Research and Theory on Mate Selection and Premarital Relationships in the 1980s

Surra, Catherine A.

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“…Over the following decades, various authors (Davis, 1941; Merton, 1941; Hollingshead, 1950; Winch, Ktsanes, & Ktsanes, 1954; Coombs, 1961; Kerckhoff, 1964; Trost, 1965; Murstein, 1967) contributed decisively to the theoretical and conceptual refinement of this field, proposing various approaches to explain the factors behind partner selection. However, it was in the eighties when the focus of studies first shifted to underscore the structural mechanisms behind marital decisions (Surra, 1990) and to develop methodologies to ascertain the effects of structure on pairing behavior (Hout, 1982; Goldman, Westoff, & Hammerslough, 1984; Schoen, 1986; Gray, 1987; McCaa, 1993). Most research conducted at present has been nurtured by these developments, mainly with regard to the use of log-linear statistical models.…”

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Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment: The Case of Latin America

Esteve

López-Ruiz

2009

Popul Res Policy Rev

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We use census microdata to assess the levels of educational homogamy in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. This paper contributes to the literature on homogamy in three ways. First, by conducting a comparative analysis between countries belonging to the still little-studied region of Latin America, which is still undergoing intense and varied processes of demographic, economic, social, and political modernization. Second, by simultaneously including variables of structural and individual nature. Finally, by making progress with respect to the interactions between educational homogamy and other important variables associated with high levels of social inequality in the region: race, ethnicity and birthplace.

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Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment: The Case of Latin America

Esteve

López-Ruiz

2009

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“…People often select mates who are similar to themselves in many ways, such as age, intelligence, educational level, race, religion, social class, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (South, 1991;Surra, 1991). The tendency to choose people whose background resembles one's own is call homogamy.…”

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Issues in the Psychology of Women

Biaggio¹,

Hersen²

2002

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ix x PREFACE ing student. It is our hope that this textbook will serve to facilitate the special learning experience that can occur when an instructor and students come together to examine the discipline and perspective that is feminist psychology.Many individuals have contributed to the fruition of the textbook. First we thank our eminent authors for taking time out to write the chapters. Second, we are most appreciative of the technical help of Carole Londoreé, Erika Qualls, Eleanor Gil, and Megan Schmidt. Third, we are grateful to Eliot Werner, our editor, for understanding the need for this text. Maryka BiaggioMichel Hersen PART I. HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONSAs you will note from Chapter 1, an important tenet of the women's movement is that "the personal is political." As you will see from Chapters 2 and 3, the scholarly and scientific are also political! As you complete this section, ask yourself about the tangible ways in which this is true. SUMMARYThis chapter has provided an overview of the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s, from its emergence out of the New Left, to its maturation as a force influencing legislation, judicial rulings, attitudes about women and men, and public and private treatment of women. A liberal feminist ideology permeated the early years of the women's movement, but various other ideologies, including radical feminism, socialist feminism, and cultural feminism, emerged and led to splintering and challenging within the movement, and subsequently to further elucidation of the meanings of feminism. These various ideologies spurred the development of feminist scholarship. The women's movement and feminist psychologists challenged the discipline and profession of psychology to examine its views and practices with respect to women and other disenfranchised persons, and individuals as well as feminist organizations provided rallying points for those interested in advancing feminist views. Without a doubt, the women's movement in the United States has had far-reaching impact, and has played a key role in shaping attitudes and policies toward contemporary women.

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“…Stage theories and developmental theories, for example, stress that marital, and/or nonmarital, couples go through a number of successive stages or developmental sequences (Levinger, 1983;Mattessich and Hill, 1987;Surra, 1990). Dialectical perspectives on relationships (Altaian, Vinsel, and Brown, 1981;Baxter and Montgomery, 1996) also view each couple as a system in a constant state of flux as it continually confronts tensions between contradictory forces.…”

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A dynamic systems model of dyadic interaction

Felmlee

Greenberg

1999

The Journal of Mathematical Sociology

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We develop a differential equation model of dyadic interaction that embodies the basic assumption that members of intimate couples form an interactive system in which the behavior of each member of a couple is influenced by the other's behavior and by goals that each person has for herself or himself. The dynamic solutions of this system suggest that when each person in the dyad is "cooperative", then an equilibrium can be approached. The equilibrium represents a compromise position between the individuals' own ideals and those of the partner. On the other hand, if one individual, or both, is uncooperative, then this system often, but not always, becomes unstable. One paradoxical deduction from the model is that, through mutual cooperation, couples can experience periods of stability, but such stable situations are not necessarily satisfying.

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Research and Theory on Mate Selection and Premarital Relationships in the 1980s

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Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment: The Case of Latin America

Union Formation Implications of Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment: The Case of Latin America

Issues in the Psychology of Women

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