Impacts of couple-oriented and group-oriented approaches on marital satisfaction of couples at the verge of divorce in Sunyani municipality, Ghana.

Abstract

The study assessed the impact of couple and group-oriented approaches on marital satisfaction of couples at the verge of divorce in the Sunyani Municipality. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the 48 participants for pre-test study after which the participants were assigned into experimental and control groups. Five research questions were formulated to keep the study in focus. Similarly, seven hypotheses were also tested. The Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI) was used in collecting pre-test and post-test responses from the married people. The study revealed that what respondents considered most as a reason for them to quit their marriages was character issues of the spouses. The finding revealed that participants who were exposed to couple oriented marital counselling approach did not differ significantly with regard to positive impact on their marriage from those that were exposed to group oriented marital counselling approach. Marital seminars to enlighten couples on factors responsible for marital dissatisfaction and how to handle these factors should be organised on regular basis by churches, mosque, and other agencies related to. marriage.