Communication Skills for Enhancing Spousal Relationship within Families in Bauchi State of North East Nigeria

Abstract

The study identified communication skills for enhancing spousal relationship
within families in Bauchi State and ways of imbibing such skills. Two research
questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. A descriptive survey
design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,779,112
married couples. Multistage sampling was used to select 600 couples
.Questionnaire was used. Reliable coefficient of the instrument was 0.817. The
data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, frequency, and
percentages and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings include 39
communication skills and four major ways that could help spouses imbibe the
skills. There was no significant differences in the mean ratings of the opinions
of male and female on the communication skills. Based on the findings, one of
the recommendations was the guidance and counselors, to include the skills
identified as the things they need to teach spouses.