CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND MALE CHILD PARENTING AMONG MARRIED ADU

Abstract

This study examined psychological well-being as a correlate of male child parenting 
among married adults in Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey of correlation was used. 
The study was all married adults in Ilorin which were 965,000. A sample of 384 married 
adults with a male child was purposively selected from the three Local Government Areas in 
the Kwara Central Senatorial District. The instruments were Ryfe’s (1986) Psychological 
Well-being Scale and Scrotel et al (1982) Male Child Parenting. Two research questions and 
one hypothesis were answered and tested at a 0.05 significant level respectively. Percentages 
and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were the statistical procedures employed in this 
study. The findings showed that both psychological well-being and male child parenting were 
high among the participants and also that there is a significant relationship between 
psychological well-being and male child parenting (r. calculated = 0.47, df = 382 and P < 
0.05). The study concluded that psychological well-being was a significant correlate of male
child parenting. The study recommended that married adults should ensure that they maintain 
positive psychological well-being at all times. This would facilitate adequate male-child 
parenting.