Indian Arranged Marriages: A Social Psychological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415711500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 254 str.

Tulika Jaiswal

Opis

Cultural norms have a significant influence on marital expectations and quality of marriage. India, the emerging prominent South Asian nation continues to retain the historical tradition of arranged marriages in the 21st century.

Exploring individual, contextual, and interactional predictors to marital satisfaction in Indian arranged marriages, this book highlights key areas of methodological and clinical considerations. By providing a comprehensive review of the cross-cultural martial research with particular focus on Indian arranged marriages, it examines the suitability of Western marital research in India. The discussion is drawn from a survey data collected from individuals married through arranged marriage system. The book will provide useful, much-needed scholarly insight on arranged marriages and widen the research conceptualization of marriage. A timely addition to marital research, it provides a comprehensive and systematic psychological examination on Indian arranged marriages and will be of interest to scholars of South Asian Studies and social and cross-cultural Psychology.

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Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Perspective on western and cross-cultural marital research 3. Contemporary India - The cultural context of arranged marriage 4. How are we getting along?: Findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on couple interaction and martial satisfaction 5. Do personal characteristics matter?: Findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on individual characteristics and marital satisfaction 6. Stressed out?: Findings from Western, cross-cultural and Indian research on dyadic stressors and marital satisfaction 7. Examining the Psychometric Validity of the Indian Version of the Marital Functioning Test Battery 8. Psychological Examination of Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Indian Arranged Marriage 9. Conclusion: Toward a better understanding of Indian arranged marriages

O autorze

Dr Tulika Jaiswal is a Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology at the Southampton Solent University. Born in India and fascinated by complexities of arranged marriages, she undertook her Doctoral degree from University of York, UK. Since receiving her doctorate in 2010, Tulika continues to be involved in the Psychological research and teaching.