Childhood Thought Development on Marriage
Childhood Thought Development on Marriage
Would the child tend to have a negative view of the idea of marriage if his/her parents had been divorced? If the parents stayed married, would the child still be hopeful for their own marriage? I am interested in knowing how America’s young people regard the concept of marriage. I want to know if people still believe that marriage should last a lifetime. It seems more likely that people who had witnessed their parent’s difficult marriage/divorce have a more negative view of marriage, or be more cautious when approaching marriage. Although most of my subjects are relatively young and are not likely to have been married yet, I can analyze their attitude on the marriage that they may or may not be hopeful for in the future.
The 35 participants of this survey were students from SCC. My questionnaire was comprised of two main sections. The first four questions were of age, gender, and if they had been married and divorced. The second part asked a series of questions that asked about attitudes on marriage, and their parents’ divorce, parents’ marriage, and personal feelings. I formulated a total of 11 questions:
1) Gender: Male Female
2) Age: _____ years old
3) Married: Yes No
4) Divorced: Yes No
5) Marriage is an event that I look to: Agree Disagree
6) I have no desire to get married: Agree Disagree
7) I would turn to my parents for advice on marriage: Agree Disagree
8) I believe marriage should last for life: Agree Disagree
9) Have your parents:
a) never married each other b) divorced and neither parent has remarried
c) divorced each other once and one or both parent has remarried
d) divorced more than once e) never been divorced
10) Thinking about marriage makes me feel:
a) fearful/gloomy b) happy/excited
11) Your original parents’ marriage is;
a) affectionate b) dysfunctional
** A result will use alpha equal to 0.05 in my experiments.
Out of the 35 participants, 12(34.4%) were male, and 23(65.7%) were female. The mean age was 18.66, with a standard deviation of 1.03. None of the participants had been divorced, and only one was married. The...