Motivation for extra- marital relationship as expressed by married women in Kwara State: Implications for counsellor training and integrative marital counselling
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2012
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In this part of' the world, marriage is considered to be a union of 11110 matured opposite sex individuals ,1,/10 have consented to live together as husband and wife. The functions of marriage include provision of outlet for sexual satisfaction
and emotional support. The relationship between the 11110 is expected to endure beyond the period needed for procreation and child-upbringing. Faithfulness is considered to be an essential ingredient for marital success and durability. However extra-marital relationship is regarded crs a destructive development capable of undermining conjugal bliss of the couple. This descriptive study examined the
11101 ivation for extra-marital relationship as expressed by married ,11on1e11 i11 Kwara Stale and its implications for counsellor training and integrative marital counselling. The 600 participants for the study ,11ere drawn front 12 secondary
schools across the three senatorial districts of the state through the use of 'purposive and stratified sampling techniques. Data collected ,t'ere analysed through the use of mean scores and mean ranking of items in the questionnaire, as well as I-test. It vvas revealed that sexual dissatisfaction, long time separation between couples and communication gap are the major motivations for e xtra-niar it al relationship as expressed by married 1110,nen irrespective of their age. It ,vas, however. found that married women differ in their expression 011 motivation for extra-marital relationship based 0,1 family type or educational attainment. This
finding has implications for counsellor training and int egrat ive marital counselling. Specifically, the findings of this study implies that counsellor-trainees
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must be enlightened on the salient issues related to extra-marital relationship, its effects on the women, the children and the society at large. This is achievable through a broad base counsellor education curriculum for all counsellor-trainees. Similarly, the findings of this study have implications for the provision of marital counselling to couples. As matter of fact, integrative marital counselling needs to be provided, in order to assist couples appreciate the motivatingfaclorsfor extra-
marital relationship and devise their OM1n means of addressing the problem.
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Motivation, Extra marital relationship, Married women, Integrative marital counselling