My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups
This study examined the opposition against out-group mating and the attitude towards parental influence on mate choice among 107 Dutch, 69 Moroccan, and 69 Turkish participants aged between 15 and 25. The level of preferred parental influence on mate choice was considerably higher among the Turks an...
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| description | This study examined the opposition against out-group mating and the attitude towards parental influence on mate choice among 107 Dutch, 69 Moroccan, and 69 Turkish participants aged between 15 and 25. The level of preferred parental influence on mate choice was considerably higher among the Turks and Moroccans than among the Dutch, but females in both ethnic groups were less in favor of parental influence on mate choice than males were. Overall, males showed a higher opposition against interethnic dating than females did, and the Turks showed a higher level of opposition to interethnic mating than both the Moroccans and the Dutch. In addition, the effect of opposition against interethnic mating on preferred parental influence on mate choice was especially pronounced among the Turks, somewhat less so among the Moroccans, and least strong among the Dutch. Especially young males with a Turkish and Moroccan background seem to hold on to the values of the cultures they come from, and particularly Turkish immigrants seem keen on keeping the cohesion of their ethnic group intact by opposing interethnic dating, and by favoring parental influence on mate choice as a way to achieve this goal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a1c28e8455e401bb6bb385768c44f512023-01-03T07:00:19ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722015-06-019110011310.5964/ijpr.v9i1.184ijpr.v9i1.184My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic GroupsAbraham P. Buunk0Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsThis study examined the opposition against out-group mating and the attitude towards parental influence on mate choice among 107 Dutch, 69 Moroccan, and 69 Turkish participants aged between 15 and 25. The level of preferred parental influence on mate choice was considerably higher among the Turks and Moroccans than among the Dutch, but females in both ethnic groups were less in favor of parental influence on mate choice than males were. Overall, males showed a higher opposition against interethnic dating than females did, and the Turks showed a higher level of opposition to interethnic mating than both the Moroccans and the Dutch. In addition, the effect of opposition against interethnic mating on preferred parental influence on mate choice was especially pronounced among the Turks, somewhat less so among the Moroccans, and least strong among the Dutch. Especially young males with a Turkish and Moroccan background seem to hold on to the values of the cultures they come from, and particularly Turkish immigrants seem keen on keeping the cohesion of their ethnic group intact by opposing interethnic dating, and by favoring parental influence on mate choice as a way to achieve this goal.http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/184arranged marriagemate choiceparental influenceethnic groupsTurksMoroccansDutchimmigration |
| spellingShingle | Abraham P. Buunk My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships arranged marriage mate choice parental influence ethnic groups Turks Moroccans Dutch immigration |
| title | My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups |
| title_full | My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups |
| title_fullStr | My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups |
| title_full_unstemmed | My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups |
| title_short | My Parents Know Best: No Mating With Members From Other Ethnic Groups |
| title_sort | my parents know best no mating with members from other ethnic groups |
| topic | arranged marriage mate choice parental influence ethnic groups Turks Moroccans Dutch immigration |
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