Sociopragmatic parameters of politeness strategies among the Sasak in the post elopement rituals by Lalu Nurul Yaqin, Thilagavathi Shanmuganathan, Wulan Fauzanna, Mohzana Mohzana, Aswadi Jaya

“…Arranged marriages in Asia involve the consent and approval of family members. …”
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The Latest Battle: Depictions of the Calormen in The Chronicles of Narnia by Howe Andrew

“…Throughout the text, the Calormen are clearly marked both culturally and racially as Middle Eastern, perhaps specifically as Turkish or Arab in their socio-political power structure with harems, arranged marriages, and facial hair designating status. …”
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF INDONESIAN MUSLIM FAMILY: Continuity and Change by JM Muslimin

“…In addition, there are also several interesting changes occur within Indonesian sociology of family and among the issues are roles divisions, divorces and arranged marriages.…”
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Comparison of marital satisfaction by couples types in arranged (ta’aruf) married couples by Shahnaz Safitri, Yudiana Ratnasari

“…One form of marital arrangements in Indonesian Muslim society is to get married through arranged marriages, popularly called as ta'aruf. Ta'aruf is related to the individual's religiosity, which may be associated with high marital satisfaction. …”
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Persons with mental illness and their caregivers: What do they think, feel, and perceive about marriage? by Afreenbanu A Khadirnavar, Raju Birudu, Sojan Antony, K Janaki Raman, A Thirumoorthy

“…Results: Families experienced major challenges to arrange marriage for PMI; blaming the parents, caregiver burden, reduced social support, and social stigma for the entire family emerged as the major themes. …”
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Revolutionary no more : the disempowering effect of marriage on classic literary heroines. by Chia, Valerie Ying En.

“…Celebrated for their outspokenness and boldness in defying the patriarchal social script of their time which prescribed domesticity, passivity, and subservience as the standard for women, the three heroines (Pamela, Elizabeth, and Jane) notably reject the first proposal of some sort of formal arrangement (marriage/cohabitation) from their future husbands. …”
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Analysis of Society Conditions/Reality During Chinese Feudal Era in the Novel Liaozhai Zhiyi by Chen Chongjie, Yoan Yoan, Kelly Kelly

“…In contrast, the stories also praised the freedom of young men and women seeking love in marriage, endorsing young men and women to reject arranged marriages, showing women in the economic independence and social advancement, and summed up the lessons of social life.…”
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Early marriage is one of the causes of stunting in Bondowoso Regency by Lucy Dyah Hendrawati, Pudjio Santoso, Toetik Koesbardiati

“…The dispensation of marriage, liking each other, arranged marriages, and avoiding adultery are the reasons why there are still early marriages here. …”
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Association of Divorce with Socio-Demographic Covariates in China, 1955-1985

“…Controlling for several other socio-demographic factors, we demonstrate that the risk of divorce for women who married before age 18 is twice as high as that of those married after age 20; the risk of divorce of arranged marriages is about 2.6 times as high as that of not-arranged ones. …”
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MAKNA PERJODOHAN PADA JAMA�AH MUSLIM TARBIYAH KAB. SLEMAN DI.YOGYAKARTA (Studi Pada Perempuan Lajang Berusia Di Atas 30 Tahun) by , Lidiawati, , Prof. Dr. Sesetiawan

“…Indonesian society are well-known as patriarchal society in which fathers contribute more to family matters, including arranging marriages for their children. Hence a congregational matchmaking agency is regarded as unusual. …”

Poetic Arrivals and Departures: Bodying the Ethnographic Field in Verse by Devika Chawla

“…In my recent ethnographic life history study about Indian women's experiences in Hindu arranged marriages, I entered my field equipped theoretically with some knowledge of and keen awareness about the positional and performative contingencies that would unravel in the field because I was working with women who had made very disparate choices from my own. …”
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Rethinking Early Marriages in Indonesia: Advocating for Reform to Tackle Domestic Conflict, Violence, and Rights Infringements by Ria Anggraeni Utami, Randy Pradityo, Lidia Br. Karo, Risna Karinda

