Examining the Psycho-Emotional and Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Remarried Widowed Christians

Abstract

This study examined the Psycho-emotional and Socio-economic Wellbeing of Remarried Widowed Christians in Ankpa Town, Kogi state, Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive research design. The particular descriptive design used was survey. The population for the study was 100 remarried widowed Christians located in the 75 local church denominations in Ankpa town. Since this population was not large, it was not sampled. The instrument for the study was the Psycho-emotional and Socio-economic Wellbeing Questionnaire (PEASE-WQ) designed by the researcher. The psychometric properties of the instrument were established before it was administered on the respondents. The data collected were analyzed using statistical mean, standard deviation and t-Test. The results of the findings were that both the males and the female christians that were bereaved and later remarried claimed to have overcome the psychological, emotional, social and economic challenges that they faced during bereavements. However, the female respondents had higher mean levels than their male counterparts on each of the four variables measured. But, the test of significance that was run on each of the four variables showed that the mean differences were not statistically significant. Based on these findings, it was recommended that widowed Christians that are not too advanced in age should remarry and if possible, they should marry one another and that such marriages should be in accordance to Christian tradition.