Open AccessRoles of Selected Psycho-Demographic Factors on Quality of Sex Life and Marital Satisfaction among Dual-career Couples
Author(s) -
Matthew O. Olasupo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian journal of applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2392-845X
pISSN - 2392-8441
DOI - 10.24913/rjap.22.1.02
Subject(s) - psychology , structural equation modeling , marital status , quality of life (healthcare) , life satisfaction , dual (grammatical number) , clinical psychology , gerontology , demography , social psychology , medicine , population , sociology , art , statistics , mathematics , literature , psychotherapist
The study investigated the predictive roles of career self-efficacy, work-life balance and selecteddemographic factors on the quality of sex life and marital satisfaction among dual-career couples inObafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, and assessed if there are significant differences between menand women. The study used a cross-sectional research design and 1056 dual-career men andwomen ( age = 43.98, σ = 9.48, ♀ = 37.0%) participated in the study. A self-administered paperand pencil questionnaire was used to collect data from samples that were conveniently drawn fromthe study area. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Results showedsignificant differences in structural weights, structural covariances, and structural residuals in themodel outputs for both men and women careerists. The study concluded that career self-efficacyand work-life balance differentially predict the quality of sex life and marital satisfaction for bothmen and women in a dual-career family, and that age and job tenure are not significant predictorsof quality of sex life and marital satisfaction among dual-career couples.