The nature of relationships in different cultures
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- Created on: 20-12-14 09:44
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- The nature of relationships in different cultures
- Gross's belief of culture; there are two aspects
- objective aspects
- buildings, pictures, music and food
- subjective aspects
- beliefs , values and social norms
- objective aspects
- arranged marriages
- Batabyal
- researched the premises of arranged marriages
- young people are unlikely to make the right choice
- young people will be persuaded by attraction which is unlikely to produce a stable relationship
- researched the premises of arranged marriages
- Zaidi et al
- studied the views of 2nd or 3rd generation Pakistani or Muslim women
- most favoured the western practises for love
- many perceived their fathers to be resistant to change
- modern arranged marriages
- Umaderi et al
- compared views on marriage of professional and non- professional women
- both groups were unhappy about the idea of an arranged marriage
- the preferred the western love marriage
- but it was still important that their family approved
- Umaderi et al
- success
- Gupta and singh
- compared love and liking in arranged and love marriages
- studies 100 professional, degree educated women
- 50 had arranged marriages
- 50 had love marriages
- matched pairs design
- in love marriages both love and liking was higher at the start
- decreased over time
- in arranged marriages love and liking started low but increased
- after ten years exceeded the love in love marriages
- Gupta and singh
- Moore and leung
- compared 212 Anglo Australian students to 100 Chinese- Australian students
- 61% anglo-australian students were in a romantic relationship
- 38% Chinese Australian's were in a romantic relationship
- more likely in the western culture but isn't unheard of in a collectivist culture
- wanted to see the 'romantic' conservatism of Chinese students would affect their romantic styles
- compared 212 Anglo Australian students to 100 Chinese- Australian students
- Epstein
- divorce rates are lower and most report that they've fallen in love with each other
- myers et al
- found not diiference in marital satisfaction
- Batabyal
- the importance of love in western relationships
- Levine 1995
- asked participants If they'd marry someone if they were an ideal partner but they didn't love them
- 11 different countries
- 14% in individualist cultures would
- 34% in Thailand, a collectivist culture
- love is a comparative luxury
- loneliness
- seepersad
- young adults in the UK were more likely to feel lonely due to a norm of being in a relationship
- US had the highest levels
- Korean teens relied on family for social networking while US teens relied on friends
- seepersad
- relationships as an economic alliance
- in some cultures relationships take part within negotiation and economic transaction
- process of a dowry was common in the UK till late 19th century
- lee et al
- looked into the different attitudes towards the practise of dowries in india
- dowries are becoming more popular
- out of the 4000 women studied 2/3 disapproved the dowry system
- Levine 1995
- cultural bias
- presenting an etic as a emic
- indigenous psychologies
- suggested by kim and berry
- used to ensure researchers don't treat their culture as the norm
- this way we can study aspects of relationships that are seen as important and meaningful within a culture
- Gross's belief of culture; there are two aspects
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