Psychology 409b

September 13, 2006

By: Robyn Imose

Instructor: Dr. Leon James

Instructions for this activity can be found at:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/g25-oral1.htm

Dr. James Leon; Dr. Nahl Diane; Unity Model of Marriage ver. 12a, University of Hawaii, 2006, section 4, www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/409b-g25-lecture-notes.htm

I. Principles of Unity

A. First principle – Differentation

1. Biologically and spiritually men and women are different.

2. Differences are reciprocal.

B. Second principle – Reciprocity

1. Traits of the Man and women and harmonize with each other.

2. In order to have reciprocity there has to be initial differences.

3. Physical bodies of man and women also fit together like the ying/yang symbol.

4. Examples: nut and bolt, dancing with a partner, fork and knife.

C. Third principle – Spiritual Union

1. Marriage creates a union of the mind and spirit.

2. The spirit is eternal not for just this natural life, therefore marriage last for eternity not till death.

3. This was seen in a visions and described by Sweedenborg.

II. Equity Model of Marriage

A. Helps reduce acts of discrimination against women.

B. Provides more intimacy then in the dominance model of marriage.

C. Reduces the amount of traditional expected work off the women and gives some to the man.

D. By reaching this stage they can then progress to the unity model which provides even more intimacy.

Related Links:

Mormons view of Eternal Marriage

http://www.shire.net/mormon/marriage.html

Eternal Marriage is something that the Mormons also believe in. They say that as long as you are married in the temple and it is sealed by the Holy Ghost, your marriage is eternal. This article also gives examples from the bible on why marriages are eternal.

Maintaining Equity in Marriage

http://www.committment.com/leavell.html

This article is by the therapist Dr. Hugh Leavell. He gives quick advise in this article on how to keep equity in your marriage. He says that sometimes you can’t avoid inequity, so it’s a good idea to make rules for your marriage for example, “never go to bed angry.”

Equity Perceptions and Marital Satisfaction in Former and Current Marriage: A Study Among the Remarried

http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/123

This is an article discusses a study that was done on 290 remarried couples. They found that women were happier when they had equity in their marriage and most had more equity in their current marriage then in their previous one. Men were happier when feeling advantaged.

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