Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social media usage,
social-media induce jealousy and marital satisfaction among married couples in
Sogakope Township in the Volta region of Ghana. A descriptive survey design was
used. The population of the study comprises all married couples in the Sogakope
Township. A sample size of 420 respondents was used for the study and selected using
a stratified sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from
the respondents. The data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics.
From the analyses, it emerged that social media usage differs among married couples.
However, the nature of social media platform use differs among married couples and
its use also differs significantly among married couples when they were grouped by
gender. It was revealed that social media-induced jealousy negatively correlates with
marital satisfaction. It was recommended among others that marriage counsellors
should exploit how social media platforms could be used in healthy ways to promote
communication among married couples. It was again recommended that married
couples should be encouraged to pay attention to the emotional feelings of their partner
and must avoid engaging in social media activities that will elicit unpleasant emotions.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Counselling Psychology,
Faculty of Educational Studies submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Counseling Psychology)
in the University of Education, Winneba
OCTOBER, 2022
