PARTNER VIOLENCE, EMOTIONAL STRESS AS CORRELATES OF JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG FEMALE LECTURERS OF STATE-OWNED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Partner violence is a social menace against women, with adverse mental and social consequences that may cause emotional stress and impair female lecturers’ well-being and job performance in tertiary institutions. This study investigated the relationship between partner violence, emotional stress, and job performance among female lecturers in state-owned tertiary institutions in Niger State, Nigeria. Research objectives was to determine the relationship between partner violence and emotional stress. A correlational research design was adopted. The population comprised 272 female lecturers from ten (10) state-owned tertiary institutions, from which a sample of 152 was determined using Research Advisor (2006). A multistage sampling technique was employed. Data were collected using three validated instruments: Partner Violence Assessment Scale Instrument (PVASI), Female Lecturers Emotional Stress Instrument (FLESI), and Female Lecturers Job Performance Inventory Assessment Scale Instrument (FLJPIASI). Content validity was established by experts in the Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Split-half reliability using the Spearman Brown prophecy formula yielded coefficients of 0.83, 0.74, and 0.93 for PVASI, FLESI, and FLJPIASI, respectively. Data were analysed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient at a 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed a significant relationship between partner violence, emotional stress, and job performance (r = 0.742, p < 0.05). The study concluded that emotional stress associated with partner violence negatively affects female lecturers’ performance in teaching, research, and community service. It recommended that tertiary institutions counselling units should implement outreach stress management programmes that promote work–life balance and enhance female lecturers’ well-being and job performance.