CONFLICT PATTERN AND RESOLUTION IN MARRIAGES AMONG FRESH COUPLES IN OYO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Lot of factors are responsible for conflict in some homes among which are violence against wife and children which result to broken homes and at times divorce, hence breed criminals and juvenile delinquents in the society. Descriptive survey research design was adopted with a sample size of 100 fresh couples, 50 male and 50 females, three measuring scales were used, five null hypotheses were tested, in which all was significant hence the hypotheses were accepted. To this end it was suggested and concluded that conflict handling styles and strategies should be taught to would-be couples during courtship so as to avert conflicts in marriages since conflict is inevitable it should be well managed among couples and not leading to broken home and divorce.

Keywords: Conflict pattern, resolution, marriage