Published Article

The study examined socio-religious variables and marital stability among secondary school teachers in North East Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. The study covered two socioreligious variables of religious denominational affiliation and communication. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to give direction of the study. The research design of the study was correlational with the study sample of 718 married teachers selected from a population of 1795. Data for the study were generated using researchers made instrument tagged “Socio-Religious Variables and Marital Stability Questionnaire (SRVMSQ). The instrument had 51 items in all and was validated by three experts from the Department of Educational Foundations (Test and Evaluation Unit) of the University of Uyo, Cronbach Alpha Reliability index of 0.84 was established. The generated data were statistically analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The findings of the study showed that the two variables of religious denominational affiliation and communication significantly relate to marital stability. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that counselling workshops, symposia and conferences be organized regularly for married secondary school teachers on marital stability to help function adequately in their place of work.