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Problems in marriage: a qualitative analysis

This study aims at identifying and analyzing the sorts for longer than 15 years from high and middle classes and dwelling in Grande Vitória, Espírito Santo. Semi-structured interviews were used on approaching 20 women. The interviews were tape recorded, written down, then analyzed in the light of discourse analysis. Two dissimilar groups of problems have arisen: those as acknowledged by the women and those as identified by the investigators. The problems reflect the changes in the social setting, which change the social expectancies as for an ideal of a sexual affectionate relationship, when they are inserted into marriage. Hence, from an ideal of long lasting relationship guaranteed even before marriage, the new styles of espousing tend to break its lifelong likelihood even before the beginning of relationship.

Problem; Family; Marriage


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