Factors Influencing Marital Conflict among Church Wedded Couples in Pentecostal Churches in Masinga Division, Machakos District, Kenya
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Date
2005
Authors
Ojowa, M.O.
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Abstract
According to Walker (1979), marriages in Kenya are failing at a rate of one out of two.
One of the main reasons for high divorce rate is that married people do not know the
reason for their marriage; most people marry for selfish reasons. They marry because
they believe marriage will satisfy some need in their lives. They want the security of
marriage, the sexual pleasure, the companionship, to be affiliated to an influential family,
to have children with an individual of a certain status, to earn child support and many
other reasons. Getting into marriage with ill-motivated reasons leads to frustration and a
lot of stress hence most marital conflict that continue to negatively affect institution of
marriage and family.
Literature reviewed suggests that marital conflict is a universal phenomena, couples
cannot be productive when they are not sound in body, mind and spirit. The family which
is the basic institution of society should not be neglected. The proposed study seeks to
investigate factors influencing marital conflict.
The study takes the form of case study design and qualitative research design. An
Interview schedule and focus group discussion used to obtain data. The target group for
this study were wedded couples in Pentecostal churches in Masinga Division, Machakos
District, Kenya. All the wedded couples formed the study sample. Description data
analysis was done by the use of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS),
frequencies and percentages were used to present data. It is hoped that results of this
study will shed more light on the causes and factors responsible for marital conflict
among some wedded couples in Masinga Division, Machakos District. This study is
expected to assist couples to improve on their marriage and family relations. The first
chapter presents introduction and background to the study, the problem statement.
Chapter two presents theoretical models guiding the study as well as a review of related
literature. Chapter three dealt with the methodology of the study including such areas as
study area, study sample, data collection and data analysis. Chapter four presents the
results of the findings, while chapter five provides a discussion, summary, conclusions
and recommendations based on the findings.