TY - JOUR AU - Victoria, Bada Bukola AU - Kolawole, Balogun Shyngle AU - Anuoluwapo, Adejuwon Grace PY - 2014 TI - PERCEIVED SOCIAL STIGMATIZATION AND COPING STRATEGIES AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG FEMALE PARTNERS OF PRISONERS JF - Journal of Social Sciences VL - 10 IS - 1 DO - 10.3844/jssp.2014.15.25 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2014.15.25 AB - The objective of this study is to examine how coping strategies and perceived social stigmatization predicts the psychological wellbeing of female partners of prisoners in Ibadan, Nigeria. Using the purposive sampling techniques, a total of one hundred and nine (109) female partners of prisoners in Ibadan participated in the study. The ages of the participants ranged between 20 years to 65 years. Data collection was through the use of questionnaires. 2×2×2 ANOVA and T-test was used to test the hypothesis. Findings indicates that coping strategies (problem focused and emotion focused) and perceived social stigmatization jointly predicted psychological well-being with (F (1, 101) = 13.50; p