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Higher levels of emotional, instrumental, and informational marital support significantly predict greater life satisfaction and lower psychological distress among married couples. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the predictive relationship between dimensions of marital support—emotional, instrumental, and informational—and the psychological wellbeing of married couples.

August 27, 2026Open Access

Marital Support and the Psychological Wellbeing of Married Couples in Fako Division of Cameroon

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TOThomas Musima OdineUniversity of Buea LJLah Lo-oh JosephUniversity of Buea ALAgnes LyongaUniversity of Buea

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Mixed-methods study finds strong positive correlations between marital support and psychological wellbeing in married couples, indicating the value of targeted marital counseling.

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To evaluate the predictive relationship between dimensions of marital support—emotional, instrumental, and informational—and the psychological wellbeing of married couples.
Conducted a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study in Fako Division, Cameroon, sampling N=360 individuals (180 couples) using stratified random and purposive sampling.
Administered structured questionnaires measuring support dimensions and analyzed quantitative data via descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS Version 23.0.
Conducted semi-structured interviews analyzed via Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis, followed by cross-method triangulation to integrate qualitative themes with statistical outputs.
Overall marital support exhibited a statistically significant, strong positive correlation with psychological wellbeing (ρ = 0.550, p < 0.01).
Disaggregated analyses showed that higher emotional, instrumental, and informational support predicted increased life satisfaction and reduced psychological distress.
Thematic analysis identified core themes of marital resilience, stress mitigation, and coping facilitation that converged directly with quantitative findings.

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Odine et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fea1c10c91c1e926223ee https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22091996

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Mixed-methods study finds strong positive correlations between marital support and psychological wellbeing in married couples, indicating the value of targeted marital counseling.

Marital Support and the Psychological Wellbeing of Married Couples in Fako Division of Cameroon

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