The marital satisfaction of selected Indian Muslim women : a phenomenological study /
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of Indian Muslim women regarding their marital satisfaction and to understand the perceived quality of their relationships. This qualitative study is the first of its kind to consider marital satisfaction among Indian Mus...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Gombak, Selangor :
Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2016
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| Online Access: | http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/4180 |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of Indian Muslim women regarding their marital satisfaction and to understand the perceived quality of their relationships. This qualitative study is the first of its kind to consider marital satisfaction among Indian Muslim women. A semi-structured interview questions reflecting the four research questions were formulated to use in face-to-face in-depth interview among the six Indian Muslim women from Mumbai, India. The four research questions were: (i) what is the lived experience of being married for Indian Muslim women? (ii) what is the perceived quality of the relationship and what does marital satisfaction mean to the Indian Muslim women? (iii) what are the factors influencing the marital satisfaction of Indian Muslim women? (iv) what are the resources and support that the Indian married women utilize to enhance their marital satisfaction? The study analyzed the relevant constructed meanings that emerged from all interviews and clustered them into nine main themes with 19 sub-themes in an attempt to reach an in-depth understanding of the lived marital experiences of the Indian Muslim woman. These themes included their expectation of marriage, in-law involvement during marriage, housekeeping: decisions and divisions, perceived foundation of marital happiness, social factors, religious factors, communication, companionship, unconditional acceptance and resources and support that enhance marital satisfaction. The analysis of the collected data in this study provided a rich description of the Indian Muslim woman's lived marital experiences and an identification of factors that influence their level of marital satisfaction. The conclusions of the study indicate that the Indian Muslim women were satisfied with their marital life with supportive and understanding husband. The Indian Muslim wife's reported the husbands to be less traditional in terms of gender role in regards to housekeeping. Overall participants reported influence of religious belief leads to greater faithfulness, higher commitment and made it easier for the participants to compromise and forgive their partners in time of conflict and differences and increase faith in their marriage. An analysis of the data collected provided the basis for future research on this phenomenon as well as some implications for couples, the Islamic religious leaders, and marriage counselors working with this population. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 275 leaves : ill. ; 30cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-256). |