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Item Domestic-office work-load and coping mechanisms of female bankers in Ibadan, Nigeria(Department of Sociological Studies, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, 2014-06) Taiwo, P. A.; Oyeleye, O.Banking jobs have overtime been perceived to be tasking and time demanding, especially for married women in a patriarchal community like Ibadan. This, coupled with the roles women play as wives and mothers, have implications for women’s psychological wellbeing and work performance. The paper, thus, attempts to examine the challenges of combining office and domestic works and the coping mechanisms adopted by married female bankers using the role strain and conflict theory as frameworks for explanation. Questionnaire was administered to 110 married female bankers who were purposively selected from five banks in Ibadan, while in-depth interview was conducted with 10 of these bankers from the senior cadre. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data were presented using content analysis. Findings revealed that the majority (69 percent) of the respondents experienced stress, fatigue, depression and frustration in work performance. Some others experienced role conflict such as piling up backlog of work (73 percent), lack of adequate attention and care for kids (62 percent) and husbands (64 percent). Coping strategies included waking up early to do household chores and closing late at work to complete office works, recruiting housemaids, postponing domestic chores and proper planning. There was no significant relationship between the educational status of female bankers and recruitment of housemaids (X2=6.22, df=3,P<0.05).The study recommends proper planning by individuals and development of policies by other workforce and banking sector targeted at reducing the pressures of combining office and domestic work for married womenItem Influence of coping strategies and perceived social support on depression among elderly people in Kajola local government area of Oyo State, Nigeria(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2017) Okhakhume, A. S.; Aroniyiaso, O. T.Health related issues like Dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in life and in free time activities, poor appetite, insomnia, psychomotor agitation or retardation, feelings of excessive guilt, lack of concentration, inability to think, withdrawn, despondent, disturbed sleep and reduced appetite observed among elderly people attracted the attention of this study to examine the influence of coping strategies and perceived social support on depression among elderly people. This study adopted cross sectional research design to examine the influence of coping strategies and perceived social support on depression among elderly people who are 60 years and above in kajola local government area of Oyo state, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used systematically to select 200 elderly people that participated in the study. The result of the finding revealed that elderly people with low perceived social support reported higher depression than their counterpart with high perceived social support at [t(198)=-12.41, p<.05] and it was also discovered that elderly people with low coping strategies reported higher depression than their counterpart with high coping strategies among elderly people at [t(198)=-12.41, p<.05]. More so, the result of the findings depicted that, there was significant joint influence of coping strategies and perceived social support on depression [F(2,197)=43.86; p<0.05; R2=0.29] and further analysis revealed that coping strategies and perceived social support made significant independent contribution to depression among elderly people in kajola local government area of Oyo state, Nigeria [β=-0.15; t = -2.40; p<0.05 & β=1.24; t = 9.31; p<0.05]. This study concluded with discussion of findings and recommend that family, relative, neighbour and government should provide adequate support to the elderly people in order to reduce depressive symptoms and mortality rate among themItem Influence of social support, stress and coping strategies on depression among children with physical disability in Nigeria(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016) Okhakhume, A.S.; Aroniyiaso, O. T; Olagundoye, O. A.This study examined the influence of social support, stress and coping strategies on depression among children with physical disability in Nigeria. The study adopted cross sectional research design, purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 children with physical disability and questionnaires were used for data collection. The result of the findings revealed that there was a significant influence of social support on depression {t(118)=4.55; p<.05} and further analysis indicated that participants with low social support experienced higher levels of depression ( Mean = 69.73 ) while participants with high social support experienced lower levels of depression (Mean = 62.22). More so, the finding depicted independent significant influence of stress and coping strategies on depression {β = .68, t = 11.47; P < .05 & β = .289, t = 4.96; p < .05}. Also, the finding depicted joint significant influence of social support, stress and coping strategies on depression {F (3, 116) = 881.39; p < .05}. Therefore, the study concluded that social support, stress and coping strategies are predictors of depression among children with physical disability in Nigeria and recommended that government and non-governmental organisation should endeavour to implement an ecological-based support programme to support, educate and enlighten physically challenged children, their family members and society on how to help the disabled children deals with life situationItem Household strategies for coping with the financial costs of healthcare in Edo State, Nigeria(2015) Garuba, S. A.; Owumi, B. E.The cross-sectional survey design was used in the 'Study to elicit "data in Edo State, Nigeria to assess the strategies employed by households to cope with the financial costs of healthcare. Questionnaire data were collected from 508 household respondents in three randomly-selected Local Government Areas of the state including Esan-west, Etsako-west and Egor. Twelve Focus Group Discussions complemented survey data. The main strategies to cope with the financial costs' of health care were mobilization of cas1i and savings (40.5%), and sale of produce and assets (16.0%). Level of income was a significant factors, affecting the ability to mobilize cash and savings to cope with the financial costs of health care (X2 = 31.787, 4df, p<0.05, critical value = 9.49). Diversion of money intended for food, education; -and clothes to cope with the financial costs of health care was common, relatively, to respondents with low income level (X2 = 13.050, 4df, p<0.05, critical value = 9.94). The findings of the study indicate that urban households have the ability to cope with the financial costs of health care, than rural households. It is therefore imperative that government should not only make healthcare facilities available but should also alleviate poverty in society to enable people defray the cost of healthcare with minimal effort.