Social psychology

 

PhD in sociology, assistant professor A. I. P'yanov

The North-Caucasian federal university, Russia

 

SOCIALLY-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF QUALITY OF FAMILY-MARRIAGE RELATIONS:  THE ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES

 

Now the society experiences complexities in connection with change of social orientations. Country transition in conditions of qualitatively new economic relations has affected structure of many families as small social groups, having generated unusual for them intragroup changes. In turn, these intragroup changes lead to increase of level of an internal conflictness of a family, and also to growth of divorces and decrease in level of birth rate. In this connection the urgency of research of the factors influencing quality of marriage, for all-round diagnostics and correction of family relations at rendering of the psychological help to a family sharply increases. The literature analysis shows that it is possible to allocate the common features peculiar to families in the changing society: birth rate falling, complication of interpersonal relations, growth of divorces. At the same time in the majority of the works devoted to a family, it is considered as rather closed system having weak communication with surrounding institutes, the organisations and even groups.

The family acts as socio-cultural generality in which people are connected by certain unity of vital values, representations; the unity of a position in mutual relations with a society and etc. character of these valuable orientations and family functions predetermines the maintenance, forms and criteria of stability of marriage [1, p. 64]. The family as small social group with a generality of psychological features is object of studying of social psychology. The social psychology which has arisen on a joint of sociology and the general psychology, is engaged in research of the group and mass psychology shown in cumulative behaviour, experiences and ways of psychological dialogue, studies features of behaviour of the person under the influence of group, that distinguishes behaviour of the person in collective from its behaviour in relative loneliness [2; 3, p. 6].

The centre, axis of all socially-psychological phenomena appears just that nearest environment in which there is an individual that is micro conditions and their direct influence on the individual [4, p. 13]. A problem of social psychology is disclosing of mechanisms of functioning of a family as specific socially-psychological generality, influence of group consciousness on the person, reflexion of the internal laws operating in this or that group.

Knowledge of laws of socially-psychological reflexion of the validity. Influence laws ìèêðî conditions on the person opens scientific knowledge of that part of laws which underlie process of socialization of the person and which most strongly influence members of a family generality.

The most quoted in the Russian sociology of a family is the concept of a family given by its founder by Anatoly Kharchev: «the family is a link between physical life and life of a social organism. It can be defined as group of relatives on marriage, by birth or to the adoption, in common living, conducting the general housekeeping, connected certain psychological, moral, and in the presence of the state and legal relations, and bearing the friend for the friend civil responsibility» [5, p. 5].

Now uniform classification and typology of functions of a family is still insufficiently full developed. So, G. Sverdlov and V. Rjasentsev (1958) as the major functions of a family name function of a continuation of the family, educational, economic functions and mutual aid function. E. Vasiljeva (1981) in the researches considers three groups of functions of a family: economic, reproductive-educational, cultural-recreational functions. According to S. Laptenjuk (1967), it is necessary to consider as the major functions of a family economic-household, population reproduction, the organisation of leisure of the members, educational. The domestic social psychology considers a family as small group with a specific special-purpose designation, first of all the family is collective (the social organisation) as it out of family and intrafamily activity is socially significant and necessary. Family, being included in social structure of a society, integrates its values.

In the Russian social psychology the wide experience on family and marriage research is saved up, but at the same time the analysis of references shows that the questions directly related to quality of marriage as also the concept of quality of marriage, however, is insufficiently developed are still insufficiently developed. Researchers conducted in this direction basically concern studying of the separate parties of quality of marriage: its stability and durability, psychological compatibility of spouses, family roles in a society and etc. Only few authors addressed to a problem of research of family relations from the point of view of quality of marriage and have tried to deduce components of this concept (D. Kutsar, 1985; V. Solodnikov, 1988; P. Yakobson, 1981). But also in these works quality of marriage is described not completely.

