MARITAL INSTABILITY IN NIGERIA



Okonkwo (2005) observed that marital instability is ravaging many families today. He showed that marital problems are no longer individual problem but societal own hence it affects many families. "In trying to portray its seriousness, he said that marital crisis has grown to a destructive stage that people and government can no longer pretend that all is well.

According to Ezeh (2000) marital instability relates to the various phenomena of dysfunctional communication patterns and other negative behaviour traits among couples in their marital
lives. He agreed with Okonkwo (2005) that marital problems are indeed a social problem in Nigeria and deserves due attention.

Also, in trying to bring into sharp focus what marital instability is all about, he said that marital problems call to mind such issues as instability in the homes, breakdown in marital relationship, marital violence, wife battering and so forth. Marital instability is not a marriage that is totally broken down but a marriage that failed to meet up with all the marital expectations.

That is to say that for marriage to be successful the two couple must meet most of many of their marital hopes and aspirations. In many marriages each partner consciously or unconsciously seeks to give each the love, understanding and moral support that enable them to feel both valued and accepted. (Okonkwo, 2005).
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