Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to find out the influence of premarital
counselling on marital adjustment among married people in the Church of
Pentecost, Cape Coast Area, Ghana. The descriptive survey design was
employed in the conduct of the study. The convenience sampling technique
was used to sample respondents from the 29 Districts in the Cape Coast Area
of the Church of Pentecost. A questionnaire comprising the Revised Dyadic
Adjustment Scale and the Premarital Counselling Perception Scale was used to
collect data. Five hundred (500) respondents were sampled for the study. The
study revealed that married people in the Cape Coast Area of the Church of
Pentecost have a positive perception of premarital counselling. The results of
the study established a significant difference in the marital adjustment levels
of married people who went through premarital counselling and those who had
no counselling before marriage. The study found no significant difference in
the level of marital adjustment on the basis of gender, age, length of marriage
and level of education. Based on the findings, it was recommended that
prospective couples should be educated to understand the importance of
premarital counselling for marital adjustment.