“…The findings reveal various drivers of child marriages, notably rooted in economic hardships within families (poverty), parental-arranged marriages, influence from peer groups with a high prevalence of early marriages, cultural perspectives on marriage age, discontinued education, and instances of premarital sexual activities. …”
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Social-Cultural Factors Affecting Child Marriage in Sumenep by Ainur Mila Rofika, Iswari Hariastuti

“…Misconduct practices in child marriage are arranged marriages, age manipulations, witchcraft practices. …”
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Rice Cookers, Social Media, and Unruly Women: Disentangling Electricity's Gendered Implications in Rural Nepal by Margaret N. Matinga, Bigsna Gill, Tanja Winther

“…Young people use social media to initiate self-negotiated marriages, shunning arranged marriages thus increasing their agency. It was reported that these self-negotiated marriages tend to be earlier (ages 12–14) than before, as young girls drop out of school to marry their chosen partners, thus threatening their empowerment. …”
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The effect of social skill education program on adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq: a preliminary report by Aysin Kamal, Eman A. Al-Kaseer, Suhair Aljubori, Jawad K. Al-Diwan

“…Results: Scores of positive outcomes (good personal hygiene, getting enough sleep, healthy weight, got exercise, social competence (adolescent shows respect, tries to resolve conflicts and concern about self-esteem), condemnation of abuse, harassment, bullying and rape, aware about sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), intimate relationship, awareness to teen pregnancy or abortion and family planning, concern with family life (arranged marriages) and study skills (motivation, goal setting, time management, positive study attitude and empowering concentration)  were significantly higher in trained than in untrained adolescents (p= 0.023, 0.025, 0.001, 0.04, 0.025, 0.001 and 0.001, respectively). …”
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What can be done about adolescent pregnancy in South Sudan? by Isaac Gawar

“…Results: The contributory factors for adolescent pregnancy in South Sudan are sociocultural where the need for dowries, forced and arranged marriages, gender based violence are examples, economic and political factors; where poor implementation or inadequate adolescent policies, illiteracy and poverty are major factors, failure of health systems; where the unavailability of health services such as the provision of contraceptives for adolescents and scarcity of teenager/adolescent-friendly health clinics; and individual factors where adolescents reported desire to be mothers, societal recognition and peer pressure. …”
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Understanding the Role of Stigma and Misconceptions in the Experience of Epilepsy in India: Findings From a Mixed-Methods Study by Kritika Gosain, Tannistha Samanta

“…We address this intellectual and policy neglect by reviewing the social, psychological and legal challenges governing the lives of people living with epilepsy (PWE) by paying particular attention to negotiations in arranged marriages and employment. Drawing on the analytical frameworks of the sociological study of stigma, critical race theory and paying attention to the cultural models of health and suffering, this study utilized a combination of (online) survey data (N = 100) and in-depth qualitative interviews (N = 10) with PWE and their families. …”
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Intimate partner violence against reproductive age women during COVID-19 pandemic in northern Ethiopia 2020: a community-based cross-sectional study by Gebremeskel Tukue Gebrewahd, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel, Degena Bahrey Tadesse

“…Women were more likely to suffer from violence if they were housewives (AOR, 95% CI (18.062 (10.088, 32.342))), age less than 30 (AOR, 95% CI (23.045 (5.627, 94.377))), women with arrange marriage (AOR, 95% CI (2.535 (1.572, 4.087))) and women with husband’s age being “between” 31–40 (AOR, CI 95% (2.212 (1.024, 4.777))). …”
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Essays on matching, marriage and human capital accumulation by Lafortune, Jeanne

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El Problema de los Matrimonios Forzados como Violencia de Género (The Problem of Forced Marriage as a Form of Gender-based Violence) by Noelia Igareda González

“…<p>Forced marriages is a phenomenon that appears linked to migration, but it results difficult to be defined due to its confusion with arranged marriages, fraudulent marriages or marriages of convenience. …”
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