This study contributes to research on changing gender ideologies in marriage by focusing on a unique group of marriage innovators. We compare and contrast newlywed couples who chose covenant marriage, a new legal option in Louisiana primarily attractive to those of evangelical faiths, with couples who chose standard marriage. With quantitative and qualitative data from the Marriage Matters proj...

In social sciences literature, numerous attempts have been made to capture the political essence and features of Hungary’s ‘illiberal’ regime but few were aimed at analyzing specific public policy fields in the illiberal democracy. This paper analyses the cultural policy of the Orbán regime, focusing on the role of ideology. A qualitative case study based on document analysis looks at the legit...

In this paper we deal with the connection between value system and innovativity of media students in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Research sample consisted of 426 students. Connection between value system of respondents and their attitude towards innovations is established. Research has also shown that there are significant statistical intercultural and intersex differences in re...

Political conservatism has been characterized by resistance to change and acceptance of inequality, with liberalism characterized by the polar opposite of these values. Political attitudes are heritable and may be influenced by basic personality traits. In previous research, conservatism (vs. liberalism) has been associated positively with Conscientiousness and negatively with Openness-Intellec...

Moral foundations theory (MFT) posits that binding moral foundations (purity, authority, and ingroup loyalty) are rooted in the need for groups to promote order and cohesion, and that they therefore underlie political conservatism. We present evidence that binding foundations (and the related construct of disgust sensitivity) are associated with lower levels of ideological polarization on polit...

Two studies examined emotional intimacy in European Canadian and Chinese Canadian dating relationships. Cultural differences in gender-role ideology and individualism-collectivism were hypothesized to differentially contribute to self-disclosure and responsiveness, and in turn, intimacy. Study 1 revealed that Chinese Canadians‟ lower intimacy relative to European Canadians was mediated by their...

The article analyzes the concept of “traditionalism”, identified by St. Petersburg scientists as a subject oriental studies. need to clarify status discipline arose in connection with its reorientation early 2000s study modern East. If earlier sources for orientalists were written monuments on history, philosophy, law, etc., exported pioneers and stored funds Europe (London, Paris, Berlin, etc....