KUWAIT, July 20 (KUNA) -- A sociological study showed that the children of divorcees have attitudes to marriage less positive than those of the children of more coherent families.
The study, conducted jointly by Dr. Homoud Al-Qash'an and Dr. Haifa' Al-Kandari, was presented to the fifth cultural season of Kuwait University's Faculty of Social Sciences on Tuesday.
The study, entitled "attitudes of Kuwaiti youth to marriage and divorce - comparative study on children of divorcees," examines whether the social state of parents impacts the children's attitudes to marriage and divorce.
It surveys the attitudes of a random sample of 661 KU students who belong to coherent and incoherent families.
The children of coherent families hold more positive attitudes to both marriage and divorce than those of children of divorcees, the study shows.
The two researchers recommended conducting more in-depth studies into the changes in youths' attitudes in the course of time.
Meanwhile, Dr. Khaled Al-Shallal, professor of sociology at KU, presented to the cultural season which entered its second day, a work paper on the role of civil society institutions in development.
Dr. Al-Shallal noted, in the presentation titled "sociological analysis of the civil society institutions in the Kuwaiti society," that the world has saw growing interest in such institutions in the last two decades.
"The growing number of such institutions reflects their active role in satisfying the basic needs of the community; they complement the role of governments in this regard," he argues.
"The boom of the civil society institutions in various forms stems from the flourish of the private sector which asserted itself in all domains," Dr. Al-Shallal affirmed.
The civil society turned to be a platform for various economic, social and cultural activities and a medium for filling the gap between the government and people on one hand, and the individual and the public life on the other, he added.
On his part Dr. Mohammad Al-Haddad, professor of sociology, tabled a paper titled "religion and social change." The paper analyzes the relationship between religion and social changes in the Kuwaiti community. - Kuna