Assessment of Marital Dissatisfaction among Divorces in Women Continuing Education Centre, Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria

The study examined marital dissatisfaction among divorces in Women Continuing Education Centre Sokoto, Sokoto state, Nigeria. The study used descriptive research design to examine the level of marital dissatisfaction among divorces and reasons for marital dissatisfaction among divorces Women Continuing Education Centre Sokoto. The population of this study was all 579 divorcees in Women Continuing Education Centre, Sokoto and a sample size of 354 divorcees consented to participate in the study. The researchers used Marital Dissatisfaction Scale (MDS) and Factors for Marital Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (FMDQ) with reliability indexes of 0.75 for and 0.83 respectively. The research questions were answered with use of frequency and percentages. The findings revealed that many couples seek for when they are dissatisfied with their marriage. And marital dissatisfaction happens when marital expectations do not forthcoming. The study recommended that efforts in form of enlightenment and mobilization should be put in place by adult educators for couples in order to ensure that every partner plays his/her role in ensuring marital satisfaction.

A Research Brief on Prospective Marital Expectations among Cohabitors with Initial Marital Intentions

Having initial intentions to marry increases cohabitors’ likelihood of marriage, yet some cohabitors with such plans do not marry. One explanation for non-marriage may be that prior union experiences and the challenges of raising shared or stepchildren could temper initially strong marital intentions. Using the 2011–15 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), I examine prospective marital expectations among 531 current cohabitors in short-term unions (≤ 36 months) who report they were engaged or had definite plans to marry at the start of coresidence, focusing on prior union experiences, stepchildren, shared children, and pregnancy. A fifth of current cohabitors with initial marital intentions did not definitely expect to marry their partner, and the odds of definite expectations were lower if respondents’ partners had children from a prior union and higher if respondents were expecting a child. Prior union experiences, shared children, and the respondent’s own prior children were unrelated to expectations.

Acculturation of Japanese and American Intermarried Couples: Case Study of Their Marital Experiences and Parenting

This qualitative case study sought to gain in-depth understanding of Japanese and American family unions and the intermarried couples’ acculturation processes. It explored how intermarried couples view cultural differences, and how they negotiate and compromise in conflicts caused by such differences. Qualitative interviews were conducted with four couples comprising Japanese wives and their European-American husbands residing in the Midwestern United States. Interview questions included couples’ communication style, marital expectations, and parenting, from their perspective. The study found factors such as communication style, gender role expectations, marital expectations, and parenting style, contributed to conflicts in co-parenting and communication. Further investigation including sociopolitical aspects and cultural adaptation are recommended for future research.

Changes in Expectations to Marry and to Divorce Across the Transition to Adulthood

Marriage and divorce expectations predict family life and personal outcomes. Understanding how expectations are associated with varying characteristics over emerging adulthood (ages 18–28 years) will inform understanding of emerging adult development. Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition into Adulthood 2005–2015 data were used in hybrid-effects ordinal logistic regression to parse interindividual and intraindividual variation associated with relationship experiences, socioeconomic and contextual characteristics, and mental and emotional well-being. Partnerships were associated with optimistic expectations: Both dating and cohabiting predicted greater marriage expectations and lower divorce expectations within individuals. Between individuals, greater time in full-time employment predicted more positive marital expectations, greater responsibility was associated with lower marital expectations, stronger religious identity predicted higher marital expectations and lower divorce expectations, having been arrested predicted greater divorce expectations, greater well-being predicted greater marriage expectations, and older age predicted lower marriage expectations. Both between and within individuals, greater worry predicted lower marriage expectations.