Ideas About the Ideal Marriage Partner Depending on the Moral Orientation

Table 2: Significant correlations of the substantive characteristics of the image of an ideal wife depending on the moral orientation of the personality of young men and women

Substantive characteristics of the image“Ideal wife”	Young men				Young women
Substantive characteristics of the image“Ideal wife”	Egocentric orientation(n = 19)	Group-centric orientation(n = 16)	Humanistic orientation(n = 17)	World-creating orientation(n = 53)	Egocentric orientation(n = 31)	Group-centric orientation (n = 34)	Humanistic orientation(n = 74)	World-creating orientation(n = 160)
Cognitive component
Performance of duties	0.609**	-	-	0.32*	-	-	0.368**	0.385**
Caring	0.819**	0.673**	-	0.638**	0.701**	0.415*	0.481**	0.639**
Personal independence	0.757**	0.697**	0.749**	0.421**	0.679**	0.391*	0.367**	0.53**
Responsibility	-	-	-	0.316*	-	0.405*	0.33**	0.481**
Sexuality	0.71**	0.873**	0.839**	0.518**	-	0.519**	0.52**	0.369**
Patience	0.67**	-	0.625**	-	-	-	-	0.393**
Diligence	0.705**	0.568*	0.583*	0.539**	0.389*	0.489**	0.329**	0.509**
Respect for other people	0.684**	-	-	0.497**	0.467**	0.522**	0.386**	0.565**
Balance	0.676**	-	0.688**	0.44**	-	-	0.399**	0.438**
Success	-	-	-	0.38**	-	-	0.432**	0.508**
Empathy	-	-	0.761**	0.407**	0.356*	-	-	0.33**
Emotional component
Attitude towards family as a social institution	0.612**	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Attitude towards their own family	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.308**	0.185*
Attitude towards future marriage partner	-	-	-	0.273*	-	-	-	0.268**
Attitude towards themselves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.257**
Attitude towards future children	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.253*	0.161*
Attitude towards romantic love	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.292*	0.202*
Attitude towards sex	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.183*
Attitude towards divorce	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.238*	-
Leadership and responsibility in the family	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.193*
Marital rights and responsibilities	-	-	-	-	0.41*	-	-	-
Attitude towards family recreation and leisure	-	-	-	-	-	0.372*	-	0.202*
Behavioral component
Personal identification with the spouse	-	-	0.497*	-	-	-	-	0.164*
Economic and household sphere	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.265*	-
Parental and educational sphere	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.24*	0.164*
Emotional and psychotherapeutic sphere	0.599**	-	-	-	-	-	0.318**	0.159*
External attractiveness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.241**

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