A Correlational Study of Work Stress and Marital Stability Among Married Female Police Personnel in Kwara State, Nigeria

This study investigated the relationship between job stress and marital stability among married female police personnel in Kwara State, Nigeria. A Descriptive Research Design of correlational type was adopted. The sample size (Target Population) of the study comprised all the 112 married female police personnel in Kwara State, Nigeria. Based on the relatively small sample size, population census (Total enumeration) was adopted for this study, where all the married female police personnel were sampled. The Operational Police Stress Questionnaire and Dyadic Adjustment Scale were used for data collection. Findings revealed a significant correlation between the independent variables and the dependent Variable. Also, independent variables jointly accounted for 90% of the variation in the dependent variable. Furthermore, independent variables relatively contributed to the prediction of the dependent variable, long working hour made the highest relative contribution (β = 0.62), this was followed by shift work (β = 0.36) and Job burnout making the least relative contribution (β = 0.01) which was still significant at 0.05. it was recommended that Kwara State Police Command should prioritize effective regulation of the working hours of it married female personnel.