Drive to Marry and Social Prescription in Chinese Online Daters
Individuals’ eagerness or desire to get married was investigated in a sample of online daters in China (n = 3,389) using a 6-item version of the Drive to Marry (DTM) Scale, which was modified with new questions about normative pressures to marry given the cultural emphasis on social prescription in...
Main Authors: | Rense Lange, James Houran, Song Li |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen
2015-12-01
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Series: | Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships |
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Online Access: | http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/179 |
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