Family Stress, Health and Job Performance of Married Working Women in Dekina Education Zone of Kogi State
Family Stress, Health and Job Performance of Married Working Women in Dekina Education Zone of Kogi State
ABSTRACT
The study was designed to examine family stress, health and job performance of married working women in Dekina Education Zone of Kogi state.
The study adopted descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised of 201 married working women. This consists of 201 female secondary school teachers in the 16 public secondary schools in Dekina Education Zone.
A structured questionnaire titled “Family Stress, Health and Job Performance of Working Married Woman Questionnaire (FSHJPWMWQ)” was developed by the researcher which guided the study. 70 items were trail-tested on a sample of 20 married working women in Ida Education Zone of Kogi State.
The data obtained were computed using Crobach Alpha method. This gave an overall score of 0.92. The five research questions were analyzed using mean and Standard Deviation.
An overview of the overall results showed that types of stress that married working women suffer include; financial stress such as shortage of or limited income, emotional stress, home pressure, workplace and health stress.
Family stressors are caused by a number of factors such as; working long hours in the office, having a heavy workload at home, taking office work home and others.
Equally, consequences of stress on the health of married working women include; emotional distress, socially withdrawn, burnout, depression and others.
Consequences of stress on the job performance of married working women include; poor concentration in the office, difficulty in solving office problems, socially withdrawn in the workplace and others.
Stress reduction strategies to help women cope with stressful situations includes; setting limits appropriately, working ahead of time to minimize threatening situation, saying no to requests that would create excessive stress and others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Approval Page ii
Certification Page iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgements v
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables ix
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 11
Purpose of the Study 12
Significance of the Study 13
Scope of the Study 15
Research Questions 16
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Conceptual Framework
Concept of Family 18
Concept of Married Working Women 20
Concept of Stress 22
Concept of Stress Reduction 30
Concept of Job performance 32
Theoretical Framework
ABC-X Family Stress Model by Hill (1958) 33
Stress Response Theory by Selye (1976) 37
Review of Empirical Studies
Studies on Stress and Job Performances of Married Working Women 40
Studies on stress Reduction Strategies 41
Studies on Consequences of Stress on the Health of Working Women 43
Summary of Literature Review 45
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHOD
Design of the Study 47
Area of the Study 47
Population of the Study 48
Sample and Sampling Technique 48
Instrument for Data Collection 48
Validation of the Instrument 49
Reliability of the Instrument 49
Method of Data Collection 50
Method of Data Analysis 50
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Types of stress married working women suffer 51
Causes of stress/stressors of married working women 52
Consequences of stress on the health of married working women 54
Consequences of stress on the job performance of married working women 55
Stress reduction strategies to help women cope with stressful conditions 57
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
Discussion of Results 60
Conclusion 64
Implications of the Study 66
Recommendations 67
Limitations of the Study 68
Suggestions for Further Studies 68
Summary of the Study 69
References 72
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Family system is as old as human life on the earth. Family according to Panasenko (2013) refers to a group of persons, united by ties of marriage, blood, adoption, consisting of single households, interacting and intercommunicating with each other in their respective social roles in creating a common culture.
Family is composed of two adults of different sex (husband and wife or father and mother) and one or more children. Jacobs and Gerson (2004) saw family institution as a social group characterized by common residence, economic co-operation and reproduction.
It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and one or more children, owned or adopted by the adults. In the context of this study, family comprises of a husband and wife or wives tied together by marriage.
They live together either as biological or social aspects for the purpose of raising children, caring or training them to fit into the society and replace them tomorrow.
Family has the biological aspect and the social aspect. Its biological aspect is due to the blood link and hereditary characteristics, and the social aspect stems from the family having its own pattern of behaviour that regulates relationship existing between its members, such relations are the ones which the society concerned has approved as right (Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), 2006).
NERDC further stressed that family is made up of two types; nuclear and extended family.
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