The Influence of Marital Emotional Intelligence and Adjustment Among Female Lecturers of Two Public Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the influence of marital emotional intelligence and adjustment among female lecturers of two public Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria.  One hypothesis was formulated to guide the study.  The study adopted ex-post facto research design.  Stratified and accidental sampling techniques were employed to select a sample of 959 female lecturers from a population of 9692 for the study.  A questionnaire title, marital emotions intelligence and adjustment among female lecturers of public Universities Questionnaire (MEIAAFLQ) developed by the researchers and was used in collecting data on (i) Sub-variable involved in the study.  The reliability estimates of the sub-scales ranged from .77 to 89 which showed that the instrument was reliable for data collection.  The independent t-test statistical analysis was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance and 957 degrees of freedom.  The results of the statistical analysis from the hypothesis shows that, emotional self-motivation significantly influences marital adjustment in terms of communication, interest shared, romance and overall marital adjustment among female lecturers of public Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria.  The study concluded that emotional self-motivation affects marital adjustment in terms of communication, interest shared, romance and overall marital adjustment among female lecturers.  It was recommended among others, that counselors should endeavour to infuse into female lecturers’ emotional self-awareness in order to recognize the emotional experience as it comes, know their emotional strength and weaknesses to help them provide feedback to improve upon and to ascertain level of marital adjustment female lecturer should be taught how they could regulate their emotional self for general successful life achievement.  This is because, marital maladjustment behavior could instigate someone to be emotional frustrated which would hinder their ability to pay attention to marital issues.