The Effect of Cultural Difference on Intercultural Marriage

Impact of cultural differences on intercultural marriages As the world merges, more and more people visit their home countries, study and work abroad. Today, young people have more opportunities to meet potential partners of other cultures than before. "The number of cross-cultural couples is increasing worldwide." (Klein, par. 3) Many intercultural couples argue that their relationship initially does not differ from a single cultural relationship It is. Passionate love binds them.

1 Intercultural marriage is a marriage between two people with different (cultural) background. Interracial marriage is a marriage in which spouses are identified as belonging to various ethnic groups such as American Indians, Asians, African, Caucasian, Hispanic. International marriage is a marriage between citizens of two different countries. Marriage can be considered intercultural, interracial, and international, but it does not have to be necessarily so. All couples participating in this research can be described as intercultural and international. A Korean-American couple can be described as a relationship between different ethnic groups

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Going ahead, cross cultural marriage has very different differences between tradition and culture. Several studies have studied this aspect, but even in intercultural marriage, especially intercultural marriage, cultural differences caused marital conflict. In fact, quantitative research by Takano (2002) pointed out that 19% of the discord between married couples between ethnic couples involved in his research is due to cultural differences. A couple cross-cultural marriage brings various assumptions and expectations about marriage and family life to their relationship.

This report examines the importance of intercultural communication, cultural concepts, cultural differences in international marriage, immigration, work-related values, cultural variables in the process of business communication, student interactions, foreign teachers, cross-cultures Barriers of communication, and intercultural and emotional communication methods Recently, with the development of communication technology, a new channel for intercultural communication has been opened. As a result, many people with diverse backgrounds are increasingly interacting in every aspect of their lives. The key to successful cross-cultural communication is to recognize the difference in cultural values, trying to be sensitive and open to the difference.