Acculturation as it is related to attitudes toward the marriage process in Jewish Iranians.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process among Jewish Iranians. Specifically, it was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between degree of acculturation and attitudes toward the marriage process.The sample consisted of 126 Jewish Iranian men and women residing in the Los Angeles area. The participants ranged in age from 18 to 78 ( M = 39). The participants were obtained through nonrandom measures from various cultural organizations, colleges, and social functions.Participants filled out three questionnaires consisting of a demographic questionnaire, a modified version of the Cultural Life Style Inventory (Mendoza, 1989), and the Marriage Process Scale (Banafsheian, 2003).As expected, the results of the study revealed a significant positive relationship between cultural resistance (CR) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CR increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process also increased. A significant negative relationship was found between cultural shift (CS) and attitudes toward the marriage process, in that as CS increased, traditional attitudes toward the marriage process decreased. No significant relationship was found between cultural incorporation (CI) and attitudes toward the marriage process.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2003.School code: 1436