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Unit 7. Marital Enrichment Techniques

1. List common areas of marital difficulties.

Common areas of marital difficulties

• Poor communication
• Issues related to families of origin 
• Poor conflict resolution 
• Low intimacy 
• High expectations

2. Explain why marital enrichment is typically conducted for couples in the initial stages of marital life.

Marital enrichment should be provided in the initial years of marriage so that the couple is able to know their strengths and weaknesses and hence improve their marital relationship. Conducting marital enrichment with young couples can be beneficial as:

• young couples may have lower marital distress, be more willing to change and engaged in the session. 
• marital patterns in the earlier years of marriage may be more conducive to change as compared to the later years of marriage.

3. Mention some common communication difficulties faced by a couple.

• Spousal difficulties in communication typically arise from a fear that his/her communication will be misunderstood, discarded, or invalidated by the spouse.
• Mind reading
• Communication of only negative feelings and blame, 
• Belief that problems will resolve without being communicated, and 
• ‘Silent treatment’ methods.

4. Elucidate the reasons for marital difficulties among South-Asian couples.

• Contradictory mixture of values due to impact of socio cultural changes and media.
• Changes in Spouse Selection and FOO acceptance of the self-selected spouse. Difficulties arise when families of origin become unwilling to accommodate the new family member, frequently criticize, and refuse to communicate with the new family member, thus, also adversely affecting the marital bond between the spouses.
• Failure of spouses to communicate about these family-of-origin issues creates a marital divide, susceptible to unreasonable expectations and erroneous rationalizations.

5. Explain how marital enrichment is considered as a preventive programme. What are the indications and contra-indications for marital enrichment?

Marital enrichment comes under the purview of prevention science, as it seeks to reduce risk factors and raise protective factors in order to disrupt the processes that contribute to marital dysfunction.

Indications

Contra-Indications

6. List four marital enrichment techniques. Elucidate the common areas of marital enrichment.

Four Marital Enrichment Techniques

Common Areas of Marital Enrichment