Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Marital Satisfaction of Male and Female Married Teachers in Anambra State

European Journal of Educational Sciences, September 2020 edition Vol.7 No.
3 ISSN: 1857- 6036
Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and

Marital Satisfaction of Male and Female Married
Teachers in Anambra State
Anyamene, Ada, PhD

Etele, Anulika Valentina, MEd
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Doi:10.19044/ejes.v7no3a1 URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/ejes.v7no3a1
Abstract
Marriages a bond between a man and a woman that is supposed to
produce a satisfactory relationship whereby the married couple experience
marital satisfaction that brings about mental and physical health of the
individuals. This study determined the relationship between emotional
intelligence and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra state.three
research questions were formulated to guide the study while three null
hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research
design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 1,344 married teachers was
drawn from a population of 6,987 married teachers. A multi-stage sampling
procedure was followed selecting the sample. Two instruments: Emotional
intelligence Scale (EIS) and Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS) were adopted
and used for data collection. The instruments are standardised measures and
have the following reliability coefficient; 0.96 for IMS, 0.89 and for EIS. Data
was collected through direct delivery approach. Data collected were analysed.
Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis were used to answer
research questions and test the hypotheses. Findings of the study showed
among others that there is a significant low relationship existing among
married teachers’ emotional intelligence and their marital satisfaction. Based
on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others that married
teachers should be encouraged by the Counselors involved in marital
counselling to pursue habits and attitudes that promote marital satisfaction
through periodic seminars and counseling sessions.
Keywords: Emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction, married teachers,

relationship, Anambra state.
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European Journal of Educational Sciences, September 2020 edition Vol.7 No.3 ISSN: 1857- 6036
Introduction
Marriage is one of the most important stages in the development path
of personal and social lives of individuals. It is considered as the most
important social unit, which many factors are involved in its stability and
strength. Hence, the quality of marriage as described by Khorasani, Hosseini,
Matbouei, Khafri, Vasli and Vardanjani (2017) is the most powerful factor
predicting the psychological health of married persons. The married peoples’
relationship and their satisfaction of marital life according to Khorasani et al.
is one of the important factors which determine the fate of their marriage.
The term marriage according to Odebunmi (2007) referred to the union of
man and woman as husband and wife, which constitute the basic and essential
unit of the society. As a physical as well as a moral union, marriage is
recognized by society as the basis of a family. It may be a sacrament and in
that way an indissoluble union for this life and hereafter, or a temporary civil
contract for a fixed period. Nonetheless, whether a sacrament or a civil
contract, the relationship, above sexual satisfaction, include, joining two
members of opposite sexes for the procreation of legitimate children. While
particular marriages may, of course, be entered into for any number of other
reasons as family pleasure, social conveniences, financial considerations and
similar motives, basically the prime objects of marriage are usually
companionship, sexual intimacy and procreation.
Marriage in whatever form it exists is usually a source of satisfaction and
gratification for many individuals in marital relationship. Satisfactory
marriage for these people according to Omage (2013) is a shield against
mental pressures and negative life events, while unstable and unsatisfactory
marriages have negative consequences for both physical and mental health.
Thus, healthy marriages need to be composed of a cordial relationship that
could lead to marital satisfaction.
Marital satisfaction could be seen as an individual’s positive assessment
of his/her marital relations. It is a state of satisfaction in marriages which is
defined by the intra personal or interpersonal perception. Hence, it is seen as
a measure that shows how much a person’s feeling and needs are met
(Ja’farzadeh, 2011). Moreover, in the context of this study, marital satisfaction
refers to an individual’s positive assessment of his/her contentment with
marital relations in terms of how much the individual’s feelings and needs are
being met.
A number of determinants are associated with marital satisfaction
amongst which are compatibility of personality, educational homogamy,
religious homogamy, and income level, level of education, age at marriage,
and age of marriage. Thus, in today’s society, meeting the needs of partners in
marital relationship seems to be becoming a daunting task. The case of married
teachers is not different as many seems to be coping with a large number of
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problems to get their partners to make a relationship, preserve intimate

