PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH INDEXING IN MARRIAGE: A PILOT STUDY OF EMPATHIC-ACCURACY, PERSONAL-RELATIONAL DIALECTICS, AND GENDER IN RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE AMONG IBIBIO COUPLES

The social psychological literature contains numerous illustrations of how the social-cognitive perspective can inform our understanding of close relationships. Among the numerous forms of close relationships, marriage stands out as paramount in the preservation and sustenance of the human race. Thi...

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Published in:Ife psychologia 2012-03, Vol.20 (1), p.294
Main Author: Ottu, Iboro F A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Couples
Divorce
Gender
Society
Studies
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Summary:The social psychological literature contains numerous illustrations of how the social-cognitive perspective can inform our understanding of close relationships. Among the numerous forms of close relationships, marriage stands out as paramount in the preservation and sustenance of the human race. This study therefore examined marital relationship maintenance as influenced by empathic-accuracy, personal-relational dialectics and gender among Ibibio couples. The survey design was used and data was analysed using the independent t-test. Sixty-three participants (32 females and 31 males) living in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria participated in the study which sought to investigate these variables as aspects of psychological and social health indices in marriage. Three hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis which stated that there will be a statistically significant difference in marital relationship maintenance between empathically-accurate and empathically-inaccurate couples was confirmed (t = -2.58, df(50.00), p
ISSN:1117-1421