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Identifier	Thesis 1485
Author	Chao, Wen-Ning
Title	American and Taiwanese college students' perceptions of self and the ideal romantic partner / Wen-Ning Chao
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	1997
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This study compared the self perception and ideal mate perception of Taiwanese and American college students. It was hypothesized that in both cultures, men would be predisposed to prefer marriage partners with traits that enhance their reproductive value (traits such as good looks, youth), whereas women would be predisposed to prefer traits that signal men's potential for resource acquisition (traits such as intelligence, ambition, potential for success: money, status, and position). It was also hypothesized that overall women would be more choosy or selective than would men in selecting marriage partners. Regarding culture differences, it was predicted that culture would have a significant impact on men's and women's marriage partner preferences. Specifically, it was hypothesized that traditional gender differences would be weaker in America, and that American college students would hold less gender stereotyped attitudes and thus would choose differently from Taiwanese college students. The original sample included 118 Taiwanese and 115 Americans. The instruments utilized in this study included the Traits Desired in a Partner Questionnaire and Gender Stereotype Questionnaire. Demographic data were also collected. Results supported many of our hypotheses. However, the hypothesis which proposed that traditional gender differences would be weaker in America was not supported. Taiwanese men rated the traits physically attractive as more important than did women. This difference was not qualified in the U.S. sample. Men in both cultures cared more about youth than did women. Four traits which were considered to be traditionally desired more by women were examined and all failed to reach significance (i.e. ambitious; money, status, and position; potential for success; intelligence). In fact, the results showed that both men and women rated intelligence as the most important trait when choosing a romantic partner across cultures.
Subject	Ethnopsychology Marriage -- Psychological aspects
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Waite, Bradley W.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	40153289
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