{"product_id":"strangers-to-spouses-a-study-of-the-relationship-quality-in-arranged-marriages-in-india-paperback","title":"Strangers to Spouses: A Study of the Relationship Quality in Arranged Marriages in India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBinu Edathumparambil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproximately 90 percent of the marriages in India today are reported to be arranged marriages. Parents and families make partner choices and marital decisions for their children, sometimes needing the children only to consent to the decisions of the elders. Given this reality, most men and women who enter into such marriages have very limited pre-marital contact with each other. Several studies have been done on these arranged marriages in India to see how these relationships are formed and what their state of affairs is. The results have been varied and sometimes discrepant. This book is a revised version of a mixed methods study that the author conducted on the quality of relationship in such marriages in India. Specifically, the study explored the levels of marital satisfaction, quality of alternatives, investment of resources, intimacy, passion, and commitment, and examined their association with relationship quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBinu Edathumparambil, MSFS, has a doctorate in family therapy from Saint Louis University, a postdoctoral fellowship training in child trauma from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and an advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy from St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accent: Exploring the Path to a Rejuvenating Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eI Am Who I Am: Unraveling the Mystery of God\u003c\/i\u003e (Wipf and Stock, 2017). He currently lives in Manchester, Missouri.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45524954972262,"sku":"9781532619502","price":39.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/zgfTJE_6Ix9781532619502.webp?v=1776574012","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/strangers-to-spouses-a-study-of-the-relationship-quality-in-arranged-marriages-in-india-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}