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Culture on romantic relationships

Western and non wester

non- voluntary- less urban centres. less geographical and social mobility. so have less choice in who they interact with. Interacting with strangers is rare. romantic relqtionships factors such as family or economic recourses included.

Voluntary- live in urban settings, easy geographical and social mobility. Interact with many people. This allows western cultures to have a high degree of choice in romantic relationships. and greater pool of potential relationships

Individual or group based.

Western cultures- individualist. focus on individual rather than group. right and freedom of individual. Happiness and pleasure top priority.

Non western- Groups primary concern. Collectivist. interdependent rather than independent. Individuals interests not as important as group. relationship formed to do with family or group e.g social status rather than individual happiness.

How important is love? expect to find differences

Levine- love as a basis for marriage in 11 countries. asked whether if they would marry someone who had all their qualities but they didn't love. America- 14% collective cultures e.g Thailand 34%. suggesting a higher proportion willing to marry in the absence of love.

This matches the collectivist and individualist cultures theorys. therefore providing supporting evidence on the differences between cultures and romantic relationships. - that in collectivist cultures. the extended family is of greater importance. and romantic love a luxury.

Loneliness

Cultures which promote strong desire for romantic relations more Likely chance of feelings of loneliness.

Seepersad- young adults in western cultures.greater degree of lonliness due to high desire of romantic relationships compared to non western countires.227 us and Korean students- us individulas higher levels of romantic lonliness.tahn Koreans.

Stong emphasis on importance of romantic relationships in western cultures. Also found Koreans- relied on familys for social network needs. americans- friends.

Moore- compared aus and chinease students. different attitudes to romance and different romantic styles. 61% romantic- aus

38% romantic relationships- chinease.

To test this. west- marrying for love vital. chinease- romance not as important.