Lf. Burlachuk et La. Korostyleva, PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES AND DIFFICULT IES OF PERSONS ENTERING INTO MARRIAGE (ON THE MATERIAL OF ACQUAINTANCE SERVICE), Psihologiceskij zurnal, 16(3), 1995, pp. 137-145
The psychological bases of difficulty in persons entering into marriag
e are considered. The phenomenological model of entering into marriage
and difficulties in married persons at the different stages of premer
riage relations are described. Five year investigation of the psycholo
gical peculiarities of acquaintance service clients (1112 pers.) are c
onsidered. The real difficulties in entering into marriage are took in
to consideration for the analysis of the data. Groups with the differe
nt ''success'' in the family creation: unmarried persons, divorced one
s and persons, married with the help of acquaintance service are disti
nguished. It was shown that specific features of difficulties are form
ed in accordance with groups the person is belonging to.