Courtship patterns associated with freedom of choice of spouse

Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol/Iss. 34 Published In Pages: 689-695
By Rosenblatt, Paul C., Cozby, Paul C.

Hypothesis

"Freedom of choice of spouse is associated with . . . more frequent marriage into the local community and greater importance and frequency of dances. . . . also with impractical grounds of choice and greater male-female antagonism in courtship" (689)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.05.44UNKNOWN