Partnerchoice in modern Africa

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ID14817183
AuthorsHugo Dries (Ghent University, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume1
Issue1-2
Publication date1985-03-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAVRUG-bulletin/Afrika Focus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0772-0793 • E-ISSN: 0772-084X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.21825/af.v1i1-2.6626
OpenAlexW2757721475
LanguageEN
References cited17

Partner choice in Africa was investigated in a modernization study. The research sample consisted of 275 adult males from the Zairean province of Shaba (university students, clerks, workmen and illiterate rurals). The sample was split up into two subgroups : the "moderns" and the "traditionals". Our main research instrument was a series of 14 pictures, inspired on the Thematic Apperception Technique. Traditionally, it was the father, or the family, who arranged marriage for the son. Modern young Africans more and more want to choose their partner on their own. This modern attitude leads to a number of conflict situations, because, on the one hand, Africans want to realise their partner choice by themselves, but on the other hand, they do not like to endanger their relationships with the family. KEYWORDS : Psychological modernization, partner choice, Zaire

Apperception · Modernization theory · Political science · Sociology · Thematic apperception test · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Psychology · Social Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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