relationships, and understand each other’s emotions. A married teacher in the
context of this study is a person (male or female) who is in a legally bound
union and is engaged in a school to teach as a profession. For such a person, it
is assumed that the significance of marriage in the individual’s life has the
prospect of affecting other facets of life such as the physical and psychological
health.
One being in a satisfactory marriage has consistently been associated
with better physical health, mental health, and overall life satisfaction. This
assumption is supported by Mohammadimehr and Ayatollah (2017) who
noted that satisfactory marriage is a shield against mental pressures and
negative life events, while unstable and stressful marriages have negative
consequences for physical and mental health. This research evidence thus
indicated that some of the marital encounters and problems are related to
inabilities for maintaining sincere relationship and misunderstanding between
married people; as well as other factors such as economic, cultural, and social
factors which tend to provide inappropriate and bad effects in their common
life. In similar way, when there is no problem in a marital life, people would
likely report a high level of satisfaction in their marriages.
Although marriage could be described as a pleasing bond,
Mohammadimehr and Ayatollah (2017) observation on the other hand, shows
that there is no perfect marriage, as more than half of the marriages in recent
times are likely to lead to disappointment and separation. So, as more married
people report lack of satisfaction and some seek for dissolution of their
marriages, the concern of scholars has led to many research efforts (such as
Lavalekar, Kulkarni & Jagtap, 2010; Ofovwe1, Ofili, Ojetu & Okosun, 2013),
which was geared towards figuring out the elements that influence the level of
satisfaction and persistency in marital interpersonal relationships.
Lavalekar, Kulkarni and Jagtap, Ofovwe1, Ofili, Ojetu and Okosun
(2013) study focused on observable inter and intrapersonal factors in everyday
communication of married people that are happy with each other. The
researchers observed that factors like emotional awareness, emotional
expression, emotional regulation, and sympathy affect the marriage
communication and quality, which is perceived as a pointer to marital
satisfaction.
From Lavalekar, et al. point of view, an unsatisfactory marriage is a
function of many factors. A marriage may be in crisis if one or more of the
four purposes of marriage namely childbearing, sexual satisfaction,
companionship and economic satisfaction are not satisfactorily achieved.
What this means is that marital satisfaction is a sub set of needs, and most of
married persons, for different reasons seem not to care about that, while some
are believed to be simply naive to basic principles and tenets to a satisfactory
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marital life. For instance, some married teachers, due to the nature of their job
which involves constant marking of test scripts and recording, tend to extend
their work beyond classroom to their homes. When this happens, the time
married people should spend together would be taken over by school jobs,
hence interfering in their relationship. This may continue over time and may
eventually lead to failure to properly identify and meet the needs of a spouse.
According to Anghel (2016), happiness, emotional awareness and self-
actualization are most strongly related to marital satisfaction. The reason for
this perhaps is based on the notion that married peoples’ intimate relationship
needs communication skills such as: paying attention to the other person’s
viewpoint, being able to empathize perception with what their partner has
experienced, and also being sensitive and aware of the other persons need.
Consequently, it becomes clearer that the educational intelligence of teachers
alone may not guarantee their marital success in long-term, so other features
are necessary for proper human relations and success in life that are referred
to as emotional intelligence.
As a kind of capability, emotional intelligence consists of capacity
perception and stating, recognizing, applying and managing self-emotions and
emotions by others. Emotional intelligence according to Egbule (2009) is the
ability to validly reason with emotions and to use emotions to enhance thought.
It involves the ability to utilize emotional knowledge to accurately observe,
understand, generate, access and assist feelings or emotions so as to promote
emotional and intellectual growth. Thus, in the context of this study, emotional
intelligence refers to the married teachers’ ability to monitor, recognise,
understand, each other’s feeling and be able to manage their thoughts and
emotions and that of their partner.
Furthermore, Salovey and Mayer (1990) theoretical structure of
emotional intelligence includes many positive experimental characteristics
that researchers relate to the quality of marriage. Even more in particular, by
thinking into his own and others’ emotions, people can share the emotions and
understand and manage the emotional information. Consequently, the more
skills married people learn, the more they are likely to improve their
communications and insight, thereby enhancing good understanding and
proper management of the emotion of each other in the marital union.
Evidence suggests that in today's societies, couples have many
pervasive problems establishing and maintaining a friendly relationship and
understanding of their spouse's feelings. It is evident that deficits in the
emotional and emotional qualities of spouses will have undesirable effects on
their marital life, in addition to a number of other factors, such as economic,
cultural and social factors). Ilyas and Habib (2014) for instance explored the
relationship of marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence among different
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professionals. Findings of the study indicated significant relationship between

marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence from the foregoing could thus play a significant
role in a happier relationship and a more stable marriage. In life, often faced
with difficulties, feelings of failure, humiliation among others, spouses tend to
consider feelings and emotions rather than wisdom and reasoning.
Recognizing and directing emotions may also make a major contribution to
sustaining a marital partnership. While focusing on the effects of emotional
intelligence on marital satisfaction does not mean overlooking those other
factors, it is essential for the health of couples' emotional and social
communication, family mental health and many basic family issues.
Consideration needs to be given to the attributes in order to foster emotional
maturity in order to achieve a better process of marital relationship.
One of the factors that is related to, and can play a role in the marital
satisfaction is the demographic factor which focuses on the couple’s gender.
Gender plays an important role in many aspects of life and the relationship
between a woman and man. Women and men have different views about
marital satisfaction. In a women’s view, communication, understanding,
family relationships, agreement, and income by both spouses are effective
factors in marital satisfaction, while in a man’s opinion, spouse’s education,
income by both spouses, understanding, agreement, family relationships, and
communication are effective factors in creating satisfaction.
There is a growing body of research findings indicating that gender is
a functional component of emotional intelligence in management of the
emotion in the marital union. For instance, Brackett, Warner and Bosco
(2005) in their study observed that women’s scores in emotional intelligence
scales has more meaningful relationship with the quality of communication,
as compared to those of the men. On the other hand, Agha, Mokhtaree, Sayadi,
Nazer and Mosavi (2012) asserted that there was no meaningful difference
between men and women’s emotional intelligence.
Consequently, the deficiencies in emotional and affection competence
of married teachers would likely have unpleasant effects on their matrimonial
life. Some of these deficiencies according to Khorasani et al. (2017) include
inability in self-consciousness, lack of self-control, lack of sympathy and the
inability to sympathize with each other, and in general, deficiency in
establishing a fruitful relationship. Since emotional quotient and self-efficacy
are total of an individual’s personality, management of emotions,
understanding others, making a correlation between emotional intelligence,
self-efficacy and marital satisfaction is quite meaningful.
Moreover, studies such as Gharahhajlou, Mirzaian, Hassanzadeh
(2015) investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction among high school English teachers. Zadeh and Tabrizi
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(2014) also studies indicated a positive relationship between emotional

intelligence and marital satisfaction of the teachers while Tamaren (2010)
observe a dependency and a correlation between the dimensions of emotional
intelligence and satisfaction. These studies though related to the current study
were however done outside the shores of Nigeria. Research in this area of
study is needed in Nigeria, especially here in Anambra State, and would help
give better clarification on the relationship between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married secondary school teachers. This will add to the
knowledge of what contributes to marital satisfaction and happiness of married
secondary school teachers in the state. This therefore instigated the need for
this study.
Purpose of the Study

The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between
emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra
state. Specifically, the study intends to determine:
1. The relationship between the emotional intelligence and marital
satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools.
2. The relationship between the emotional intelligence and marital
satisfaction of married male and female teachers in Anambra State secondary
schools.
Significance of the Study

Findings from this study will be beneficial to the married couples,
Guidance Counsellors, singles intending to get married, parents, government,
and future researchers. More importantly the findings, of the study will help
increase married peoples’ belief in their abilities to solve daily and
communicational problems. Also, belief in their abilities can improve the
quality of marriage relationship thereby leading to more satisfaction
experience of marriage relationship among the married people. The findings
of the study will further encourage married people to put their emotional
intelligence to use in addressing persisting issues together when disagreements
and problems occur.
Furthermore, findings of this study will benefit the Guidance
Counsellors, psychologists and therapists. Through the findings of this study,
they will likely be equipped with the knowledge of the relationship between
the variables; emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction. The knowledge
of the relationship between these variables will help the guidance counsellors
in understanding how these factors interplay in fostering existence of mutual
understanding between married couples. Thereby enabling the guidance
counsellors to be in position to give emphasis on openness and trust among
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the married people, and the need to initiate an effective communication to

enhance friendliness.
Research Questions
The following research questions guided the study.
1. What type of relationship exists between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools?
marital satisfaction of married male teachers in Anambra State secondary
schools?
marital satisfaction of married female teachers in Anambra State secondary
schools?
Hypotheses
The following null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and were
tested at 0.05 level of significance.
1. The type of relationship existing between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools is
not significant.
schools is not significant.
Method:
Research Design
The study was conducted using a correlational research design. The
design was used because it sought to establish the relationship that exists
between variables; emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of married
teachers in Anambra State.
Participants
A total 1,344 married public secondary school teachers, made up of
144 male teachers and 1,200 female teachers from both public secondary
schools in Anambra State made up the sample for this study. In selecting the
sample for the study, A multi-stage sampling approach was used.
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Instrument for Data Collection

