ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588247
This article is part of the Research TopicBridging Racial, Economic, and Intersectional Equity Gaps in Developmental and Educational Psychology: The Key Roles of Caregivers and Early Childhood Interventions and ApproachesView all articles
Marriage intention and influencing factors of ethnic minority residents in Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor: A Perspective Based on the Andersen's Behavioral Model
Provisionally accepted
Lin Cai1,2*
Deng hui Lu3- 1Sichuan Institute of Industrial Technology, Sichuan, China
- 2Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 3Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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With the decline of the global fertility rate, the concepts of marriage and family formation have become important issues of societal concern. This paper employs Andersen's behavioural model to examine the influence of predisposing factors (gender, residential place, education level), enabling factors (housing numbers, floating population status, social network size), and demand factors (selfefficacy, family communication, intimate partner violence, anxiety, depression) on the marriage intention of ethnic minority residents in the Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor. The study finds that the marriage intention of ethnic minority residents in the Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor significantly varies by gender, residential place, social network size, housing numbers, and floating population status, but not by education level. Among these factors, demand factors (self-efficacy, family communication, intimate partner violence, anxiety, depression) have the most significant impact on marriage intention.Predisposing factors (gender, residential place, social network size) and enabling factors (housing numbers, floating population status) also have a certain degree of impact. These findings suggest that interventions targeting ethnic minority residents in the Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor should consider a multifaceted approach, addressing both psychological and social determinants of marital intentions to improve marital outcomes.
Keywords: Zang-Qiang-Yi corridor, ethnic minority residents, marriage intention, Andersen's behavioural model, Predisposing factors, Enabling factors, Demand factors
Received: 05 Mar 2025; Accepted: 10 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Lin Cai, 292504017@qq.com
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