged to attend at least one or two counselling sessions every month to foster their marital adjustments cum satisfaction.