The Existential Issues and Attitude Toward Marriage in Single Youth: A Cross-Sectional Study

IF 1 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-17 DOI:10.1177/10664807221151169

Zahra Rezai, Yasser Rezapour-Mirsaleh, Hamidreza Aryanpour

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Abstract

Marriage and family formation has become a great challenge and a matter of concern in modern societies; it seems that one of the most important factors that can affect people's decision to get married is their attitude toward marriage. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between existential thinking, meaning of life, existential loneliness, and attitude toward marriage in single youth. A cross-sectional correlational design was conducted in 377 university students (age ranged 18–22 years old) in Isfahan city, Iran. Findings of structural equation modeling showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between existential thinking and existential loneliness and a positive significant relationship between existential thinking and meaning of life. The existential loneliness had a negative effect on positive attitude toward marriage. The findings also revealed that existential thinking affects existential loneliness via influencing on meaning of life as a mediating factor. There was a negative and significant relationship between meaning of life and existential loneliness. Moreover, meaning of life had a positive significant relationship with attitude toward marriage ( p < .01). Regarding, premarital interventions that emphasize on existential issues may probably increase the positive attitude of single youth toward marriage.

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单身青年的生存问题与婚姻态度——一项横断面研究

在现代社会，婚姻和家庭的形成已经成为一个巨大的挑战和关注的问题;似乎影响人们决定结婚的最重要的因素之一是他们对婚姻的态度。摘要本研究旨在探讨单身青年存在主义思维、生命意义、存在主义孤独与婚姻态度的关系。对伊朗伊斯法罕市377名18-22岁的大学生进行了横断面相关设计。结构方程模型分析结果表明，存在思维与存在孤独呈显著负相关，存在思维与生活意义呈显著正相关。存在性孤独对积极婚姻态度有负向影响。存在主义思维对存在主义孤独的影响是通过对生活意义的影响作为中介因素。生活意义与存在性孤独呈显著负相关。生活意义与婚姻态度有显著正相关(p < 0.01)。因此，强调存在问题的婚前干预可能会增加单身青年对婚姻的积极态度。

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Family Journal FAMILY STUDIES-

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2.40

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期刊介绍： The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families is the official journal of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC). The purpose of the journal is to advance the theory, research, and practice of counseling with couples and families from a family systems perspective.