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FAD2230 TEST 2 CHAPTER 6 CHOOSING A MARRIAGE PARTNER AND THE FIRST YEARS OF MARRIAGE Marital stability whether spouses remain married or divorce means depends on This can depend on several factors linked together Marital Stability satisfaction in marriage partner interaction so Marital Stability satisfaction in marriage partner interaction Beliefs and attitudes about the partner and relationship cial Personality traits support Marriages are more likely to be stable when 1 partners are in good psychological health 2 3 they are in their mid twenties or older spouses parents have not been divorced 1 Attachment Theory during infancy and childhood individuals develop a general style of attaching to others Attachment style is incorporated with what factor of marital stability Beliefs and attitudes about the partner or relationship Those with a secure attachment style are better marriage prospects 2 Age at Marriage Marriages that occur at 25 years old or older are more stable than those occurring before Low socioeconomic origins premarital pregnancy lack of interest in school and economic struggles are associated with marrying early 3 Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce Risk Parental divorce increases risk of marital instability in the offspring Why are children of divorce more likely to get divorced themselves 1 more serious personality problems 2 not exposed to supportive communication and problem solving 3 4 more accepting attitude toward divorce less commitment to relationship E Mavis Hetherington s Mate Selection Risk Youths from divorced families were more likely to select high risk partners who were also from divorced families The Marriage Market The idea that bargaining and resources are involved in creating marriages Arranged marriage a marriage arranged by the parents Free choice culture people choose their own mates but typically seek parents and other family members support for their decision Cross national marriage immigrant parents arrange for spouses from their home country to marry their offspring Bride price money or property the future groom pays to the bride s father so that he can marry her Dowry a sum of money or property brought to the marriage by the female Individual s resources to bargain with Physical attractiveness intelligence education earning potential personality family status emotionally supportive etc Individual s costly attributes in bargaining wrong social class religion race being demanding being geographically inaccessible The Traditional Exchange women trade physical attractiveness and child bearing for economic support from the man Bargaining Today men and women are both more likely to marry someone with more education and better income Assortative Mating filtering out people who would not make the best spouse see the dating funnel Homogamy The tendency of people to marry others with whom they share certain social characteristics Endogamy marrying within one s social group Exogamy marrying outside one s social group Heterogamy marrying someone dissimilar in race age education religion social class Why do people marry homogamous 1 Geographic availability people tend to meet others who are like themselves because they are near to them 2 Social pressure cultural values encourage marrying someone who is similar to us 3 Feeling at home easier to communicate with others with similar education social class and race 4 Fair Exchange same social class Examples of Heterogamy Interfaith marriage Interclass marriages Hypergamy improving one s social economic status by marrying up Hypogamy marrying down Interracial Interethnic Marriages Status exchange hypothesis an individual might trade his own socially defined superior racial status for the economi cally or educationally superior status of a partner in a less privileged racial group Marital Success is measured by 1 Stability whether or how long the union lasts 2 Happiness of the partners the two are not synonymous Developing the Premarital Relationship Courtship the process through which a couple develops mutual commitment and progresses toward marriage Important to early stages of relationship Physical attractiveness Rapport Theory of complementary needs we are attracted to partners whose needs complement our own Three area s in which a couple s needs should be similar 1 Personal Energy genera energy level should match partner s 2 Outlook emotional approach to the world 3 Predictability craving variety or craving predictability Defining the relationship Relationship driven couple follows rationally evolving pattern Event driven partners disagree on how committed they are because fighting discussing the relationship with friends and making up punctuated each person s view of the relationship Cohabitation can be 4 things 1 a precursor for marriage 2 a trial marriage 3 a substitute fro marriage 4 a serious boyfriend girlfriend relationship Experience Hypothesis individuals are more likely to divorce if cohabiting before marriage successful cohabitation demonstrates that alternatives to marriage exist individuals slide from cohabiting into marrying Selection Hypothesis people who choose to cohabit are different from individuals who choose not to those who chose to cohabit before marriage probably already had more negative views of marriage success Premarital Counseling goals 1 evaluate relationship and possibly decide against marriage 2 develop realistic but hopeful vision of future marriage 3 4 sensitize partners to potential problems teach communication and resolving conflicts In the first years of marriage couples learn marital roles Role making modifying or adjusting expectations and obligations traditionally associated with a role Potentially problematic topics for newlyweds 1 money balancing job and family dealing with debt brought into the marriage 2 3 how much time to spend together sexual frequency Adaptable Marriage Relationship one that allows and encourages partners to grow and change spouses roles may be renegotiated as the needs of the other changes Lecture notes How do we choose people to date The Dating Funnel filtering people out on a basis of sex age usually date within a 5 year range availability interests physical attractiveness personality life goals beliefs and values possibly religion Sliding vs Deciding Sliding in a relationship because of convenience choosing by default having a habit vs having a relationship Deciding having a bottom line in a relationship and sticking with it


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