Qualities of any object are instructions on set of its properties, on its structure and construction, and also on its functional purpose as in interaction with other objects of a social reality, and with the learning subject. Quality is that gives the chance to distinguish one object (the social phenomenon) from other object, and, hence, to identify, to compare, unite and separate and in general to design these objects not only in life, in practice, but also in consciousness. Quality of object is found out, thus, in aggregate its properties which are somehow structurally ordered. Property is a way of display of the certain party of object in relation to other objects with which it enters interaction. Set (or system) properties forms set qualitative definiteness of object, characterizing it from integrity and relative stability.

Quality gives the complete characteristic of object in its any relation and a condition. Properties are shown with different degree of intensity that characterizes a system condition. The object is turned by the properties outside, and the condition – in itself. Properties, conditions, functions and communications form qualitative signs of object. Thus, quality represents the complete characteristic of functional unity of essential properties of object, its internal and external definiteness, relative stability. Quality is closely connected with object structure that is with the certain form of the organisation of elements making it, properties owing to what it is not simply set of the last, and their unity and integrity. Any qualitative condition of object rather [7, pp. 233–235].

Proceeding from this philosophical definition of quality, it is possible to tell that quality of marriage represents the complete characteristic of functional unity of essential properties of marriage, its internal and external definiteness, relative stability.

Property is the philosophical category expressing such party of a subject which causes its distinctions or a generality with other subjects and it is found out in its relation to them. Essential properties of marriage – a way of display of the certain parties of a family in relation to other objects of a society. As essential properties of marriage social, economic and legal functions of a family can act.

To external definiteness of marriage, in our opinion, social adaptation, observance of cultural and national traditions, conformity to public expectations, performance of function of reproduction of the population concern. The family as a social generality carries out the major functions on population reproduction (simple and expanded), to the maintenance of children, primary socialization and social control, the organisation of household consumption, formation and maintenance valuable orientations, morally-ethical standards, external and internal culture, samples of a way of life [8, p. 9, p. 69; 9 p. 125]. The family is the intermediary between individual and social life, it «is the social institute providing the mechanism through which the social inheritance» [10, p. 170].

It is necessary to notice that from the point of view of social psychology the greatest interest is represented by internal definiteness of marriage. As a role of internal factors of stability of marriage solving they are necessary for «distinguishing» on the levels reflecting degree of the importance as matrimonial relations. Therefore it is so important to allocate independent enough levels of relations in matrimony. According to N. Obozov and A. Obozova it is following levels: 1) psychophysiological level, 2) psychological level, 3) socially-psychological level, 4) socio-cultural level.

From our point of view, the basic indicators of internal definiteness of marriage are psychological compatibility and a coordination of actions of spouses. At joint life partners in marriage almost constantly are in process of joint activity as they have the considerable interdependence caused by joint conducting of housekeeping, dependence from each other at distribution of the family budget, an involvement into process of joint education of children. If in marriage between partners joint activity it is possible to speak about processes of psychological compatibility and a coordination of participants of this activity is carried out.

Complexity consists that does not exist now the uniform approach to a problem of psychological compatibility, neither unequivocal treatment of the concept «compatibility», nor the standard criteria and compatibility indicators.

The analysis of works of domestic and foreign authors has allowed already mentioned by us above N. Obozov and A. Obozova (1981) to allocate three approaches to research of psychological compatibility [11]. So, in the tideway of the structural approach compatibility is considered as steady adaptive structure on similarity and distinction of partners. The functional approach considers partners as carriers of certain functions, carriers of social roles. Compatibility in this case acts as a coordination in social and role expectations of partners. Authors characterize the adaptive approach as research of results of compatibility: integration, unity, mutual understanding which as researchers underline, corrections [12, p. 99].

Compatibility – old enough concept of the psychology dictionary, however scientific studying of the phenomenon designated by this concept, has interested social psychology rather recently. Now it is difficult to establish, in which area of a socially-psychological problematics speech about compatibility for the first time has come. At change of group conflicts, a psychological climate in groups, efficiency of group activity, style of group behaviour, at research of processes and results of communications, dynamics of interpersonal relations and feelings and other socially-psychological phenomena it was revealed that they are definitely caused by a parity of properties of co-operating subjects. The combination of characteristics of subjects which positive impact on the studied phenomenon made began to be designated as compatibility of subjects [13].

