Abstract

Abstract: The study examines spouses’ anger as an indicator of marriage crisis:
understanding the dynamics and implication for counselling. The study was guided
by two research questions and two hypotheses. The descriptive survey research
method was adopted for the study. The population was all marriage couples in Edo
State Ministries. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 10 marriage
couples (male and female) from the ten (10) Ministries that add up to 200 marriage
couples. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, and the
hypotheses were tested using t-tests at 0.05. Finding reveals that with a cluster mean
of 2.73, accompanied by a matching standard deviation of 0.83. This implies that
individual couple’s psychological factors have a significant impact on the
relationship between anger and marriage stability in Edo State Ministries. Also, the
average value of the cluster, 2.70, together with a standard deviation of 1.01, the
finding suggests that cultural background have a significant impact on anger and its
implications for marriage dynamics. The implication of the study is that attachment
styles developed during childhood, effective emotional regulation and different
cultural norms and values have distinct impact regarding the expression of anger by
civil servants. The study recommend among others that counsellors should help
couples use assessment tools questionnaires or assessments to identify specific
triggers for their anger and the patterns of interaction that exacerbate conflicts, and
encourage partners to keep journals documenting their feelings of anger, noting
situations, thoughts, and reactions.