Content of Premarital Counselling and Family Stability in Owerri Municipality
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Keywords

Content
Premarital Counselling
Family
Family Stability

How to Cite

S.N, N., N.H, C., & M.A, O. (2024). Content of Premarital Counselling and Family Stability in Owerri Municipality. Journal of Home Economics Research, 24(2). Retrieved from https://journals.heran.org/index.php/JHER/article/view/253

Abstract

This study examined the content of information provided by premarital
counsellors for married couples and areas of of the content that are most
beneficial to the couples in Owerri municipality. It adopted ex-post-facto design
and was guided by two research questions and one null hypothesis. Couples in
the municipality form the population. Questionnaire was used for data
collection. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Hypothesis
was tested using t-test. Results indicated, among others, that the content of
premarital counselling information provided by counsellors could influence
family stability among couples. It was recommended that premarital
counselling should be administered to intending couples to help avert breakup
among others.

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