An Evaluation Of Social Support And Martial Satisfaction Among Working Couples Within Lagos Metropolis

Abstract

One of the decisive factors of having to spend one’s life with another individual is to attain marital satisfaction. Several variables have been placed vis-á-vis this subject in previous works. This research project sought to however look through the lens of social support to ascertain how this can be beneficial to couples living in Lagos metropolis, thus leading to the experience of marital satisfaction. Social support has contributed immensely in helping individuals, groups and communities alike in varying capacities. This study was able to investigate the role that social support plays in ensuring marital satisfaction among working couples by eliciting responses from a sample of 156 married individuals. A battery of tests where used to achieve this—they include;  Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS). They measured the following hypotheses, that there will be a relationship between social support and marital satisfaction among working couples in Lagos, there will be a significant difference between males and females with marital satisfaction, there will be a significant effect of social support on marital satisfaction. Using SPSS, the following were used to make the analysis of the responses, respectively—a Pearson correlation, Independent T-test and Regression Analysis. The results indicated a relationship between social support with marital satisfaction, difference between males and females with regards to marital satisfaction and a significantly positive impact of social support on marital satisfaction.