Marriage is a union that is expected to be enjoyed by the couple but it is quite unfortunate that many Christian couples are not enjoying their marriage. Previous studies have focused on emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction among couples in different societies but few studies focused on Christian couples particularly in Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Nigeria.  Therefore, this study investigated emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction among couples in CAC Akure, Nigeria. The study is anchored on the Dynamic Goal Theory of marital satisfaction. Descriptive research was adopted for this study and simple random sampling was used to select 180 couples. Data were collected using Wong & Long Emotional Intelligence Scale (0.81} and Marital Satisfaction scale (0.72). The data were analyzed using frequency descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation. The findings showed high level of emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction among couples. There was positive relationship between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction {r=.565, n=150(:000)< .05}. It is recommended that the Church authority and counselors should collaborate to sustain training on emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction among couples.

Positive attitude of students towards counselling is necessary in any level of education. Many studies had investigated self-esteem, social-economic status, emotional intelligence on attitude towards counselling of students in secondary schools but not in theological colleges. This study however investigated parental and peer factors as determinants of attitude towards counselling of students in CAC Theological Seminary, Akure. All students were used for the study. Reliable instruments were used to collect information from the respondents. Parental Factors Scale (r = 0.75), Peer Influence Scale (r = 0.74) and Attitude Towards Counselling Scale (r = 0.85) were used for data collection. Pearson product moment and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. The result shows that peer influence was related to (r = .365) while parental influence (r = .122) did not relate to attitude toward counselling of students in CAC Theological seminary. The independent variables jointly contributed to students’ attitude towards counselling (Adjusted R2 = 1.09, F2 = 5.261) and accounted to 13.4% contribution to attitude towards counselling. The parental influence (= -.025) did not contribute to students’ attitude towards counselling while peer influence (= 3.75) contributed to students’ attitude toward counsellings. It is recommended that parents of student should be more helpful in motivating the students to seek counselling and parents should train their children on how to associate themselves to friends who could help them to seek counsel in appropriate place for good performance in life and ministry.

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