THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIALIZATION MESOFACTOR ON PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES SINGLE WOMEN'S MARITAL EXPECTATIONS

The present article considers the results of an empirical study of the influence of the mesofactor of socialization on the role expectations and ambitions of unmarried women from the metropolis and province. In our empirical study, the subjects are unmarried women (100 people) aged 18 to 30 years old. 50 women of them (two age groups, from 18 to 22 and from 25 to 30) live in the metropolis (Moscow) and 50 women (two age groups, from 18 to 22 and from 25 to 30) live in the towns of Staraya Russa (the Novgorod region, 30 thousand inhabitants) and Desnogorsk (the Smolensk region, 50 thousand inhabitants). The age-related dynamics of expectations from marriage among female residents of the megapolis has been established. The influence of the mesofactor of socialization manifests not only in the presence of differences in role expectations and role pretensions from the future marriage, but also in the presence of a significant difference on the level of self-esteem in women in the age group from 25 to 30 years. The self-esteem of residents in the megacity at this age is significantly higher than the self-esteem level of women in the small town. Among the women living in the small towns, in the both age groups, a significant relationship between the scales of role expectations and pretensions in marriage and the level of self-esteem reveals. (c) 2018 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK