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Marital Expectations Of Young Females
[A CASE STUDY OF OKE-ERO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA]
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CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents the review of literatures related to the study. It focuses on the following sub-topics:
• Concept of Marital Expectation
• Concept of Young Female
• Physiological and Psychosocial Development of the Adolescent Female
• Expectation to get married by Young Female
• Expectation about Marital Role by Young Female
• Marital Challenges Expected by Young Female
• Expectation to Cope with Marital Challenges by Young Female
• Summary of Literature Reviewed
Concept of Marital Expectation
Kristina (2015) claimed Vangelisti and Daly defined marital expectations as the beliefs an individual holds about what marriage shouldbe like. Kristina (2015) explained further that marital expectations are preconceptions about what behaviors should or should not take place within the marriage. They include beliefs about the extent to which spouses should share values, how much time couples should spend together, how disagreements should be handled, and any number of other issues an individual believes are important in marriage (Alexander, 2008; Kristina, 2015). Barich and Bielby (2006) described expectations as images of marriage created within the context of the relationship, while Sager (2006) noted that expectations are also present before the relationship is formed.
The overall height of an individual’s expectations according to Kristina (2015) is based on how important he or she considers these things to be to the overall success of marriage. For example, an individual who believes it is very important for spouses to share values, spend a lot of time together, and solves disagreements, has higher expectations than an individual who feels these things are unimportant for the success of a marriage. In the present study, height of marital expectations was conceptualized as a variable that interacted with other personal characteristics (i.e., optimism and relationship self-efficacy) to affect couples’ perceptions that their expectations were being fulfilled in their marriage. Vangelisi and Daly (2012) was claimed to indicate that when an individual’s marital expectations are met, he or she will be satisfied in the relationship. Conversely, when marital expectations are not met, the individual will experience dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the relationship.
Whether one’s marital expectations are met or not have a subjective air that one cannot ignore. A person’s perception of whether his or her expectations are being met appears to be crucial in one’s overall impression of the marriage. McNulty and Karney (2004) have proposed that people perceive their expectations as being met via one of two routes: either through behavioral confirmation or perceptual confirmation. In behavioral confirmation, an individual’s expectations lead one to act in a way that confirms the expectations. For example, one study found evidence that women who expected to be rejected by their partner proceeded to engage in behaviors that evoked negative feelings from their partner (Kristina, 2015). In perceptual confirmation, an individual’s expectations cause him or her to interpret events as being consistent with what was expected (McNulty and Karney, 2004). For example, McNulty and Karney (2002) claimed that spouses’ expectations of how a problem-solving discussion would go, later predicted their evaluation of the interaction, regardless of what behaviors had actually taken place. After having presented the concept of marital expectation, this study will review concept of young female before reviewing marital expectations of young female.
Concept of Young Female
Young people are interchangeably refers to youth who are adolescent or not yet adult. Defining what youth are, Nwankwo (2014) claimed the United Nation defines the youth as persons aged between 15 and 24 years. Youth is often understood to be the period of adolescence during which young people make the transition from childhood to adulthood, become sexually mature and experience increasing social and economic autonomy. Young people are defined as people still regarding guidance and expert attention to ensure that the process of becoming adult is conducted correctly.
Having various concepts of young people/youth the research was able to come up with a comprehensive definition of young female. The researcher defined young female as persons of the feminine gender aged between 15 and 24 years still regarding guidance and expert attention to ensure that the process of becoming adult is conducted correctly.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study examined the marital expectation of young females in Oke Ero Local Government. The study focused on extent to which variables such as age, religion, family type and educational status influence marital expectations of young females in Oke Ero L.G.A. The research adopted survey research design method. The population of the study comprised of all the 18,612 young females in Oke Ero L.G.A. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 2% of 18,612 young female in Oke Ero L.G. ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIX 1UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORININSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF COUNSELLOR EDUCATIONQUESTIONNAIRE ON MARITAL EXPECTATION OF YOUNG FEMALES This questionnaire is designed to elicit information on “marital expectations of young female in Oke Ero Local Government Areaâ€. You are requested to respond to the questions to the items honestly such responses are for academic purpose and will be strictly treated as confidential. Thank you for your usual cooperation.SECTION A : De ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSCONTENTS Title page Certification Dedication Acknowledgements Table of Contents Abstract CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the Problem Research Questions Research Hypotheses Purpose of the Study Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Operational Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREConcept of Marital Expectation Concept of Young F ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Scope of the Study This study focused on marital expectations of young females in Oke Ero Local Government. Hence, the study waslimited to young females in Oke Ero Local Government. Moderating variables of age, religion, family type and educational background were considered as they affect their marital expectations. Purposive sampling technique was used to select young female in Oke Ero local government while questionnaire was the instrument for obtaining information pertaining to marital ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability of the Instrument Reliability refers to the consistency with which the instrument measures what it purports to measure (Kolawole, 2002). The reliability of this instrument was carried out using test re-test technique. The instrument was administered twice to young female in Offa local government for the pilot study outside the study area with interval of four weeks. The result of the first administration was compared with the result of the second administration using Pearson Pr ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Hypothesis Three:There is no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA based on family structure.Table 5 shows that, under 418 degree of freedom (df), the calculated t-value of 1.92 is less than the critical t-value of 1.96. Similarly, the corresponding p-value of 0.06 is greater than the significant p-value of 0.05. This indicates that there was no significant difference in respondents’ marital expectations based on family structure; hence, the hy ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]ConclusionThe findings of the study revealed that marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA involves having a lifelong relationship, getting married when they are adult, couple’s supporting family financially, being submissive to their spouses, that their marriage should be fulfilling and satisfying even when raising children and to earn income in order to improve their marital life. There was no significant difference in the marital expectations of young females in Oke-Ero LGA ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAddai, J. & Trovato, L. (1999). Self-directed, therapist directed, and assessment-based interventions for premarital couples. Family Relations, 56, 279-290.Addai, K. (1999); Personality and temperament correlates of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality, 67, 93-125.Alexander, K. (2008). Epilogue: A strengths-based conceptual framework for understanding families world-wide. Marriage & Family Review, 41, 447.Amato, P. R. (2000). The consequences of divorce for adults and children. ... Continue reading---
