THE INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE PARTNER IMAGE ON THE MARITAL CHOICE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/psych.studies/2023.1.9Keywords:
marital relations, emotional attraction, subconscious image, social stereotypes, marriage stability, gender-role attitudes, family histories, homogamous interrelations.Abstract
The article is devoted to the theoretical reasoning and empirical study of the peculiarities of marriage partner choice, its image role formed in the childhood, the interrelation between the choice of a partner based on a subconscious image and satisfaction with further marital relations. It has been established on empirical level that the greatest attraction arises for the opposite sex persons, precisely those whose personal qualities evoke the same emotions as those that arise in childhood when communicating in a close environment endowed with the same characteristics. At the same time, these emotions may be both positive and negative. Based on these findings, it is clear that a subconscious image of a partner formed in childhood can lead to a pattern of repeated unsuccessful choices in subsequent partnerships, including remarriage, since subsequent partners are usually identical. The obtained results prove that analysis of the peculiarities of a married couple functioning, in particular, satisfaction of partners with their marital relations, should be implemented in a comprehensive manner, taking into
account the study of various parameters of marital relations.
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