COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAININC ROR MINIMIZING ANGER IN MARITAL RELATIONSHIP OF COUPLES IN SABON-GARI LOCAL L GOVERNMENT OF KADUNA STATE

Abstract

This paper focused on facilitating communication skills training in minimizing anger in marital relationships for stability and fulfillment. Married spouses from time to time do experience anger challenges in their relationship, which overwhelm them, and this results in difficulties in communication.

An experimental design of pre-test and post-test was used as the design of the study. 30 volunteers out of a population of 139 married couples who are in subsisting marriages, consisting of males and females (15 each), were randomly selected to take part in the study and were assigned into experiment and control groups. An instrument titled "Couples' Communication Skills Training on Non-verbal and Anger Identification" was used to counsel married couples for seven weeks. A pre-test and post-test were administered to the subjects on the first and last week of the experiment. A four-point Likert scale was used for rating of responses on the questionnaire. A t-test technique was used to analyze the data gathered for the study. The result of the study revealed that the two hypotheses were rejected as significant differences were found. These findings showed that participants in the study had learned about non-verbal behaviors and could therefore identify anger symptoms. Recommendations were made.