Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Journal of Iranian Cultural Research

Experimental Assessment of Two Corrival Theories about Choosing Spouse in Iran

Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript

Authors
Seyed Zia' 1
Majid Fouladiyan 2
Zeinab Fatemi Amin 3
1 Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Tehran
2 PhD of Sociology, University of Tehran
3 PhD Student of Sociology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
10.7508/ijcr.2014.28.006
Abstract
Each society and culture, according to its condition and requirements, makes special circumscriptions, criterions and norms in choosing a spouse. In every culture one may have several alternatives of his/her own opposite sex as a spouse, but spouse choosing is never accidental. In every culture, besides the circumscriptions which is due to the personal values and desires, there are some circumscriptions which are imposed by the society.
Till some decades ago, the family organization was responsible for spouse choosing in Iran, but today each person's role has become more important; although cultural and social conditions have some effect on it. Therefore, nowadays spouse choosing is analyzed as an important social action and many theories have been provided for understanding the patterns of the spouse choosing.
In this study and in a theoretical level, two important theories (similar spouses and different spouses) are presented as two corrival theories and then according to similarities of these theories, the indicators of the study are made. After that, by using the survey research method throughout the country and the statistical population of five thousand people, we experimentally assess the indicators of the study and these two theories of the spouse choosing.           
Results show the domination of the similar spouses' theory in Iran. They also show that approximately 90% of people in the external traits, 89% in the psycho-emotional traits, 93% in the personal traits, 68% in the social level characteristics and 88% in the religious beliefs, follow the patterns of the similar spouses' theory.The analytical results also conclusively show that different groups in Iran choose persons who have more similarity with them in the external, psycho-emotional and personal traits as well as the social level and religious characteristics. Although it should be noted that among men and women, the strangeness and weakness of these patterns are different.      
Keywords
choosing spouse
the similar spouses
the different spouses
patterns of choosing spouse in iran
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Journal of Iranian Cultural Research
Volume 7, Issue 4 - Serial Number 28
Winter 2015
Pages 157-187

  • Receive Date 26 October 2014
  • Revise Date 02 February 2015
  • Accept Date 20 February 2015