Self-Efficacy in Relation with Marital Satisfaction on Married Women in Auchi, Etsako West Local Area, Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Self-efficacy can be defined as the ability to perform specific acts in order to attain a given outcome, or it can be seen as a catalyst for an increase in well-being of people [15]. Therefore, Self- efficacy in relation with marital satisfaction is a motivation of this study which explains why marriage has social significance and is essential to both societal structure and individual well- being as opined in [1]. However, marriage is perceived as a genuine source of fulfillment and pleasure among married people according to [15] and to this end, marital- satisfaction is regarded as the most crucial element of a marriage bond [2]. Marital-satisfaction is the state in which men and women in marriage union are generally satisfied in their union and are happy with each other [17] [13]. The self-efficacy of married women in relation with marital-satisfaction in this study, was investigated and characterized, while the population samples w e r e d r a w n f r o m middle-aged married women between the ages of 35 to 55years old and young married women in their 20s. Well-structured Self-Efficacy and Marital- Satisfaction Questionnaires were designed and used as the instrument of data collection. The findings indicate that self-efficacy mean calculation of married women between the ages of 35 to 55years is 21.82 with T-value of 0.27, while the self-efficacy mean calculation of young married women is 21.28 with T-value calculated as 0.86. The relationship factor between the variables of self- efficacy and marital-satisfaction had 0.40 of association. Therefore, there is positive correlation between self- efficacy and marital-satisfaction.