Love Components in Free-Choice and Arranged Marriages Among Five Non-Western Populations From Africa, Amazonia, and Himalayas

IF 2.9 2区社会学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI:10.1007/s10508-024-03040-y

Piotr Sorokowski, Agata Groyecka-Bernard, Marta Kowal, Marina Butovskaya, Michal Mikolaj Stefanczyk, Tomas Huanca, Amit Kumar, Upma Manral, Oneyekachi M. Odo, Ike E. Onyishi, Wiktoria Jędryczka

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Abstract

Two main ways to enter a marriage are through free choice and through an arrangement between families, known as an arranged marriage. In this study, we compared differences in three dimensions of love (Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment) between spouses in love-based marriages and arranged marriages among five non-Western societies: Bhotiya from the Himalayas, Igbo from Nigeria, Kimeru from Kenya, Meru from Tanzania, and Tsimane’ from Bolivia. When considering all data gathered from the five cultures, free choice and arranged marriages did not differ significantly in average love scores. However, within cultures, some differences did emerge between free choice and arranged marriages, such as spouses from free choice marriages from Bhotiya and Tsimane’ culture showing higher levels of Intimacy than those from arranged marriages. However, in the Bhotiya, this difference was only evident in marriages lasting longer than 10 years. Moreover, spouses from free choice marriages from Bhotiya reported higher levels of passion, while spouses from free choice marriages from Tsimane’ reported higher levels of commitment than individuals from arranged marriages. Conversely, wives from arranged marriages from Meru culture from Tanzania reported higher levels of Intimacy and Passion as compared to wives from free choice marriages. In Kimeru and Igbo, no significant differences were found. These results contribute to the growing body of literature on the relationship between culture, love, and marriage. Our data also challenge the Western perception that arranged marriages lack love.

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来自非洲、亚马逊和喜马拉雅地区的五种非西方人群的自由选择和包办婚姻中的爱情成分。

进入婚姻的两种主要方式是通过自由选择和通过家庭之间的安排，即包办婚姻。在这项研究中，我们比较了五个非西方社会中基于爱情的婚姻和包办婚姻中配偶之间爱的三个维度（亲密、激情和承诺）的差异：来自喜马拉雅山的Bhotiya，来自尼日利亚的Igbo，来自肯尼亚的Kimeru，来自坦桑尼亚的Meru和来自玻利维亚的Tsimane。当考虑从五种文化中收集的所有数据时，自由选择和包办婚姻在平均爱情得分上没有显著差异。然而，在文化内部，自由选择婚姻和包办婚姻之间确实出现了一些差异，例如来自Bhotiya和Tsimane文化的自由选择婚姻的配偶比来自包办婚姻的配偶表现出更高的亲密程度。然而，在Bhotiya中，这种差异仅在持续时间超过10年的婚姻中才明显。此外，来自Bhotiya的自由选择婚姻的配偶报告了更高的激情水平，而来自Tsimane的自由选择婚姻的配偶报告的承诺水平高于包办婚姻的个体。相反，来自坦桑尼亚梅鲁文化的包办婚姻的妻子比自由选择婚姻的妻子有更高的亲密度和激情。在基梅鲁和伊博，没有发现显著差异。这些结果促成了越来越多的关于文化、爱情和婚姻之间关系的文献。我们的数据也挑战了西方人认为包办婚姻缺乏爱的看法。

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299

期刊介绍： The official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research, the journal is dedicated to the dissemination of information in the field of sexual science, broadly defined. Contributions consist of empirical research (both quantitative and qualitative), theoretical reviews and essays, clinical case reports, letters to the editor, and book reviews.