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Personality Traits And Socio-Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Divorce Proneness Among Couples Seeking Divorce In Court In Ilorin

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This study investigated personality traits and social demographics as predictors of divorce proneness among couples seeking divorce in court in Ilorin, Nigeria. It adopted a survey method utilizing expo-facto design. 150 participants were sampled purposively. A structure questionnaire comprises of Marital Instability Index and Big Five Ten-item Personality Traits Inventory was utilized to assess divorce proneness and personality traits respectively. Results showed that female respondents (M=43.07, S.D= 3.01) were not significantly different in the scores of divorce proneness compared to male respondents (M=42.08, S.D =3.01). However, there was no significant difference between male and female on divorce proneness (t(148)=-1.790, p>.05). There was a significant joint influence of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness and neuroticism on divorce proneness [F(5,144)=5.01, 2 R =.148; p.05) did not significantly predict divorce proneness. The study, thus, recommends that governments should formulate policies or programs that will facilitate awareness on the need for self-understanding of individual personalities as couples; court should seek psychosocial intervention from experts as alternative to divorce to foster a better marital stability in Nigeria.

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  • Johnson T., Oyeleke, & M., Yusuf, & Rotimi, Oguntayo,, 2019. "Personality Traits And Socio-Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Divorce Proneness Among Couples Seeking Divorce In Court In Ilorin," Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, vol. 21(1), pages 1-13, September.
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