Improving work-life balance among administrative officers in Catholic primary schools
- Title
- Improving work-life balance among administrative officers in Catholic primary schools
- Author(s)
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Felicia Ukamaka Iremeka, Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Fidelis Eze Amaeze,
Chinedu Ifedi Okeke, Leonard Chidi Ilechukwu, Patricia Chinelo Ukaigwe,
Chinyere Dorathy Wagbara, Henry D. Ajuzie, Nwamara Chidiebere Isilebo,
Augustina Obioma Ede, Ngozi E. Ekesionye, Polycarp Okeke,
Okereke Lawrence Okoronkwo, Mary Chinyere Okengwu, Baptista Chigbu, Lambert Kenechukwu Ejionueme, Patricia U. Agu, Felicia Ezeaku, Mary Aneke See all items with this value - Date
- 2021 See all items with this value
- Description
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Objective: Work-life balance (WLB) is an essential precursor of workers’ mental health. The theory of rational emotive behaviour therapy proposes that an imbalance in work and family life may result from people’s dysfunctional perceptions of their work and other aspects of their personal life. Also, the constructive philosophies of rational emotive behavior therapy are said to be congruent with most religious belief systems of Christian clients. Therefore, our research examined the efficacy of Christian religious rational emotive behaviour therapy (CRREBT) on WLB among administrative officers in Catholic primary schools.
Methods: This is a group randomized trial involving 162 administrative officers from Catholic primary schools in Southeast Nigeria. The treatment process involved an 8-session CRREBT programme.
Results: The scores for WLB of the administrative officers enrolled in the CRREBT programme were significantly improved compared to those in the control group at the end of the study. At the follow-up phase, the CRREBT programme proved to be effective over a 3-month period.
Conclusion: CRREBT is an effective therapeutic strategy for managing WLB among Catholic school administrative officers.
Abbreviations: CRREBT = Christian religious rational emotive behavior therapy, FIW = family interference with work, P = probability value, REBT = rational emotive behavior therapy, RREBT = religious rational emotive behavior therapy, WFCS = WorkFamily Conflict Scale, WIF = work interference with family, WLB = work-life balance, WLI = work-life imbalance - Publisher
- Medicine See all items with this value
- Keywords
- administrative officers, Catholic primary schools, Christian religious rational emotive behaviour therapy, religious rational emotive behaviour therapy, work-life balance See all items with this value
- volume
- 100
- issue
- 24
- number of pages
- 1-8
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