Two research instruments were used in this study to elicit information
from the married school teachers. The instruments include: Emotional
intelligence Scale (EIS) and Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS). The
Emotional Intelligence scale is a modified version of the emotional
intelligence scale developed and standardized by Singh (2002) and was used
to assess the emotional balance of the married teachers in dealing with issues
related to their marriage. The instrument measures the self-awareness, self-
regulation, self-motivation and social skills of the married teachers. Index of
Marital Satisfaction (IMS) is a standardised instrument designed by Walter W.
Hudson (1982) adapted in this study for Nigerian use. The Index of Marital
Satisfaction (IMS), scale was designed to measure the degree, severity, or
magnitude of the problem a spouse or partner has in a partner relationship. The
IMS measures the magnitude of marital discord or dissatisfaction that is felt
or perceived by one partner. The two instruments have all been subjected to
internal consistency reliability test using Cronbach Alpha. The outcome
yielded a coefficient Alpha of 0.89. for EIS and 0.96. for IMS..
Data Collection and Analysis

All the participants for the study were administered the two research
instruments through direct delivery approach. The data collected for the
research questions were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Coefficient (Pearson r), while t-test was used to test the null hypothesis.
Findings:
In this section, the data collected from the field for this study were
analysed and the summaries presented in tables and charts to highlight the
findings as follows:
Research Question 1
What type of relationship exists between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools?
Table 1: Pearson r on emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of

married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools
Source of Variation N Emotional Intelligence r Marital Satisfaction
r Remark
Emotional Intelligence 1322 1.00 0.20 Low
Positive Relationship
Marital Satisfaction 1322 0.20 1.00
In table 1, it was observed that low positive relationship of 0.20 exists between
married teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their marital satisfaction.
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Research Question 2
schools?
married male teachers in Anambra State secondary schools
Source of Variation N Emotional Intelligence r Marital Satisfaction
r Remark
Emotional Intelligence 143 1.00 0.26 Low
Positive Relationship
In table 2, it was observed that low positive relationship of 0.26 exists between
married male teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their marital satisfaction.
Research Question 3
schools?
married female teachers in Anambra State secondary schools
Source of Variation N Emotional Intelligence r Marital Satisfaction r
Remark
Emotional Intelligence 1179 1.00 0.18 Very
Low Positive Relationship
Table 3 reveals that very low positive relationship of 0.18 exists between
married female teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their marital satisfaction.
Testing the Null Hypotheses

Null Hypothesis 1
The type of relationship existing between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary schools is
not significant.
Table 4: t-test on the relationship existing between emotional intelligence
and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State secondary
schools
N cal.r df Cal.t Pvalue Remark
1322 0.22 1320 2.81 0.006 S
S = Significant
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Table 4 indicates that at 0.05 level of significance and 1320df, the

calculated t 2.81 with Pvalue 0.006 which is less than 0.05, the first null
hypothesis is rejected. The relationship existing between emotional
intelligence and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra State
secondary schools is significant.
Null Hypothesis 2
and marital satisfaction of married male teachers in Anambra State
secondary schools
N Cal.r df Cal.t Pvalue Remark
143 0.26 141 4.58 0.000 S
S = Significant
Table 5 reveals that at 0.05 level of significance and 141df, the
calculated t 4.58 with Pvalue 0.000 which is less than 0.05, the third null
intelligence and marital satisfaction of married male teachers in Anambra
State secondary schools is significant.
Null Hypothesis 3
and marital satisfaction of married female teachers in Anambra State
secondary schools
N Cal.r df Cal.t Pvalue Remark
1179 0.18 1177 4.95 0.000 S
S = Significant
In table 6, it was observed that at 0.05 level of significance and 1177df,
the calculated t 4.95 with Pvalue 0.000 which is less than 0.05, the fourth null
intelligence and marital satisfaction of married female teachers in Anambra
State secondary schools is significant.
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Discussions
Findings of the study are discussed under the following sub-themes:
The Relationship between the Emotional Intelligence and Marital

