DISTANT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COHESION AMONG YOUNG COUPLES
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Background of the study
Marriage, which incorporates the coupling of two individuals having various interests, wants and needs, is a unique affiliation given shape by social guidelines and laws and fundamentally influences people's turn of events and self-acknowledge (Ersanlı and Kalkan, 2008). Capacities, for example, addressing the requirement for affection and being adored, meeting the two people's organic, social, mental and inspirational necessities, carrying new ages to world, increasing a spot in the public eye, the sentiments of being sheltered and secured, the feeling of collaboration, being sure about the future, feeling pleased with one another and sound working of sexual life (Canel, 2012) make marriage all inclusive and critical for social orders. In spite of the fact that its measurements and substance have changed during mankind's history, the establishments of family and marriage have kept up their comprehensiveness are as yet the center unit of social orders (Özgüven, 2001). In numerous social orders, marriage is recognized as the establishment in which closeness and cooperation exists and furthermore kids are brought up in wellbeing and that permits people to have sex and gives an enthusiastic advancement opportunity (Yavuzer, 2012). Despite the fact that the establishment of marriage has begun to change into a structure in which fairness rules, today when the quantity of distant marriages has risen, the comprehension towards the structure of marriage and the connections between life partners have increased more prominently and significantly (Çelik, 2006). People travels through two principle common occasions in their life expectancy that change their common status for all time; birth and marriage. Marriage is a key occasion in a person's life. There are different sorts of conjugal associations in Nigeria in particular: Religious relationships, common relationships, standard relationships and "Come we stay relationships." In the last two courses of action couples live respectively as husband and spouse with no perceived archives to evidence their associations yet complete the elements of a family like some other legitimate unit. As indicated by Erickson (Meier et al 1983) people enter conjugal associations at the phase of closeness versus confinement (20-35) years. In relationships, couples live respectively topographically and sincerely and settle down to kid bearing and child rearing while as yet advancing with their vocations. This is valid for Yenagoa inhabitants' who's locale is wealthy in livestock farming. Occupants take part in cultivating, agriculture and domesticated animals raising. Others execute import and fare organizations in an exertion towards self-realization. This requirement for personal growth constrained people to head out to different towns or abroad creating significant distance relationships.
1.2 Statement of the problem
Marriage is an important aspect of the human culture. It is the only legalized method for human continuity. The absence of marriage or its reduction in participation equals reduction in procreation and societal harmony. This is because marriage affords individuals the ideas and resource fusion to achieve better goals as partners. It also allows individuals the right for engenderment. This is important as marriage also drives harmony to a society. Individuals can involve in tribal, inter-tribal and racial marriages. This actions fosters peace and harmony within societies and communities. Furthermore, marriage is important for family cohesion. Family cohesion is the degree of commitment that a union is expected to yield to that particular nuclear or extended family. However, nowadays the society has continue to record cases of distant marriage or separated marriages. Distant marriage happens to be the focus of this study. Distant marriage seem to negate the essence of marriage and this action gives room for erroneous activities accrued to family such as infidelity and improper child upbringing, just to mention a few. It is on this premise that this study is undertaken to examine the effect of distant marriage on family cohesion.
1.3 Research objectives
The study seeks to find out:
- The causes of distant among young couples in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
- The effect of distant marriage on family cohesion.
- The relationship between distant marriage and family cohesion.
1.4 Research Questions
- What are causes of distant marriage among young couples?
- What is the effect of distant marriage on family cohesion?
- Is there a relationship between distant marriage and family cohesion?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
H0: There is no relationship between distant marriage and family cohesion.
1.6 Scope and limitation of the study
This study covers literatures on distant marriage and family cohesion. It is restricted to Yenagoa, Bayelsa state and seeks to examine the relationship that exists between distant marriage and family cohesion.
1.7 Significance of the study
This study will be beneficial to married couples as it will reveal possible factors that leads to distant marriage. This knowledge will help young couple in decision making.
Also, this study will inform people on the importance of family cohesion and how distant marriage affects it,
Finally, the findings of this study will be relevant for further studies.
1.8 Definition of concepts
Distant marriage: This is a kind of marriage where the man or woman live apart but are not divorced or legally separated.
Cohesion: This is an act of togetherness. In this study it means the bond that exist in a marriage.
Family: This is a union of man and woman who agrees to come together legally or traditionally as husband and wife.
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