THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL SATISFACTION AND MARITAL SATISFACTION AMONG UNIVERSITY MARRIED STAFF

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction among University married staff. A total of 175 participants comprising 70 males and 105 females’ staff were drawn from Caritas University in Enugu East of Enugu State. The participants are between the ages of 24-63 years. They were selected making use of convenience sampling technique in which only the participants who were available participated. The participants were administered two questionnaires of 25-items each with a Likert type response format designed to measure sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction. The statistical test used for the analysis was Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient while survey design was adopted based on the large number of participants. However, the findings revealed that a positive significance relationship was observed between sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction. Marital satisfaction had a mean of 59.46 and a standard deviation of 18.33 and sexual satisfaction had a mean of 81.78 and a standard deviation of 17.83 with r=.59, P<.01 indicating a positive significant relationship between sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction. The findings were discussed in relation to literature reviewed and recommendations were made.