Impact of Premarital Expectation on Marital Satisfaction Among Members of Zetseat Apostolic Reformation Church Addis Ababa: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wondemu, Birhan (PhD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Demissew, Selam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-17T06:20:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T15:40:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-17T06:20:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T15:40:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This qualitative research explores the impact of pre-marital expectations on marriage satisfaction among members of Zetseat Apostolic Reformation Church (ZARC). Five married people were selected to attend a semi-structured interview; The interview consisted of questions around their expectations of marriage before getting married, how they found it in the real-life situation and how their expectations impacted their marriage satisfaction. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyze the data. The various themes that emerged indicate the existence of different dimensions of expectation about marriage before getting married and how the pre-marital expectations go within the marriage and impact their marriage satisfaction. The identified themes were categorized under two superordinate themes. Under the first superordinate theme, which is called the general expectations, seven themes were identified: personality expectation, financial expectations, emotional intimacy, parenting style expectations, gender difference, and sexual expectation. In addition, all of the previous emergent themes, when combined into the second superordinate theme, influenced overall marriage satisfaction. As a result, the participants felt satisfied when their expectations got fulfilled and unmet expectations, on the other hand, harmed marriage satisfaction among the participants. In conclusion, this research found that people’s expectations about marriage tend to affect the satisfaction they have during their marriage. It was also identified that further research should be done to explore the exact effect from a cause-effect perspective | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/30153 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AAU | en_US |
| dc.title | Impact of Premarital Expectation on Marital Satisfaction Among Members of Zetseat Apostolic Reformation Church Addis Ababa: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |