Love, Relationships and Couple Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Among Spanish Couples and Moroccan Couples in Southern Spain

Abstract: Love and relationships are sociocultural constructions that, in recent times, have experienced great changes in terms of type of relationship, type of love and happiness of the couple. Few studies have analysed the love relationships immigrant population in Europe. This study aims to explore the differences and similarities in love styles between Spaniards and Moroccan immigrants, the country’s largest foreign population, and analyse the relationship between these styles and level of couple happiness. This cross-sectional study disseminated a survey to young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 in southern Spain. Of those who received the survey, 574 young adults responded, of which 182 were of Moroccan origin and 392 were Spanish. The results indicated that there are sociocultural and gender differences in the types of relationships young adults maintain and in the agents that facilitate romantic socialisation. The Spaniards describe less stable relationships, more influenced by s.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/4177

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Love, Relationships and Couple Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Among Spanish Couples and Moroccan Couples in Southern Spain ; volume:15 ; number:1 ; day:30 ; month:06 ; year:2021 ; Interpersona ; 15, Heft 1 (30.06.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Soriano-Ayala, Encarnación ; Cala, Verónica C. ; Soriano Ferrer, Manuel ; García-Serrán, Herenia

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.4177
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022062505124363958471
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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