Abstract
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
The overall aim of this study is to establish whether theories
on mate selection apply more to first than to subsequent
marriages. In the case of subsequent marriages synthesis of the
hypotheses is made more difficult by the lack of available
research results on the role of internal factors involved in mate
selection. It is reasonable to assume differences between first
and subsequent marriages in terms of factors that play a
significant role in mate selection.
Several theories on mate selection have evolved since the
formulation of psycho-analytical theory. Initially attempts were
made to find a single factor or principle to explain mate
selection and it would seem that in most theories complementarity
plays a role in some way or another. Hegel (in Murstein, 1976)
was one of the earliest champions of theories emphasizing the
:.
attraction of opposites. According to him the interaction between
two opposites results in a new and more viable entity...