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Apr 21, 2023 · Arranged marriage is a unique human behavior where marriage partners are primarily selected by others, typically parents, respected elders, other family members, or even matchmakers of the bride and groom (Dasgupta, 2009).
Jan 1, 2018 · An arranged marriage refers to a marriage in which at least one member of the couple had little to no influence on the selection of their partner. Arranged marriages curtail courtship in that, in some instances, the couple may have never met.
- Roger J. R. Levesque
- adoles@indiana.edu
- Age of Marriage
- Gender
- Material Wealth
- Titles, Rights, Statuses, and Offices
- Family Alliances
- Economic Independence
- Laws and Institutions
Arranged marriage is more common in cultures with younger ages at marriage. A common emic rationale for this is that given their lack of life experience, young people are unable to make good choices about marriage partners, and thus parents or other senior kin need to make these decisions for them. An alternative explanation (e.g., Apostolou 2007, ...
Cross-culturally women are more likely than men to have their marriages arranged for them and are also less likely to have influence over jointly made marriage decisions (Apostolou 2007, 2010). For example, the standard cross-cultural sample suggests that courtship (autonomous) marriages are the dominant marriage form of first marriages for women i...
Marriages are more likely to be arranged in societies or subcultures where material wealth, heritable property, or physical capital are transferred at marriage or inherited only by the heirs of legal or socially recognized marriages (Apostolou 2010; Boone 1986; Flinn and Low 1986). The wealth being transferred is typically under parental control, g...
Marriages are more likely to be arranged in societies or subcultures where titles, rights, statuses, or offices are transferred at marriage or inherited by spouses or children through marriage. Examples are numerous cross-culturally, including the hereditary titles of the European aristocracy which were typically inherited patrilineally but only th...
Marriages are more likely to be arranged in societies or subcultures where alliances between families are of greater economic and/or political importance. Such alliances can be either made or strengthened through marriage, and the choice of spouse will affect not just the status and opportunities of the individual getting married but also the statu...
Marriages are more likely to be arranged in societies or subcultures where children are economically dependent on their parents. Economic dependence is common among children and adolescents in most cultures and among adult children in societies where subsistence relies on access to heritable resources such as land or animals. Increasing economic in...
A cultural evolutionary perspective draws our attention to the presence of institutions that may impact marital decision-making. Such institutions are the result of cultural evolutionary processes in which social norms, customs, or laws evolve as a means of adaptation to the physical environment, subsistence practices, and the social environment an...
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Particularly novel, we integrate measures of arranged marriage, IPV, and marital quality into a single comprehensive analysis of the marital experiences shaping subsequent depression. This study reveals that becoming married can be positively associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) for women.
- Yang Zhang, William G. Axinn
- 2021
Mar 18, 2021 · As such, this study hugely contributes to an unbiased understanding of the arranged marriage and changing arranged marriage patterns and is a valuable reading for those interested in marriage, marital systems and the future thereof.
Aug 7, 2021 · For this article, the following working definition of arranged marriage will be employed: marriage for which the mate selection is under the guardianship and authority of elders of the (extended) families of both marital agents and that aligns the families in a durable relational bond that allows for a legitimate space and belonging for the ...
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Jan 2, 2018 · The concept of arranged marriage is something that the British population has now become more familiar with, owing to the variety of ethnicities of the people who live in the UK. Arranged marriages are common in, but not exclusive to, Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures.
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