Relationship between work-related stress and marital quality among couples in selected Seventh - day Adventist churches in Kiambu County, Kenya.
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Date
2017
Authors
Kabete, Julius Gitonga
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Several studies have been carried out in the past focusing on the relationship
between work-related stress and marital quality. These studies have indicated
that some of the challenges that couples encounter in their marital
relationships have a link with work-related stress. Seventh-day Adventist
couples may not be exceptional cases on issues affecting other marriages.
However, committed Christian couples may assume that they are immune to
challenges that affect non-Christians and live in denial while in reality they
may be experiencing the same problems that other couples face in their
marriages. In spite of many studies that have been done to mitigate effects of
work-related stress on marital quality, there is still prevalence of this
phenomenon among SDA couples. This study sought to establish the
relationship between work-related stress and marital quality among couples in
selected S.D.A churches in Kiambu County in Kenya using Conservation of
Resource (COR) theory. The study objectives were: To establish the levels of
work-related stress; to establish the levels of marital quality and to find out the
relationship between work-related stress and marital quality among SDA
couples in Kiambu County. The study utilized correlational study design. The
target population was Seventh-day Adventist married couples in Kiambu
County which had 2413 married persons. Multi-stage sampling approach and
Yamane’s formula for sampling was used to come up with a total of 150
respondents for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data while the
reliability of the instrument was established through test/retest as an internal
reliability procedure. Data analysis was done using descriptive method where
central measure of tendency involving frequency distribution, mode, median
and percentile was employed while Spearman rank correlation coefficient was
used to establish the relationship between work-related stress and marital
quality. The findings of the study revealed that 44.7% couples experienced
average work-related stress. The findings also revealed that a majority (73.3%)
were satisfied with their marriage while (7.3%) experienced marital
dissatisfaction. The results of the study also revealed that work-related stress
had a negative effect on marital quality. The study recommends the need for
psychological interventions for couples in SDA churches in Kiambu County.
Description
A research project submitted to the school of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of arts (counseling psychology) of Kenyatta university November, 2017