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“Marriage Is More Than Being Together”: The Meaning of Marriage for Young Adults.
- Source :
- Journal of Family Issues; Jul2011, Vol. 32 Issue 7, p845-875, 31p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Based on 424 qualitative interviews with a racially, ethnically, and socio-economically diverse population of young people ranging in age from 21 to 38, the authors ponder the paradox of the evolving role for contemporary marriage within the developmental perspective of the transition to adulthood. The authors identify two groups: marriage naturalists and marriage planners. Naturalists comprise one fifth of the sample, are largely from rural America, and follow the fast-track into marriage that defined the mid-twentieth century. Planners comprise the remainder of the sample, are based in metropolitan areas, and follow an elongated transition to adulthood. The authors examine the views of each group on commitment and the nature of relationships, and apply their findings to the debates about whether marriage is resilient, in decline, or becoming deinstitutionalized. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
ANALYSIS of variance
COMMITMENT (Psychology)
EMOTION regulation
IMMIGRANTS
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MARRIAGE
ABSTRACTING & indexing of medical records
CULTURAL pluralism
RESEARCH funding
RURAL population
TIME
CITY dwellers
QUALITATIVE research
SECONDARY analysis
SOCIAL attitudes
SOCIAL context
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0192513X
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Family Issues
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 60980970
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X10397277