Huweliksverryking vir plaaswerkers

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Marriage enrichment was developed to equip couples with the necessary skills andknowledge to help them achieve a happy marriage. It is successful with respect tothe improvement of the marriage relationship and the encouragement of maritalsatisfaction. The marriage enrichment programmes that were developed up till now,were developed for the use of residents of First World countries. The goal of thisstudy was to identify farm workers' experience of marriage and their needs withrespect to marriage, in order to make recommendations with regard to elements thatcould be included in a marriage enrichment programme for farm workers.A qualitative research design was used, as semi-structured interviews with the helpof an interview schedule were conducted with thirteen farm workers who live andwork on two farms in different geographical areas around Stellenbosch. Informationwas gathered by separately interviewing marriage partners, in order to ensure thatconversations were not influenced by the presence of the marriage partner.Participants not only consisted of legally married couples, but also couples who wereinvolved in a long-term relationship.The literature study focused on the circumstances of farm workers in the WesternCape. It also focused on theories underpinning current marriage enrichmentprogrammes, and discussed and described the content of selected current marriageenrichment programmes. General challenges facing couples and which are typicallyincluded in marriage enrichment programmes were also discussed.Three themes emerged during findings and conclusions of the study. These includevarious sub-themes arising from the alcohol abuse of farm workers, and distinctivequalities of happy and unhappy couples. Recommendations were made with regardto these themes, while the theories on which current marriage enrichmentprogrammes were based, as well as its exercises and elements were kept in mind.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University