Open AccessTaking Thy Husband's Name: What Might it Mean?
Author(s) -
Deborah Anne Duggan,
Albert A. Cata,
Kenneth L. Dian
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1993.41.2.87
Subject(s) - identity (music) , psychology , social psychology , sociology , philosophy , aesthetics
Names are sources of identity and esteem and changing them may be stressful. In many societies, marriage is an occasion when a woman must choose to retain her birth-given last name or change it. We critically review nine empirical studies concerning women's marital names and outline directions for future research.
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