Indian arranged marriages : a social psychological perspective / Tulika Jaiswal.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 79Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.Description: xv, 238 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780415711500 (hardback)
- 306.820954 23 JAI
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306.8 STR The marriage and family experience : | 306.80954 SAN Marriage and Family in India : | 306.81 HAR Fall in love, stay in love / | 306.820954 JAI Indian arranged marriages : | 306.83 STO Kinship and Gender : An Introduction / | 306.83 STO Kinship and Gender : An Introduction / | 306.85 BOD Introduction to family processes : diverse families, common ties / |
1. Perspective on Western and cross-cultural marital research 2. Contemporary India: the cultural context of arranged marriage 3. How are we getting along?: findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on couple interaction and marital satisfaction 4. Do personal characteristics matter?: findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on individual characteristics and marital satisfaction. Western marital research on enduring vulnerabilities 5. Stressed out?: findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on dyadic stressors and marital satisfaction 6. Examining the psychometric validity of the Indian version of the marital functioning test battery 7. Psychological examination of predictors of marital satisfaction in Indian arranged marriage 8. Toward a better understanding of Indian arranged marriages
Despite the fact that more than 80% of cultures practice varying degrees of arranged marriage, scholars have thus far concentrated exclusively on American and European cultures from choice marriages, not yet fully exploring the psychology of arranged marriages. India is a prominent South Asian nation that continues to retain the historical tradition of arranged marriages in the 21st century. This book therefore Read more...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-232) and index.
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