A Study Of Psychological Barriers In Marital Life

Abstract

Marriage is not an easy step for anyone. In fact, it can be quite tough at times. No matter how much a person is in love or thinks they are in love, making that commitment and keeping it strong takes work and patience. Traditionally, marriage has been looked upon as a primary purpose of founding and maintaining a home and family. Fifty years ago, the majority of women were dependent on their husbands to work and support them. Their role in life was to take care of the children, their husbands and maintain the home. Along with time management, when you are married, you will have responsibilities such as chores that you will have to learn to deal with. These things if not worked out in the beginning of your marriage, might cause problems even though they seem small at first. In order to avoid such conflict, it is a good idea to make time to sit down with each other and solve out these responsibilities.

                                                                                  This paper explains the main psychological barriers which come in the way of happy married life. The participants in this study were selected randomly and asked if they would like to participate. Questionnaire is filled by the respondents. The last issue I would like to mention in this paper is very sensitive that is the interference of the other people in the couple’s life especially in the decision making. When couples do not take hold of the autonomy of their relationship and let their parents tell them what to do, it causes problems in the marriage. One spouse might start to resent the in-laws and the other spouse for letting them have that control, while the other spouse might think him or her to be overreacting.

Most people believe that an abundance of fighting is what leads to marital problems and often, divorce. This is not entirely true. Fights lead to failed marriages only if the fight is not dealt with in a constructive way. This is where communication comes in. A fight becomes a constructive exercise when both people learn how to communicate their views effectively while also listening and fully understanding the other's point of view