http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/matchmaking Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 05 May 2026 13:08:22 -0400 Tue, 05 May 2026 13:08:22 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/946/finding-love-in-china-an-overview-of-chinese-marriage-markets-baifaxiangqin By Wei Mei Wong - Elderly parents would rely on their children and their children's marital spouse to provide for them in their retirement years. In Chinese culture, filial piety is a highly valued virtue that parents strive to cultivate. Filial piety can be shown when children provide care, respect, and financial support to their elderly parents. Children with this virtue can be a great source of happiness and pride (Yan, Chen, & Murphy, 2005; Hwang & Han, 2010). It is common in Chinese societies for parents to receive financial support from their children (Silverstein, Cong, & Li, 2006; Pei &... Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:47 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/946/finding-love-in-china-an-overview-of-chinese-marriage-markets-baifaxiangqin http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters By Lukas Holschuh - First dates are social phenomena of sexual selection. Successful mating depends not only on assortative mating, but also on interpersonal and situational factors that lead to a positive result in pre-mating encounters. To examine the factors that influence the success of pre-mating encounters, this study analyzes public texts on the success of first dates. Themes were identified in five accounts of ordinary people found online using keywords. This and other research reveals that first dates seem to serve the purpose of testing if a particular romantic relationship is both possible and desirable... Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:23 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/323/online-dating-study-user-experiences-of-an-online-dating-community By Andrea Quesnel - Having heard about this particular site, POF, from various friends and coworkers, I considered it to be a good community to select as a context for user’s experiences. Although it is an international website, users are grouped according to their local area, unless they wish to search users in a different, specific area. Membership in this community is free, which differentiates it form other major dating communities like eHarmony, LavaLife or Match.com. The users of a free community may be less serious, or less involved with utilizing the service compared to users who pay to be members of... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/323/online-dating-study-user-experiences-of-an-online-dating-community