Areas of marital conflicts that can arise in an intercultural union of an American and a Filipino brought about by their differences in culture and how they resolve these conflicts

• Main Authors: Quizon, Elena Pauline D., Recto, Michelle Liza M., Torrado, Marie Liza S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Conflict (Psychology); Culture conflict; Intermarriage; Intercultural communication; Marriage
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7098
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study is on Filipino and American intercultural marriages focused on the aspects of Filipino and American cultures that brings about areas of conflict in the marriage. The study aimed to identify the resolutions that the couples employ to settle these conflicts. A qualitative descriptive research design was employed on this study. The researchers utilized a snowball or chain referral sampling for the selection of their respondents. The researchers employed the in-depth interview method to gather data. As a guide, they used a self-made questionnaire while conducting the interview. Fifteen couples were interviewed. Each member of a couple is interviewed separate from his or her spouse. The researchers used an audio tape recorder to be able to be precisely record the data, but only if the respondents give their consent. Note-taking was also done during interviews. The results showed that there are different aspects of culture that were responsible for the occurrence of the conflicts experienced by the Filipino-American couples. These aspects of culture includes norms, values, family relations and interpersonal relations, language, and child-rearing methods. The results also includes the major themes discussed by the respondents with the interviewer. These major areas are courtship, family relations, child-rearing, communication, values, financial management, and dominance. Also accounted for in the study are the resolutions given by the respondents as their way of settling their conflicts and differences. Categories of the respondents' mentioned resolutions are discuss conflicts until an agreement is attained, ignore the issues until the conflicts die out, discuss conflicts but there is reservation, accept spouse as a unique person and attend marriage retreats. After completing the study, the researchers now have obtained knowledge on intercultural marriages. For conflicts to be minimized in an intercultural marriage, each partner should exert effort to know, understand and eventually accept their partner's culture.