Satisfaction of Married Teachers in Anambra State
Findings of the study revealed that there is low positive relationship
existing between married teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their marital
satisfaction. The finding also indicated that the relationship existing between
emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra
State secondary schools is significant. The low positive relationship observed
in the study indicates that with an increase in the married teachers’ emotional
intelligence, there would be a corresponding slight increase their marital
satisfaction and the relationship is substantial. The finding is consistent with
the findings of previous studies such as Ilyas and Habib (2014), Gharahhajlou,
Mirzaian, Hassanzadeh (2015) and Dalvand, Makvandi and Khoshli (2014).
Ilyas and Habib (2014) study explored the relationship of marital
satisfaction and emotional intelligence among different professional teachers.
The findings indicated significant relationship between marital satisfaction
and emotional intelligence. The findings implies that married teachers with
higher emotional intelligence will displayed better marital quality and is much
likely to obtain marital satisfaction. Gharahhajlou, Mirzaian, Hassanzadeh
(2015) investigated the relationship between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction among high school English teachers. The results indicated
a positive relationship between emotional intelligence with marital satisfaction
of the teachers.
Similarly, Dalvand, Makvandi and Khoshli (2014) studied the
correlation between marital satisfaction, and emotional intelligence of married
university staff. The findings also indicated that there is a positive and
significant correlation between marital satisfaction and emotional intelligence
of the married teachers. The possible reasons behind the observed satisfying
marital relation among these married teachers could be diverse. Research for
instance has pointed out many associated benefits to a happy marriage,
including emotional and physical health and longevity. The individual may
marry for several reasons including legal, social emotional, financial, spiritual
and religious purposes. There marital satisfaction however would likely
depend largely on their emotional state which would reflect the perceived
benefits and costs of marriage to a particular person.
Research has shown that one of the qualities common in couples who
report a high degree of marital satisfaction is that they tend to consider
emotionally connected to their spouse. They experience that their partner
legitimately cares about them and is normally kind in their relations.
Emotionally intelligent couples are conscious of what is going on in their
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partners’ world and demonstrates care for that world. They are open and
answer to things their mate may want from them such as a kind word, a
listening ear, a gentle touch, a sensual encounter, or warm reassurance.
Research carried out by Cohen and Waldinger (2012) for instance
confirmed the vital importance of emotional astuteness when he noted that the
success of happiness will to some degree depend on the emotional intelligence
of both the wife and the husband to gauge the emotional intimation of each
partner. The reason perhaps is linked to the notion that Emotional intelligence
involves the ability to reason using emotions, the ability to understand emotion
and the ability to manage emotions. From Cohen and Waldinger’’s study, one
could deduce that a satisfying marriage does not require living happy-ever,
rather, it takes being able to intelligently process each other’s emotional clue
and talk together cooperatively about situations that may have created negative
feelings.
The findings of this study is also in agreement with Anghel (2016)
whose study showed significant correlations between marital satisfaction and
the subcomponents of emotional intelligence like balancing personal emotions
and balancing emotions of others. Therefore, being able to manage emotions
would likely be helpful to play a significant role in the feelings of people about
their spouse.
The Relationship between the Emotional Intelligence and Marital

Satisfaction of Married Male and Female Teachers in Anambra State
Furthermore, the findings of the study revealed that there is low
positive relationship existing between married male teachers’ Emotional
Intelligence and their marital satisfaction and a very low positive relationship
of existing between married female teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their
marital satisfaction. The findings further indicated that the relationship
existing between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of married
male and female teachers in Anambra State secondary schools is significant.
These findings showed that an increase in the emotional intelligence of the
married teachers will likely lead to a corresponding increase in the marital
satisfaction of both the male and female teachers, however, the magnitude of
the relationship differed significantly such that while that of male is low, that
of female is very low.
These findings are consistent with findings of previous studies such as
Veshki, et al. (2012) whose study noted that women with higher emotional
intelligence manage their marital conflicts efficiently. The findings of the
study also agreed with the finding of Anghel (2016) whose study showed that
there are significant differences between married men and women satisfaction
in marriage. The reason for this finding could be attributed to factors of
emotionality that tend to manipulate marital satisfaction as highlighted by
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Levalekar, Kulkarni and Jagtap (2010). The study indicated that emotional
management, social relationship skills and emotional sensitivity skills have
significant effect in satisfaction. It was also found that in most circumstances,
the level of male Emotional intelligence was responsible for couple’s marital
satisfaction. It is therefore possible that males possess more ability to process
these seemingly complex factors of emotionality than the females.
Similarly, the study conducted by Lavalekar Kulkarni and Jagtap
(2010) examined and compared the marital satisfaction and emotional
intelligence of people between ages 25-65. The findings conclude a
considerable gender difference on different areas of emotional intelligence, for
instance; openness to criticism, self-management and empathy. A significant
gender difference was also observed on two areas of marital satisfaction,
sexual relations and sharing household responsibilities, that can be traced to
the socio-cultural impact. The research findings thus helped in understanding
the correlation of gender with core qualities of one's emotional intelligence
that can affect the satisfactory marital relations.
On the other hand, the findings differed from study conducted by
Agha, Mokhtaree, Sayadi, Nazer and Mosavi (2012) whose finding indicated
that Overall, emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction were not linked to
the variables of gender. Agha, et al. nevertheless noted that, of many aspects
of marital satisfaction, interpersonal and empathy aspects were meaningfully
related to the variable of gender. Also, of many aspects of emotional
intelligence, the one for responsibility between men and women was only
meaningfully different but the total score of emotional intelligence and marital
satisfaction was not meaningfully linked to gender.
The findings of the study also varied with Hans, Mubeen, and Al
Rabani (2013) whose study scores suggested that there is no significant
difference between male and female teachers in Oman based on descriptive
statistics. Additionally, Ilyas and Habib (2014) based on their study findings
rejected the hypothesis that working men have better marital satisfaction as
compared to married working women; no significance difference was found
between both genders on marital satisfaction. The reasons for these
contradicting findings could be linked to cultural differences and some other
factors which may not have been covered in this study.
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Conclusions
The following conclusions are made based on the findings of this study:
The study concludes that there is a significant low positive relationship
existing between married teachers’ Emotional Intelligence and their marital
satisfaction. Also, the relationship existing between emotional intelligence and
marital satisfaction of married male and female teachers in Anambra State
secondary schools is significant.This is an indication that emotional
intelligence could be endowed with constructive information on couples
marital relations, and that each couples ability to manage his or her emotions
may likely help to play a significant role in the feelings of the married teachers
about their spouse.
Implications of the Study

The findings of this study implied that emotional intelligence in
marriage is one of the keys to a life-long, associated, and satisfying
connection. Couples marriage could be strengthened when both a wife and a
husband are eagerly conscious of their individual emotions and are able to
handle those emotions in a healthy way. This also implies that there is need to
prioritize marital counselling whereby the Guidance counsellors working with
married people could give quality time to couples on issues regarding their
marriage. Couples that are satisfied in their marriages would be guided to
remain united while the couples that are dissatisfied would be assisted in their
relationship.
Seminars bothering on building the emotional intelligence of both the
married and intending couples could be organised by the counsellor.
Moreover, married teachers who attend premarital counselling will likely have
the opportunity to discuss issues that most couples argue about and most often
lead to divorce or separation. Marital counselling can help the individuals
address hot issues before they arise and assist them in discovering what the
other person believes about the issue so that they may come to an agreement
before they walk down the aisle.
Recommendations
The following recommendations were made based on the findings:
1. Married teachers should be encouraged by the Counselors involved in
marital counselling to pursue habits and attitudes that promote marital
satisfaction through periodic seminars and counseling sessions.
2. Government and Non-governmental organisations working in
partnership with the school Guidance Counsellors should organize
seminars, conference, workshops and enlightenment programmes for
both intended and married teachers focusing on building emotional
intelligence of the couples for satisfactory marital union.
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European Journal of Educational Sciences, September 2020 edition Vol.7 No.

3 ISSN: 1857- 6036

Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and

Anyamene, Ada, PhD

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, marital satisfaction, married teachers,

problems to get their partners to make a relationship, preserve intimate

professionals. Findings of the study indicated significant relationship between

(2014) also studies indicated a positive relationship between emotional

Purpose of the Study

Significance of the Study

the married people, and the need to initiate an effective communication to

Instrument for Data Collection

Data Collection and Analysis

Table 1: Pearson r on emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction of

Testing the Null Hypotheses

Table 4 indicates that at 0.05 level of significance and 1320df, the

The Relationship between the Emotional Intelligence and Marital

The Relationship between the Emotional Intelligence and Marital

Implications of the Study

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