DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DETERMINANTS OF MARITALINSTABILITYAMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN IJEDE COMMUNITY: COUNSELLING INTERVENTION

Marriage is one of the important institutions in society, as it is a fundamental need because families are formed through it and the family is the core unit of human society. Marriage is an agreement and union between a man and a woman to live responsibly as husband and wife for companionship, reproduction, and nurturing of a family. Hence, marriage is a sane and important structure on which every society builds. Ojukwu (2013) confirmed this by saying that for the world to be at peace, marriages