The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between marital stress and depression

Chinawa, Francis Chukwuemeka and Anike, R. Ugwu and Ekwo, Jude Chukwudi and Omeje, Obiageli and Ufuoma, John Douglas and Ugwu, Chika Gloria and Nwatu, A.C and Madike, Eunice Nwabugo and Nzekwe, Ifeoma Maryrose and Eze, Boris Ejike (2024) The moderating role of resilience in the relationship between marital stress and depression. GPH-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 7 (2). pp. 49-60.

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Abstract

The study investigated the moderating role of resilience inthe relationship between marital stress and depression among married teachers, with one hundred thirty-five (135) married teachers that comprises of 102 females and 33 males with an age mean of 32.20 and S.D 3.81 selected as participants using multi-stage(cluster, simple: balloting, and purposive) sampling techniques. Zung (1965) Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Omoluabi (1994) marital stress Inventory (MSI) and Connor and Davidson (2003). Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were used for data collection, a cross-sectional survey design was adopted, while a moderated hierarchical multiple regression was used for data analysis. The findingshows that marital stress St= .551*** and t= 7.608*** at p< .001positively predicted depression, Resilience St= -.517*** and t= -6.962*** at p< .001 negatively predicted depression among school teachers chinawaand Resilience St= -.748***and t= -7.178*** at p< .001 negatively moderated the relationship between marital stress and depression. Hence, school management can consider hiring psychologists to work with teachers to improve their resilience or educate them on the importance of resilience in managing depression.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education > Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2025 22:26
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2025 22:26
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5064

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