Yarmouk University Students’ Perceptions towards their Future Marital Life

Ali Saleh Jarwan; Basem Mohammed Al-Frehat; Zaid Saleh Bani Ata

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i6.7932

Authors

Ali Saleh Jarwan Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, College of Educational Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0101-6974
Basem Mohammed Al-Frehat Department of Educational Science, Ajloun University College of Al-Balqa Applied University, Ajloun, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2248-1098
Zaid Saleh Bani Ata Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, College of Educational Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6188-233X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i6.7932

Keywords:

Marital Life, Future Perceptions, Students, Yarmouk University

Abstract

Objectives: The current study aims to demonstrate Yarmouk University students' future perceptions toward their marital life and to determine whether there are statistically significant differences in these perceptions based on gender and college.

Methods: The study applies the descriptive survey method and a scale of ‘youth attitudes toward marriage’ to a sample of 1,071 students, who were selected using the convenience sampling method.

Results: The results showed that Yarmouk University students’ perceptions regarding their future marital life are positive in all dimensions and in the overall score. Attitudes toward marital independence ranked highest, followed by attitudes toward the marital relationship, inclination toward marital happiness, and finally attitudes toward the partner. There was a statistically significant difference in the gender variable in terms of 'attitudes towards the partner' and 'attitudes towards the marital relationship’ in favour of females, while the domain 'tendency towards marital happiness' recorded a higher score in favour of males. The results also revealed a statistically significant difference in the 'attitudes towards the marital relationship' domain attributed to the college variable, with a higher score in humanities.

Conclusion: The study underscores the need to organize workshops that promote positive awareness about marital life and support the positive perceptions demonstrated by the students in the current study.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Abu Aita, S. (2019). Theories of marital and family counseling. Dar Al-Fikr Publishing and Distribution.

Abu Asaad, A. (2011). Standards Manual of educational and psychological tests, Part (3). Debono Center for Teaching Thinking.

Ahmed, S. (2011). Future perceptions and social image and their relationship to psychological distress among widows. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq.

Akers-Woody, M. D. (2003). Understanding the attitudes toward marriage of never-married female young adult children of divorce using Bowen Theory. Alliant International University, San Diego.

Al-Dahri, Saleh. (2016). Fundamentals of Family and Marital Counseling. Dar Safaa Publishing and Distribution.

Al-Ghamdi, A., Al-Otaibi, J., Al-Shehri, S., Al-Shaddadi, S., & Al-Sufyani, D. (2023). Young people’s attitudes towards marriage and its relationship to psychological well-being: A study on a sample of those about to get married in Taif. Arab Studies in Education and Psychology Journal, 164, 267-312.

Al-Jumayli, S. (2020). Unemployment anxiety and its relationship to future perceptions among postgraduate students (non-employees). Tikrit University Journal of Human Sciences, 27(6) 465-487.

Al-Mansouri, A., & Attia, M. (2017). Building a measure of the educational counselor’s future perceptions. Basra Research Journal for Human Sciences, 42(4), 22-45.

al-Matalka, F. (2020). Attitudes of Jordanian youths toward marriage and its relationship with some variables. Abaad, 7(2), 363-389.

Al-Nouri, S. (2015). Attitudes of young people about to get married towards family life in light of some social changes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. College of Education Journal, 164(2), 175-200.

Al-Rahman, A. (2017). Women's and men's perceptions about their life partners. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 30, 391-398.

Al-Suwaiti, A. (2020). Young people’s attitudes towards marriage in Hebron Governorate. Unpublished master’s thesis, Al-Quds University, Palestine.

Al-Zoum, I. (2019). Awareness of Saudi girls who were about to get married about the foundations and components of a successful family and its relationship to some variables. Journal of the College of Basic Education for Educational and Human Sciences/University of Babylon, 43, 15-48.

Barsim, A., & Al-Hasnawi, S. (2012). Future perceptions of family life as perceived by university students. Al-Mustansiriya Journal of Humanities, 57, 1-38.

Farag, A. (2022). Future perceptions of youth in Egyptian society: A sociological study on self-vision between awareness and practice. College of Arts Journal, 82(3), 137-218.

Fiskin, G., & Sari, E. (2021). Evaluation of the relationship between youth attitudes towards marriage and motivation for childbearing. Children and Youth Services Review, 121, 105856.‏

Hajer, A. (2018). Psychometric properties of a measure of youth attitudes toward marriage. Unpublished master’s thesis, Abdelhamid Ben Badis University, Algeria.

Hussein, A. (2017). Achievement motivation and its relationship to future ideas among university students. College of Education Journal, 1(2), 121-148.

Ismail, R. (2015). Attitudes of students at the Faculty of Information at the University of Baghdad towards marriage. Journal of the College of Education for Girls, 26(1), 227-239.

Jassim, H., & Mahmoud, M. (2015). Future perceptions and their relationship to goal orientations among outstanding students. Al-Ustad Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences, 215(1), 223-252.

Karim, H. (2019). Future perceptions of orphaned children placed in care centers. Journal of Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(18), 101-127.

Khazali, Q., & Moumni, A. (2017). The effect of the level of academic ambition and the type of study program on the future perceptions of female students at Irbid University College in Jordan. Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, 18(1), 517-548.

Kumar, P. S. (2015). Psychological well-being and marital adjustment: a study on elderly couples in post parental stage of life. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 29(1), 77-90.

Nasser, N. (2019). Future trends and determinants of academic success among university students. Journal of the College of Basic Education, 9(2), 475-513.

Ningrum, D. N. F., Latifah, M., & Krisnatuti, D. (2021). Marital readiness: Exploring the key factors among university students. Humanitas, 18(1), 65-74.

Radulovikj, M., & Avirovikj, I. (2016). Youth Perception on Marriage and Married Life: An Analysis from the Republic of Macedonia.‏ EDIS-Publishing Institution of the University of Zilina

Rasheed, A., & Ali, A. (2021). Future perceptions among university students. Wasit Journal of Human Sciences, 17(49), 685-712.

Zerouali, L. (2011). school-going adolescents’ Future perceptions. Journal of Psychological and Educational Studies, 7, 156-185.

Zimbardo, P. G., & Boyd, J. N. (2014). Putting time in perspective: A valid, reliable individual-differences metric. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(13), 1271-1288.