'n Kruiskulturele ondersoek na voorspellers van jong volwasse studente se houdings teenoor die huwelik

[摘要] English: Lifestyles and interpersonal relationships have changed around the world, includingSouth Africa. There has been a decline of marriage rates, a postponement of marriage,and an increase in the cohabitation and divorce rates. Not only has there been a changein lifestyles, but also in the norms and rules regarding behavior that is perceived asappropriate. These tendencies lead to the fear that the institution of marriage wasdisintegrating.Seen in the light of these changes, the focus of this research was to determine whichfactors are the best predictors of students' attitudes towards marriage.This research was conducted amongst young adult students of both genders, anddifferent ethnic groups, ages, year groups, and faculties of the University of the FreeState. To determine which factors were the best predictors of students' attitudes towardsmarriage, the following variables were included:1. Biographical information:�?Gender�?Ethnic group�?Age�?Academic status�?Marriage status�?Parents' marriage status�?The quality of the parents' relationship�?Conflict in the family�?Religious affiliation�?Participation in religious activities2. Attitudes towards cohabitation�?The students had positive attitudes towards marriage and negative attitudestowards cohabitation.�?It was computed with multiple regression that all the variables predicted 24.23%of the total variance of students' attitudes towards marriage.�?Five significant predictors were identified, namely the participation in religiousactivities, attitudes towards cohabitation, ethnic group, conflict in the family andgender.�?The more students participated in religious activities, the more positive theirattitudes were towards marriage and the more negative their attitudes weretowards cohabitation.�?The more positive the students' attitudes towards cohabitation were, the morenegative their attitudes were towards marriage.�?White students' attitudes towards marriage were more positive than those heldby black students, while black students had more positive attitudes towardscohabitation.�?Increased family conflict lead to students' attitudes towards marriage being morenegative and their attitudes towards cohabitation being more positive.�?Men had more positive attitudes than females towards marriage as well ascohabitation.These results indicate that, due to positive attitudes towards marriage amongst youngadults, the institution of marriage is alive and well.

[发布机构] University of the Free State