For the first time the problem of psychological compatibility in domestic psychology has been put by B. Lomov (1972) who have specified that the factor of psychological compatibility of group is most significant for working capacity of the groups made of casual people. Speed of achievement of a coordination of actions and size of applied efforts depend on compatibility. Incompatible groups potentially contain the conflict [14, p. 225].

To a compatibility problem it is possible to name the most widespread approach the structural approach focused «... on search of optimum combinations of characteristics of members of group» [14, p. 91]. For a coordination of actions are basic characteristics of professional qualities of subjects of joint activity: abilities, skills, knowledge. For compatibility leading characteristics are personal properties of partners: requirements, motives and interests. The optimum combination is designated as harmony, conformity of characteristics of partners. The structural approach is based on thought that psychologically compatible and aspiring to a coordination of actions individuals form some steady adaptive structure. But the empirical facts received till now within the limits of this approach are inconsistent enough [15].

At the present stage the most general sign included in concept «compatibility», it is considered mutual conformity of properties of participants of group. Compatible it is possible to consider those people who are in a sense situationally indivisible and independent (in sense of internal unity and self-management).

The American researchers understand as compatibility the maximum degree of mutual satisfaction of requirements each other. When personal properties of members of group promote compatibility of their actions, group atmosphere is favorable, in relations of members of group there is no intensity and group functions more effectively. 

From similar positions this concept was considered and in the Soviet social psychology: «Compatibility is the socially-psychological characteristic of group shown in ability of its members to co-ordinate the actions and to optimize mutual relation in various kinds of joint activity» [16, p. 325]. As marks in A. Volkova's research, «compatibility is a concept for a designation of objective conformity of properties of co-operating subjects in relation to activity uniting them» [13, p. 67].

For the compatibility factor in marriage of the most important interpersonal satisfaction the established relations, joint activity is.

Research of a problem of compatibility of spouses demands the analysis of all set of multidimensional interrelations between the husband and the wife, and the criterion of compatibility of spouses will be the fullest as in a family one person opens before another many parties of the person. Owing to it the compatibility problem in a family is many-sided. It is compatibility physiological and psychological, socially-psychological and social.

Among individually-psychological characteristics of compatibility allocate following levels:

1) sociological (the social and economic status, a trade, formation);

2) socially-psychological (valuable orientations, a solidarity of purpose and positions, the interpersonal status and etc.);

3) psychological (character and other properties of the person, intelligence, etc.);

4) psychophysiological (temperament an emotionality, reactance of an organism) [13, p. 29].

By compatibility consideration as process it is possible to allocate processes of the adaptation, «grinding in» of characters, requirements, motives of behaviour. Compatibility as a phenomenon of interaction, dialogue of people can be defined both as result, and as process. In the first case compatibility is effect of a combination and interaction of individuals. The combination is given a priori set of individuals before their direct interaction, dialogue. An optimum parity in steam, group of personal qualities of participants – a compatibility condition as process. The coordination of behaviour, emotional experiences and mutual understanding in which all person of co-operating people is expressed and is compatibility process [17, p. 101].

For compatibility of the most important the is professional-active coordination, and interpersonal satisfaction the teamwork, the established relations is not. The basic criterion of compatibility is mutual satisfaction of people each other  [15]. Individual work also causes satisfaction, but its source is process or result of work. In teamwork by a satisfaction source is not only activity, but also interaction between participants. As at interaction of the person with the person in the conditions of a family matter not only professional subjective qualities (skills, abilities, knowledge), but also properties of the person (temperament, character, intelligence, motivation), efficiency of joint activity – result not only coordination of actions, but also compatibility.

