Open AccessChallenges Marriage‐Hunting People Face: Competition and Excessive Analysis 1
Author(s) -
Nakamine Shin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/jpr.12370
Subject(s) - premise , competition (biology) , order (exchange) , face (sociological concept) , narrative , social psychology , psychology , sociology , economics , ecology , epistemology , social science , art , philosophy , finance , biology , literature
In this paper, the reality of marriage hunting is examined through the narratives of marriage‐hunting people. The results show that marriage hunting is based on the premise of a “competitive situation” and that people seeking a marriage partner require “analyzing” in order to win in this situation. However, the results indicate that marriage hunting becomes unsuccessful because, ironically, analyzing prevents people from behaving freely. Furthermore, the causes of their failure are attributed to them, thus giving rise to more analyzing. These findings suggest that the key to the future of marriage hunting is to free oneself from being governed by rules. The paper closes with a discussion of the importance of viewing marriage hunting as a relational effect.