Community social context and individualistic attitudes toward marriage
Community social context and individualistic attitudes toward marriage
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DOI：
10.1177/019027250406700302
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Barber, JS
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作者：
Barber, JS
我发展了一个理论框架，解释社区社会环境如何通过非家庭制度和相关行为影响态度形成。该框架的实证检验使用了对尼泊尔农村奇旺河谷的一项研究的数据。分析的重点是人们对婚姻的七个方面的态度：童婚、包办婚姻、跨种姓婚姻、婆婆服从、一夫多妻、离婚和寡妇再婚。回归分析显示了社区社会背景和对这些方面的态度之间的戏剧性关系。那些童年社区包含学校、雇主、市场和公共汽车服务的人对婚姻的态度更个人主义。与这些非家庭机构相关的行为与个人主义态度密切相关。邻居的行为也与个人主义的婚姻态度有关，但比个人自己的行为弱得多。我的结论是，非家庭机构和相关行为的持续增加可能会将婚姻从家庭控制的经历转变为主要由个人控制的经历。
I develop a theoretical framework explaining how community social context affects attitude formation via nonfamily institutions and related behaviors. Empirical tests of the framework use data from a study of the Chitwan Valley in rural Nepal. The analyses focus on attitudes toward seven aspects of marriage: child marriage, arranged marriage, intercaste marriage, mother-in-law obedience, polygyny, divorce, and widow remarriage. Regression analyses show a dramatic relationship between community social context and attitudes toward these aspects. Individuals whose childhood communities contain schools, employers, markets, and bus service hold more individualistic attitudes toward marriage. Behaviors related to these nonfamily institutions are related strongly to individualistic attitudes. Neighbors' behavior also is related to individualistic attitudes toward marriage, but much more weakly than individuals' own behaviors. I conclude that continuing increases in nonfamily institutions and related behaviors are likely to transform marriage from a family-controlled experience to an experience largely controlled by the individual.