-
The Influence Of Communication On Marital Stability Among Couples
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 5]
Page 2 of 5
-
-
-
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Millions of people today have trouble making friends and even family
bonds. This is because we live in a world where family members come home
only to sleep and eat, and then dash out. Seldom do they actually sit
around a table to enjoy a meal together. The sense of family, belonging
is missing. There is a gross lack of communication as a result of no
significant conversation. It often gets worse between husbands and
wives.
As a result of societal, economic and governmental
changes, problems in marriage have surfaced on a grander scale. There
has been notable increase in the divorce, separation of couples,
remarriages of divorce parents and children living in stepfamilies as a
divorce (Carter & McGoldrick, 1998; Lofas & Sova, 1995). The
element responsible could be improper communication (Eniba, 1999). Some
couples lack the way with which to express themselves through
communication, leading to misunderstandings between each other.
Lack of communication in marriages is a cause for serious concern on
the part of the couple(s) involved other members of the family, the
immediate society and the world in general. This is because, the home is
the nucleus of the society and marriage is the major avenue whereby the
society is populated by the number of children that are born in such
marriages, thus marital instability, due to lack of communication,
produces negative multiplier effect on the society (Esere, Yusuf &
Omotosho, 2010).
A lot of individuals consider divorce to
be the solution to such marital problems so they opt for divorce. As
such, there are a lot of divorced individuals in society (Kabali, 2006).
It comes as no surprise, then, that Rutter (1998) called the last three
decades a transition period into the “the divorce revolutionâ€. Marital
distress, conflict, family uncertainty among couples could threaten
societal values, an embarrassment to themselves, children and their
society at large (Undiyaundeye, 2006).
Marital instability
affects the society, going by the rate of divorce and the direct impact
on the children, who, in most cases, grow to be social misfits and a
nuisance. The tragedy of the matter is that this situation this occurs
on a nationwide scale (Agim, 1997; Obe, 1997; Carew, 1995). Marital
instability contributes to the spread of single-parent families, which
in turn leads to social problems such as poverty, crime, substance abuse
(by both parents and children and declining academic standards)
(Blankenhorn, 1995; Glenn, 1996; Popenpoe, 1996; Amato, 2000).
Psychological effects of marital instability include decline in
happiness and more conflict. In fact, they seem to experience experience
sadness, be upset (Harkonen, 2013). Marital instability and divorce can
have important economic consequences, especially for women. In the case
of divorce, economic dependency in the former marriage tends to lead to
larger economic losses during and after divorce, whereas, the sole
provider may even gain more economically (DiPrete and McManus &
DiPrete, 2001; Uunk, 2004; Harkonen, 2013).
The end result
of any case of marital instability is a breakdown of the union or
divorce, home desertion, juvenile delinquency, truancy, school drop
outs, lukewarm attitude to study, indiscipline, etc (Igbo, 1997, Nwobi
1997; Igbo, 2000). Lack of proper communication could lead to problems
that if not handled succinctly and cooperatively by couples may
degenerate to crisis levels, resulting in emotional distance between the
couple, low self esteem, poor nutrition, children’s lack of respect for
authority, loss of discipline or parental control, low standard of
living, withholding of sex from spouse, remarriage, divorce, spouse
battering, sexual abuse, incest, rape power tussle and many more.
Clearly, then, the need for the study for the need for effective
communication in marriage cannot be overemphasized.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study is designed to investigate the influence of communication on
marital stability among couples in the Lagos Metropolis. It also
examines the following:
§ To find out causes of marital instability
§ To find out to what extent communication affects marital stability
§ To find out to what extent marital duration affects marital stability
§ To investigate contemporary issues on marital stability.
CHAPTER ONE -- [Total Page(s) 5]
Page 2 of 5
-
-
ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the influence of communication on marital stability among couples in Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos Metropolis. In this study, some relevant and extensive literatures were review under relevant sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used to assess the respondents; opinions using the questionnaire and the sampling technique. In this study, 100 (one hundred) respondents were selected and used as samples to represent the population of the study.A total of thre ... Continue reading---
