DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i08.003

Pages: 558-565

Marriage stability is anchored on spousal connectivity, commitment and agreement to how the couple prepared for their new life together. Though not all couples undertake premarital counselling before they start sharing their life together, good preparation is important. Lessons on running a home, handling finances, raising children, dealing with in-laws, romance, solving conflicts, gynaecological issues and family planning, among other issues, become necessary. The study surveyed current marriage stability of couples who undertook premarital counselling and those who did not. The study surveyed stability among the married men and women, guided by Bazizomenyi-Nagy’s Contextual Family Therapy and Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behaviour theories. This study is aimed at finding current marriage stability of couples who had taken premarital counselling and those who did not, in Langata and Dagoretti South constituencies, of Nairobi County, Kenya. Out of a total population 355,005 in two constituencies, a sample of 416 married men and women participated in the study. The study revealed that gaps that exist due to lack of premarital counselling are being addressed through trained counsellors, counselling psychologists and trained clergy. Further, findings revealed that couples who participated had received different types of premarital counselling, which they credited to their current stability and cohesion in their union.