Intimate Relationships and Social Change

Christina L. Scott is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Whittier College in Los Angeles, California, USA. Christina attained her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Kansas State University, has published in a wide range of books and journals and is globally renowned for her sexuality research lectures. Dr. Sampson Lee Blair is a family Sociologist at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. He is a Fulbright Scholar Award recipient (2010), and has served as Chair of the Children and Youth research section of the American Sociological Association, as Senior Editor of Sociological Inquiry, Guest Editor of Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, and on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Journal of Family Issues, Marriage and Family Review, and Social Justice Research. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the series editor of Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research.

• Chapter 1. "Enjoy the Heat of a Log, and Heed the Advice of the Elders": Religious, Educational, and Neighborhood Determinants of Parental Influence on Spousal Choice in Nepal; Emily McKendry-Smith Chapter 2. "….And Here We Are…": Influencing Factors of Intimate Partner Preference among Married Couples in Nigeria;Olufemi Adeniyi Fawole and lasunkanmi Adebiyi Osho  Chapter 3. Intergenerational Conflicts and Resistance of Daughters in Suburban Turkey; Aylin Akpınar Chapter 4. Changing Gender Role Expectations in the Family Formation Process through the Lens of Ambivalence; Kadri Raid and Kairi Kasearu Chapter 5. Educational Assortative Mating and Female Breadwinning Trajectories: A Group-Based Trajectory Analysis;Yue Qian  Chapter 6. Dating & Mating in Adolescence: A Model to Predict Pathways of Relationship Outcomes; Giovanna Gianesini Chapter 7. The Transition to Adulthood in Individualistic and Collectivistic Cultures: Prevalence and Timing of Premarital Cohabitation and Direct Marriage in Germany and China; Barbara E. Fulda  Chapter 8. Marriage and Cohabitation amongst Rural and Urban Women in Western Mexico; Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández  Chapter 9. Living Apart Together Relationships in Later Life: Constructing an Account of Relational Maintenance; Jacquelyn J. Benson, Steffany Kerr and Ashley E. Ermer  Chapter 10. Technology Use and Its Association with Romantic Relationships; Lacey A. Bagley and Claire Kimberly Chapter 11. The Aftermath of Dating Relationship Dissolution in Emerging Adulthood: A Review; Jerika C. Norona and Spencer B. Olmstead

Sociologists, psychologists, and other contributors survey the practices of establishing and maintaining romantic relationships in cultures around the world. Their topics include influencing factors of intimate partner preference among married couples in Nigeria, inter-generational conflicts and resistance of daughters in suburban Turkey, educational assortive mating and female bread-winning trajectories: a group-based trajectory analysis, the transition to adulthood in individualistic and collectivistic cultures: the prevalence and timing of premarital cohabitation and first marriage in Germany and China, and technology use and its association with romantic relationships.