Author(s)

Inioluwa Racheal Ogungbemi^1*, Samson Aderemi Ajiboye², Ayodele Bamidele Ogungbemi³, Lateef O. Adegboyega¹

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Counsellor Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

²Department of Social Sciences, School of Liberal Studies, Yaba College of Technology, Nigeria.

³Department of Economics, College of Social and Management Sciences, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria.

Corresponding Author

Inioluwa Racheal Ogungbemi

ABSTRACT

Conflict exists in nearly every sphere of life. Conflicts exist in people’s jobs, families, schools, and even in the church. Marital conflict has profound implications for individual well-being, although marital conflict is consequential for both husbands and wives, it has more pronounced health consequences for wives. Thus, this study investigated factors responsible for marital conflicts among newly married couples in Ilorin, Kwara State. A descriptive survey was adopted for the study and the instrument used to collect data for the study was a questionnaire entitled ‘‘Factors Responsible for Marital Conflicts Questionnaire (FRMCQ). The instrument was validated and a coefficient of 0.75 was obtained for its reliability. A research question was raised for the study while four null hypotheses were postulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the factors responsible for marital conflicts among newly married couples in Ilorin, Kwara State are friends’ interference in the marital affairs of the couple, poor home background of either spouse, and lack of parenting skills among others. Also, there were no significant differences in the factors responsible for marital conflicts among newly married couples in Ilorin, Kwara State based on gender, age, and educational qualification. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that counsellors in collaboration with other agencies should set up campaigns on the need to prevent marital conflicts, and government and stakeholders in the society should establish counselling centers in strategic locations where couples can be educated on different patterns of marital conflicts and counsellors and other agencies should synergize to educate couples on how to get committed, avoid conflicting on the issue of fertility and develop a lasting attraction to their wives in order to prevent domestic violence.

KEYWORDS

Friend's interference; Poor home background of either spouse; Lack of parenting skills

CITE THIS PAPER

Inioluwa Racheal Ogungbemi, Samson Aderemi Ajiboye, Ayodele Bamidele Ogungbemi, Lateef O. Adegboyega. Factors responsible for marital conflicts among newly married couples in Ilorin, Kwara state Nigeria. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2024, 2(9): 26-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3086.

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