Volume : 6, Issue : 8, August - 2017

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF MARITAL ADJUSTMENTS AMONG THE SPOUSE LIVING WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMING HUSBAND RESIDING AT SELECTED COMMUNITY SETTING IN KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

T. Sowmiya, G. Pavithra, Manjula. T. R.

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">A descriptive study to assess the level of marital adjustments among the spouse living with alcohol consuming husband residing at selected community setting in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu<b>.</b></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> The objectives were to assess the level of marital adjustments among spouse living with alcohol consuming husband and to find out the association between the levels of marital adjustments among spouse living with alcohol consuming husbands with selected personal information of the spouse. A non &ndash; experimental, descriptive study was conducted. The</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">non-probability,</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">purposive </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">sampling technique</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> was used to select</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> 3</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">7</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> spouse</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">living with alcohol consuming husband and </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">M</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">odified </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">M</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">arital </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">A</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">djustment </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">T</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">ool w</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">as</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> used to assess the level of </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">marital </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">adjustments. The variables were assessed </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">to found out t</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">he level of marital adjustments among spouse living alcohol consuming husbands. Hypothes</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">i</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">s w</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">as </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">formulated. The level of significance selected was p&lt;0.05. The investigator used personal information sheet and Modified Marital Adjustment Tool</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">to collect data. The collected data was tabulated and analysed. Descriptive and inferential statistical were used. The mean value was </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">156</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">and the standard deviation was </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">9.49</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">. The study shows that </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">89%</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> of the spouses were having greater level of marital adjustments and </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">11%</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> of the spouses were having lesser level of marital adjustments. The study concludes that there is higher level of marital adjustments among spouse living with alcohol consuming husbands<span style="color:red">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-16.7pt;margin-bottom:&#10;10.0pt;margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;tab-stops:42.55pt"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>