The literature on marriage reveals only one study which deals specifically with expectancies in marriage of college students, This study does not attempt to measure change in expectancies from on period to another or to differentiate between wishes and expectancies, Several investigators in the area of marital relationships express the need for further research on the predictive value of factors existing in the lives of individuals before marriage as they may or may not influence marital success. One factor which these investigators feel may be highly predictive of success or failure in marriage is the individual's expectancies from the marital relationship