The problem of the peculiarity of the meaning choice of a spouse by a woman at the stage of creating a family
https://doi.org/10.23947/2658-7165-2021-4-5-79-86
Abstract
The act of choosing a future spouse is especially significant for a woman. This is due to the fact that the sociocultural "burden" of the mistake of choosing a marriage partner is incomparably higher for woman than for a man. In the subject field of scientific research, a meaning choice is especially relevant for psychology.
The Introduction presents an analysis of psychological research on the problem of meaning choice by Russian and foreign authors. The analysis showed that, in general, all these studies are phenomenological, and there are no results-oriented studies that at least in part have generalization (for example, mathematical and statistical). This is explained by the fact that the semantic choice is interpreted as a unique phenomenon associated with a particular person, regardless of understanding the essence of the meaning choice - both personal and existential. Therefore, the novelty of our study lies in the absence of earlier similar studies, in which the subject would be the semantic choice of a spouse by a woman at the stage of creating a family.
The Theoretical support presents the reasons for the lack of a unified approach to understanding the essence of meaning choice. According to the authors, it is absent due to difficulties in verifying theoretical positions, differences in directions in the study of meaning choice in terms of the specifics of the subject field of research, and also due to the lack of a unified approach to understanding the dynamics of the formation of meaning itself.
In the “Discussion of the results” section, the authors define the components, the integration of which is necessary in order to define the concept of “the meaning choice of a spouse by a woman at the stage of creating a family”, paying attention, among other things, to values.
The section "Conclusion" contains the generalized results of the analysis carried out by the authors and the trends outlined by the authors in the study of the problem of the meaning choice.
About the Author
E. V. Pleshakova
Don State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Pleshakova
Rostov-on-Don
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Pleshakova E.V. The problem of the peculiarity of the meaning choice of a spouse by a woman at the stage of creating a family. Innovative science: psychology, pedagogy, defectology. 2021;4(5):79-86. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.23947/2658-7165-2021-4-5-79-86
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