Marriage Theory Essay

Marriage and partnership in marriage have always been one of the goals throughout human development in many culture. This idea is strongly promoted from various culture, beliefs and especially mass media. We can see its positive portrait in many pop culture products such as romantic movies, commercials, songs, etc. However, the effects of culture and beliefs toward the ideal of marriage are one of the most influential factors, or even the strongest factor, that affect the existence of this idea in human history.
Even though marriage and partnership are portrayed with a wide range of age, young adulthood is clearly the key period in this respect and marriages are mostly occur during young adulthood when an individual’s life starts to become stable. As the results, Erik Erickson came up with the theory of intimacy vs. isolation which refers to “the challenge to unite the newly formed identity with another person in an enduring, committed, intimate relationship” (Arnett, 2016). In his life-span theory, Erickson stressed that each stage has its own center issue that each individual need to overcome, and intimacy vs. isolation is the emotional and psychosocial issue that young adults …show more content…
At first, they were asked when do they want to get marriage and all of them answered that during young adulthood, which were 22, 27 and 30 years old. When asked about the ideal age to marriage in their own culture, the same result came up as they said that it’s an ideal age and their parents also wants to have grandchildren about that time. With the question “What is your ideal marriage” (Q1), one of the common factors was “related to self-identity”. They said that it is very important to be able to share the same interests and hobbies with their partner because in order to have a successful marriage, getting along and enjoy each other company is the