SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AS CORRELATE OF MARRIAGE QUALITY IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between spiritual well-being and marriage quality of individual couples in Delta State. This study adopted correlational design to examine spiritual well-being and marriage quality in Delta State. Two (2) research questions and two (2) null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population for the study was all married couples in Delta State. The multistage cluster sampling technique was employed in this study. 607 couples were selected from the approximate population of married persons 303,833 using the Kerlinger rule of thumb. The instruments used was Spiritual well-being Questionnaire (SWQ), Marriage Quality Questionnaire (MQQ). These instruments have both face and content validity, the reliability coefficient is; 0.84 and 0.89 using cronbach's alpha. Research Questions were answered using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation while the hypotheses were tested using regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that; there is a positive relationship between spiritual well-being and marriage quality in Delta State. Spiritual well-being is an important index in fostering a happy home, it was recommended that couples should engage in their religious affairs together tolling the same line of interest especially when it has to do with their spiritual life.