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    Communication as Correlates of Marital Satisfaction Among Couples in Oyo State: Implication for Counselling Practice
    (Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education Ahamdu Bello University Zaria, 2020) Bolu-Steve, Foluke Nike; Oladele, Adepoju Adenike; Durosaro, Irene. A
    The study investigated communication as correlates of marital satisfaction among couples in Oyo State. The correlation method of the descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study The questionnaire titled Communication and Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSMQ) was adapted from Oyedeji (1993) and this was used to gather information from the respondents. The Validity of the questionnaire was established by experts in the Department of counsellor, University of Ilorin. A reliability co-efficient of 0.81 was obtained. The correspondent's hypotheses were tested using Person Product Correlation, the independent t-test and the ANOVA. The results of the study showed that the common spousal communication styles among married adults in Oyo State was passive style (Mean 3.17). The finding also revealed that there was a significant difference in the spousal communication style and marital satisfaction (00.0>0.05), however no difference was found on the basis of gender, religion and length of years in marriage. In conclusion, all the hypotheses were accepted, only hypothesis one was rejected. It was recommended that counsellors and religious organization should not relent in their effort on communication style training that can enhance marital satisfaction.