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Book SynopsisOver the past few decades, there has been a dynamic world-wide societal shift away from traditional routes for finding a partner and establishing intimate relationships. This multidisciplinary volume investigates the impact of online dating and the role of technology in relationship formation; the nature of cohabitation and its relative meaning with marriage; assortative mating patterns; the role of parents and siblings in the selection of a partner; gender and sexuality within dating and mating; evolving forms of non-traditional marriage; the interplay of personality and sociodemographic traits within partner selection; and the role of race, ethnicity, and religion in dating and mating. Together, this collection provides a unique and truly global collection of research on the nature of dating, mating, and coupling, as they occur across a variety of cultures.
Trade ReviewSociologists, psychologists, and other contributors survey the practices of establishing and maintaining romantic relationships in cultures around the world. Their topics include influencing factors of intimate partner preference among married couples in Nigeria, inter-generational conflicts and resistance of daughters in suburban Turkey, educational assortive mating and female bread-winning trajectories: a group-based trajectory analysis, the transition to adulthood in individualistic and collectivistic cultures: the prevalence and timing of premarital cohabitation and first marriage in Germany and China, and technology use and its association with romantic relationships. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. "Enjoy the Heat of a Log, and Heed the Advice of the Elders": Religious, Educational, and Neighborhood Determinants of Parental Influence on Spousal Choice in Nepal;
Emily McKendry-Smith Chapter 2. "….And Here We Are…": Influencing Factors of Intimate Partner Preference among Married Couples in Nigeria;
Olufemi Adeniyi Fawole and lasunkanmi Adebiyi Osho Chapter 3. Intergenerational Conflicts and Resistance of Daughters in Suburban Turkey;
Aylin Akpınar Chapter 4. Changing Gender Role Expectations in the Family Formation Process through the Lens of Ambivalence;
Kadri Raid and Kairi Kasearu Chapter 5. Educational Assortative Mating and Female Breadwinning Trajectories: A Group-Based Trajectory Analysis;
Yue Qian Chapter 6. Dating & Mating in Adolescence: A Model to Predict Pathways of Relationship Outcomes;
Giovanna Gianesini Chapter 7. The Transition to Adulthood in Individualistic and Collectivistic Cultures: Prevalence and Timing of Premarital Cohabitation and Direct Marriage in Germany and China;
Barbara E. Fulda Chapter 8. Marriage and Cohabitation amongst Rural and Urban Women in Western Mexico;
Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández Chapter 9. Living Apart Together Relationships in Later Life: Constructing an Account of Relational Maintenance;
Jacquelyn J. Benson, Steffany Kerr and Ashley E. Ermer Chapter 10. Technology Use and Its Association with Romantic Relationships;
Lacey A. Bagley and Claire Kimberly Chapter 11. The Aftermath of Dating Relationship Dissolution in Emerging Adulthood: A Review;
Jerika C. Norona and Spencer B. Olmstead
