Sorokowski Piotr, Groyecka-Bernard Agata, Kowal Marta, Butovskaya Marina, Stefanczyk Michal Mikolaj, Huanca Tomas, Kumar Amit, Manral Upma, Odo Oneyekachi M, Onyishi Ike E, Jędryczka Wiktoria
Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, ul. Dawida 1, 50-527, Wrocław, Poland.
Being Human Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Jan;54(1):85-94. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-03040-y. Epub 2024 Dec 13.
Two main ways to enter a marriage are through free choice and through an arrangement between families, known as an arranged marriage. In this study, we compared differences in three dimensions of love (Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment) between spouses in love-based marriages and arranged marriages among five non-Western societies: Bhotiya from the Himalayas, Igbo from Nigeria, Kimeru from Kenya, Meru from Tanzania, and Tsimane' from Bolivia. When considering all data gathered from the five cultures, free choice and arranged marriages did not differ significantly in average love scores. However, within cultures, some differences did emerge between free choice and arranged marriages, such as spouses from free choice marriages from Bhotiya and Tsimane' culture showing higher levels of Intimacy than those from arranged marriages. However, in the Bhotiya, this difference was only evident in marriages lasting longer than 10 years. Moreover, spouses from free choice marriages from Bhotiya reported higher levels of passion, while spouses from free choice marriages from Tsimane' reported higher levels of commitment than individuals from arranged marriages. Conversely, wives from arranged marriages from Meru culture from Tanzania reported higher levels of Intimacy and Passion as compared to wives from free choice marriages. In Kimeru and Igbo, no significant differences were found. These results contribute to the growing body of literature on the relationship between culture, love, and marriage. Our data also challenge the Western perception that arranged marriages lack love.
步入婚姻的主要方式有两种，一种是自由选择，另一种是家庭包办，即所谓的包办婚姻。在本研究中，我们比较了五种非西方社会中自由恋爱婚姻和包办婚姻的配偶在爱情的三个维度（亲密、激情和承诺）上的差异：来自喜马拉雅地区的博蒂亚人、来自尼日利亚的伊博人、来自肯尼亚的基梅鲁人、来自坦桑尼亚的梅鲁人以及来自玻利维亚的齐马内人。在考虑从这五种文化中收集到的所有数据时，自由选择婚姻和包办婚姻在平均爱情得分上没有显著差异。然而，在不同文化内部，自由选择婚姻和包办婚姻之间确实出现了一些差异，比如来自博蒂亚文化和齐马内文化的自由选择婚姻的配偶比包办婚姻的配偶表现出更高水平的亲密感。然而，在博蒂亚人中，这种差异仅在持续时间超过10年的婚姻中才明显。此外，来自博蒂亚自由选择婚姻的配偶报告了更高水平的激情，而来自齐马内自由选择婚姻的配偶报告的承诺水平比包办婚姻的个人更高。相反，来自坦桑尼亚梅鲁文化包办婚姻的妻子比自由选择婚姻的妻子报告了更高水平的亲密感和激情。在基梅鲁和伊博人中，未发现显著差异。这些结果为关于文化、爱情和婚姻之间关系的不断增长的文献做出了贡献。我们的数据也挑战了西方认为包办婚姻缺乏爱情的观念。