According to A. Volkova, «matrimonial compatibility acts as a coordination of family values and role expectations, which is claims at realization of family functions. And more important is the coordination of family values whereas concerning distribution of family roles there is a possibility of mutual adaptation and correction of installations. Integration of representations of spouses about family way as a whole is rather individual process having the features in each specific case» [13, p. 58].

The phenomenon opposite to compatibility, incompatibility of people when their requirements do not find satisfaction in interaction, as actions and behaviour as a whole mutually to exclude each other is. An incompatibility consequence with each other two simultaneously arisen promptings to operate is the conflict. At co-operating people the exception one another is direct or through any object causes a condition of dissatisfaction [18]. At its situational occurrence it is necessary to consider compatibility or incompatibility as an interaction condition, instead of combinations. Hence, it already the process which consequence is compatibility or incompatibility.

At incompatibility in marriage there is a conflict – there is a collision both subjective, and objective tendencies in motives, relations, actions and behaviour of partners. At incompatibility of partners in marriage inability in critical situations is observed to understand each other, not synchronism of psychomotor reactions, distinction in attention, thinking and in other congenital and got qualities of the person that essentially influences quality of marriage as breaks its stability.

Compatibility or incompatibility is a consequence of interaction process. In the course of joint life in marriage partners solve joint problems. The coordination in the decision of these problems between partners in marriage defines level of their compatibility. At joint activity in case of efficiency there is a satisfaction not only self, but also the partner [12]. Joint activity in marriage arises, when there is an information interchange, necessary for successful manufacture, mutual duplication of actions, assistance, support, mutual control, actions. And actions of one partner depend on simultaneous or preceding actions of other partner.

The interaction structure in marriage can be considered from the point of view of four-componential structure of interaction. It includes affective, cognitive, conative (behavioural) and physiological components. In various kinds of joint activity in marriage various components join, or one of components becomes the leader. For compatibility each component has various relative densities (objective partners independent of desire and subjective, significant for them and regulated or not regulated by them). In compatibility of marriage partners leader is the behavioural component. Components are crossed among themselves. So, for example, crossing, to be exact, the interrelation of cognitive and emotional components is shown in estimations and self-estimations. And the parity of estimations and self-estimations will be unequal depending on quality of marriage.

Above already it was said that quality of marriage is influenced by compatibility of partners. Compatibility is coordination in activity between its participants. In this definition essential are two sign: a coordination and activity. The family consent is defined as å unity of thought, a generality of the points of view, unanimity and friendly relations. In the conditions of the decision of joint problems the consent reflected in a psychomotility, characterizes of compatibility. Compatibility second sign – efficiency of activity. He specifies in that fact that the coordination in this case is connected not with any kind of interaction of people, and with concrete activity. Any activity always assumes as a consequence productivity, success, efficiency. Activity is connected with manufacture of material and spiritual products. It is estimated on time, quality and as a whole by efficiency, including efficiency [12]. Result of compatibility – efficiency of joint activity of spouses. Compatibility process between spouses in marriage is a coordination of the tempo-rhythmic organisation of partners, individual style of activity, their skills, abilities in carrying out of those or other operations, knowledge of the duties before a family.

At compatibility mutual satisfaction interaction of partners is mediated by activity. It is known that successful performance of individual activity causes satisfaction in the person. At joint activity in case of it enough big success partners have a satisfaction not only self, as at individual activity, but also satisfaction the partner [16]. At successful performance of joint activity on education of children, housekeeping conducting, distribution of free time and leisure partners in marriage have also a satisfaction not only self, but also the partner.

In the conditions of joint activity each participant continuously receives the information on the various parties and components of process of interaction. This information, as it is known, develops of four kinds of signals about:

- other participants of activity;

- itself (own participation in the activity, the reached results, a condition);

- external conditions of activity;

- the general results of activity [18, p. 5].

At direct spatial contact to the partner each of spouses receives the information and on intermediate results of activity, and on the contribution of the partner in the decision of mutual family problems, and about that, is how much successful (or not successfully) interaction process is developed. Thus there is an estimation of inclusiveness and the contribution of the partner which corresponds with success of own activity. Besides, in a family as in really operating group, alarm and regulating functions of a context of a situation of interaction essentially amplify in connection with high level of readiness of partners to joint activity and presence of last experience of dialogue and interaction in similar situations.

