Communication incompetence as the causal escalation factor of divorce cases amongst Malaysian millennial generation

Communication competence serves as the basis of effective interactions amongst mankind since the dawn of civilization. Its importance has engulfed all avenues of known communication levels, beginning from intrapersonal until the most recent artificial intelligence domain. In the light of communication competence in marriage, addressing your couple correctly while performing every interaction requires consistant upgrading of evolving communication knowledge, understanding, and skills. More, communication incompetence had been affirmed as the dominant causal escalation factor towards aggressive verbal arguments – of which, in most cases had lead to domestic violence before ending up with divorce by numerous official bodies, such as JAKIM and Selangor Syariah Judiciary Department. Hitherto, this research embarked its journey upon the objective of determining the perception of Malaysian millennial generation upon communication incompetence as the causal escalation factor of divorce cases amongst them. For that, proportionate purposive random sampling was adapted, and 400 university students’ perception (single, married, divorced) from four public universities in Klang Valley became the focus. Purposively, only respondent within the age of 21 to 23 years old were selected. This is due to the fact that Klang Valley’s university students had long been the catalyst of change for Malaysia’s future and beyond. Those demographically diverse respondents were reached via online questionnaires’ dissemination, and quantitative data were later analysed using SPSS (version 30.0, 2024). The pinnacle of this study is expressed via vital suggestion that a formal educational training program on effective marital communication should promptly be constructed (especially for Malaysian millennial generation – single, married, and divorced) – and such program should transcend all racial and religious boundaries.