Impact Of Premarital Expectation On Marital Satisfaction Among Members Of Zetseat Apostolic Reformation Church Addis Ababa An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

This qualitative research explores the impact of pre-marital expectations on marriage rnsatisfaction among members of Zetseat Apostolic Reformation Church (ZARC). Five married rnpeople were selected to attend a semi-structured interview; The interview consisted of questions rnaround their expectations of marriage before getting married, how they found it in the real-life rnsituation and how their expectations impacted their marriage satisfaction. An Interpretative rnPhenomenological Analysis was used to analyze the data. The various themes that emerged rnindicate the existence of different dimensions of expectation about marriage before getting rnmarried and how the pre-marital expectations go within the marriage and impact their marriage rnsatisfaction. rnThe identified themes were categorized under two superordinate themes. Under the first rnsuperordinate theme, which is called the general expectations, seven themes were identified: rnpersonality expectation, financial expectations, emotional intimacy, parenting style expectations, rngender difference, and sexual expectation. In addition, all of the previous emergent themes, when rncombined into the second superordinate theme, influenced overall marriage satisfaction. As a rnresult, the participants felt satisfied when their expectations got fulfilled and unmet expectations, rnon the other hand, harmed marriage satisfaction among the participants.rnIn conclusion, this research found that people’s expectations about marriage tend to affect the rnsatisfaction they have during their marriage. It was also identified that further research should rnbe done to explore the exact effect from a cause-effect perspective

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