Considering that spouses are in constant material and moral and psychological dependence from each other and also because activity of everyone makes essential impact on life and activity of the partner in marriage, quality of marriage substantially depends on coincidence of motives of joint activity (from orientation to material benefit, to self-affirmation, to joint activity on education of children and etc.).

The increase in interdependence of partners in marriage creates conditions for increase of the importance of a phenomenon of compatibility for preservation of quality of marriage. As a result the compatibility phenomenon as a result is reflected in quality of family-marriage relations.

Following important component of quality of marriage is its stability. The estimation of stability, durability of marriage is one of the major characteristics of a way of life of a family. V. Sysenko divides for the first time concepts «durability of marriage» and «stability of marriage». Stability of marriage it considers as «stability of system of interaction between spouses, efficiency and productivity of their joint activity directed on achievement as mutual, so the individual purposes of spouses» [19, p. 25].

Essentially expands V. Bojko's given concept (1988). Stability of marriage, in its opinion, has the objective and subjective parties. The objective party of stability of marriage depends on probability of its disintegration which can be expressed a parity of quantity of marriages and the divorces registered in given region for a certain time interval. The subjective party of the characteristic of marriage includes satisfaction matrimonial relations, installation of spouses on family preservation. Indicators of the subjective party of stability of marriage, according to V. Bojko (1988), the estimation of its durability which is given by spouses [20] can serve.

In sociology and psychology it is accepted to differentiate two ways of inclusion of the person in this or that social integrity – adaptation and integration. As the family as a social generality possesses the greatest possibilities for socialization of the person, «it is necessary to underline importance of differentiation of integration as organic, assuming a personal choice, inclusions of the person in social whole, and adaptations as external and passive adaptation to vital circumstances» [21]. And, if adaptation promotes simple (mechanical) stability of marriage integration, in our opinion, promotes qualitative stability.

The concept «integration» is developed for labour collectives [22], but it is applicable and for a family as primary social generality. According to two types of integration – professional and moral-psychological – for a family allocate the forms of the integration expressing capacity in performance of a matrimony and family problems connected with it, and the moral-psychological relation to them. If family integration is socially caused coordination of group in realization of joint activity, decomposition – destruction of integrity of group which can restrain aspiration of spouses to adapt even to adverse for preservation of a family to conditions.

At studying of problems of mutual adaptation which has been most full considered by known Russian sociologist Sergey Golod [23], and integration, the domestic science has developed fundamental concept which most figuratively expresses the general marriage potential of a family. This theory carries the name «the theory of marriage clearing». In its basis working out of the greatest conformity of requirements of two participants of search for the purpose of maintenance of the optimum mutually beneficial union lies. The given theory is based on a starting position about polyfunctionality of the marriage union, called to satisfy various requirements of partners in the conditions of close and long contact. According to G. Vasilchenko and J. Reshetnjak, the general marriage potential consists of physical, material, cultural, sexual and psychological factors [24].

The physical factor has especially intuitive character: without dependence from a sex one person causes unaccountable sympathy or an antipathy in other person. This individual and deeply personal reaction is defined by all physical shape, a voice timbre, a behaviour manner, speech, a mimicry, gesticulation, a manner to put on, at last, the smell peculiar to the given person. Being defined at the first stages of dialogue, the physical factor differs exclusive stability. The material factor is defined by a parity of the contribution of the partner in the general material status of a family and conformity of this contribution to expectations and requirements of other partner. The cultural factor is defined by a parity of intellectually-cultural requirements spouses. Expressiveness of this factor changes throughout life even one pair.

The sexual factor is defined by conformity of the real program of intimate affinity of each of partners to sexual expectations of another. This factor is subject to many influences, including age and state of health influence with which it and should correspond first of all.

