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PERCEIVED SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION ADJUSTMENT STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED MARRIED WOMEN IN KWARA STATE

Dr. Abdul-Hameed Akorede ZAKARIYAH; Dr. Esther Adebimpe OGUNWOLE & Taiye Hassan AHMED

Abstract


This study investigated the Perceived Sexual Dysfunction Adjustment Strategies among Local Government Employed Married Women in Kwara State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 70 Local Government Employed Married Women from each of the 6 proportionate sample selected LGAs making total number of 420 participants. Self-developed instrument tag Sexual Dysfunction Patterns Questionnaire (SDPQ), was administered to the selected respondents. Frequency count and simple percentages were used for demographic data, mean and rank order were used for the for research questions, while Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) statistical methods was used to test the three null hypotheses formulated for the study. The findings showed that there was no significant differences in the expression of respondents on hypothesis one that base on educational attainment (0.42<3.00 = p-value 0.661), while hypotheses two and three indicated that there is significant differences in the expression of respondents based on age (7.06<3.000= p-value 0.000) and religious affiliation (10.92<3.00 = p-value 0.001). Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that married women irrespective of their educational status should recognize the impact of sexual dysfunction on marriage and adopt appropriate strategies to combat sexual dysfunction.

Keywords: Perception, Sexual Dysfunction, Adjustment strategies, Married Women
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