Effect of Digital Infidelity in Marital Communication among Couples in Enugu Metropolis

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Author(s) : Benedict Obiora Agbo, Christiana Chinelo Agbo & Chidinma Gloria Nnamani

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This study examined effect of digital infidelity in marital communication among couples in Enugu metropolis. The objectives of the study include to: determine the extent to which couples in Enugu metropolis engage in digital infidelity, identify the platforms through which digital infidelity is committed more, ascertain the extent digital infidelity affects marital communication among couples in Enugu metropolis and evaluate the factors that encourage digital infidelity in marital communication. The descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The sources of data used were the primary and secondary sources of data. The population of the study was 315,238 while the sample size of 399 was determined using the Taro Yamane‟s formula. The findings included that couples in Enugu metropolis engage in digital infidelity to a large extent, the platforms through which digital infidelity is committed more include Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and You tube, digital infidelity affects marital communication among couples in Enugu metropolis to a large extent and the factors that encourage digital infidelity in marital communication include reliance on social media, change in world view, socialization etc. The researcher recommended that spouses should be careful with the amount of time they spend on social media because it can negatively affect their marital life, spouses should be aware that personal interaction and discussions with their spouse should be paramount instead of wasting time chatting on Facebook, twitter and Whatsapp, trust should be a priority among couples which could be gained by close interpersonal relationship/communication and marital leisure and satisfaction should be given serious consideration by spouses through devoting more time to each other and it was concluded digital infidelity in marital communication has significant effect among couples in Enugu metropolis.

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