The role of marriage preparation programs in preventing divorce :narratives of recently married individuals in Baffalo city municipality

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dc.contributor.authorMujoko, Rumbidzai
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-29T11:56:23Z
dc.date.available2017-08-29T11:56:23Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe study explores the perceptions of recently married individuals on the role of marriage preparation programs in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The study’s concern is that despite the fact that marriage preparation programs have been conducted in most parts of the world, some South African marriages are still affected by divorce. In 2009, 34.2% of the divorces came from the African population group and 5, 2% from the Indian/Asian population group. (StatsSA, 2009). Consequently, many marriages are affected by marital distress and divorce which has detrimental effects on the individual, family, communities and the nation as a whole. Marriage preparation programs are set up with the main aim of preventing divorce. It is in this frame of reference that this study saw it imperative to focus on the role of these programs. The study aims to examine what recently married individuals perceive as the role of marriage preparation programs and in turn recommend practical preventative and treatment strategies that can be employed by service providers of marriage preparation programs. The research drew its theoretical framework from the adult attachment theory, which developed from John Bowlby’s attachment theory in children. Guilford (2005) states that the application of attachment theory to adult relationships is a revolutionary event for the modality of couple therapy which gives the therapist a coherent, relevant, widely applicable and well researched framework for understanding the complex phenomenon of the adult love relationships. The study also drew from Jonathan Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, a qualitative research approach which is committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. Semi-structured interviews were utilized during data collection. A purposive sampling method was used to select fifteen recently married (3-5 years) individuals who attended a marriage preparation course before their marriageen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/775
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen_ZA
dc.subjectMarriage counseling -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen_ZA
dc.subjectCommunication in marriage -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen_ZA
dc.subjectMarriage -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen_ZA
dc.subjectDivorce -- South Africa -- Eastern Capeen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of marriage preparation programs in preventing divorce :narratives of recently married individuals in Baffalo city municipalityen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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