Abstract
This study examined the influence of marital communication on the family stability of married teachers in the Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. It was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. The population comprised 1688 married teachers in Nsukka Education Zone secondary schools. A correlation design was adopted for the study. The sample was 455 respondents. Proportionate stratified sampling techniques were used to select the sample from the parent population. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The instrument has been validated by two experts from the Educational Foundations and one from the Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the instrument's internal consistency was developed using Cronbach Alpha statistics. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer research questions one while the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used to answer research question two. T-test statistics was used to test the two null hypotheses. There is a significant positive relationship (p < 0.05) between marital communication and family stability of married teachers. Recommendations and implication were made based on the study results. Married teachers should not align family issue to types of communication in the prevailing situation amongst others. Key words: Marriage, communication, marital communication, family stability, married teacher.
Highlights
Marriage is a very important event in the life of any individual
It indicates that both male and female married teachers are committed to the claims in items 1 through 8 as patterns of marital communication flow employed by married teachers
Ho1: There is no significant difference between male and female married teachers' mean ratings on the patterns of marital communication flow employed by married teachers
Summary
Marriage is a very important event in the life of any individual. Marriage is strongly supported in Nigerian and African culture because people believe that it is an institution ordained by God as well as our various cultures. Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman, and it is a lifelong relationship between married couples since marriage is better or worse right from the beginning (Onovo, 2016). Marriage is recognized by our society as a transaction or contract between a woman and a man which gives them a continuing claim to the right of sexual access to one another, eligibility to bear legitimate children. Marriage is a sacred condition that is meant to be a special life partnership and to merge the husband and wife harmoniously into being one person. Both parties are expected to be helpful to each other so that good understanding should exist between them to promote Mutual trust (Nnadozie, 2014).
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