All factors considered above are closely connected with each other. And, all the same, special position occupies the psychological factor. This factor is a collector on which all other factors are focused, and at the same time it defines unity and integrity of human behaviour. In the general structure of marriage interaction the psychological factor means correlation of personal features of both spouses, first of all their characters and role claims.

At all mosaic of problems and width of researches of factors of stability of marriage, special attention are deserved by attempt of the Polish sociologist Yan Szczepanski to define the most essential signs of successful marriage. He writes: «Internal unity of matrimony and a family is supported by influence both internal and external forces». Internal forces concern:

1) mutual love there where it is solving in a choice of the spouse;

2) call of duty in relation to spouses and children;

3) mutual aspiration to advancement, career, comfort;

4) care of joint dwelling, the house, and housekeeping;

5) care of children, division of labour in this sphere;

6) the realized or not realized desire to justify expectation of environment, relatives and wider groups;

7) aspiration to realization of own dreams and representations of the period of training;

8) possibility of harmonious development of the person and marriage use as implementers ýêñïàíñèâíûõ aspirations of the person.

External forces are:

1) the magic sanctions doing sometimes impossible divorce;

2) pressure of public opinion or system of sanctions when refuse recognized position in a society to people from the broken up families;

3) pressure of economic conditions;

4) demands of care made by the environment about children [25, pp. 146–147].

The scheme of stability of marriage has been offered for the first time by the American social psychologist Jane Loevinger (1987). She has suggested to consider stability of marriage as result of balance of three kinds of forces:

1) forces of an internal attraction which is connected with appeal of individuals for each other;

2) forces of external support of marriage;

3) the force counteracting marriage.

As internal forces of an attraction it considers love, friendly relations, financial support, the high social status of the spouse, prestigiousness of position of the family person, its big possibilities in different spheres. To forces of external support Jane Loevinger carries moral obligations in relation to marriage, fear to damage to career by divorce, obligations in relation to children, the difficulties connected with a social role of the lonely person, legal barriers, a divorce shame. To marriage it means by external forces of counteraction of other partner, the conflict of career and marriage obligations, the contradiction between attachment to parents and the relation to the spouse, appeal of freedom from external duties, aspiration to support oneself. The external forces supporting marriage, Jane Loevinger named «social barriers», counteracting divorce [26].

N. Obozov and A. Obozova (1981) have allocated subjective and objective, external and internal factors of stability. They carry stability of social system and material living conditions of a family to external objective factors. To external subjective - force of social control, efficiency of rules of law, national and cultural traditions, expectations of a significant environment. They carry emotional communications to internal subjective factors, and to internal objective – indicators of matrimonial compatibility [12].

Hardly it is possible to identify stability of marriage with well-being. Quite stable (steady) marriage can be unsuccessful, disputed, but for whatever reasons can continue to function up to the natural end. People can keep the marriage because of difficulties of psychological rupture, for the neurotic reasons (fault comprehension, fear of changes, emotional instability, unreasonable hopes) and under other factors, compelling to suffer discomfortable relations. All it can be fair for the stable marriages, to partners not giving emotional satisfaction.

According to many authors, degree of stability (steady) is characterized by conflictness and unity level. Separate researchers are inclined to connect the factors stabilizing a family, with character of requirements, interests of spouses and performance of various functions.

From the early childhood and to extreme old age the central place in human life is occupied with attachments. The greatest attachments arise, as a rule, in a family. Successful marriage marks lives of people sensations of happiness and safety. It occurs thanks to compensations which promise to people long mutual relations.

The family is that place where bases of the person are put. In it the same as and in any collective, the socially-psychological climate is formed. But in family life it is the phenomenon has more great value, than in life of other group as the family is a primary factor of socialization of the individual. And the future social and individual essence of the person depends on character of a socially-psychological climate in family group, first of all. Character of a climate in a family directly affects on mental and physical health of the person of the person, its mood and activity.

All above-stated shows that quality of marriage as a system indicator of well-being of a family provides possibility of construction of effective programs of the socially-psychological help to a family and its members.

 

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