Transitional processes, such as getting married, are described in terms of the interaction of change-facilitating and change-resisting social forces. Lawful features of a transitional process include a non-arbitrary sequence of stages defined by reversals in the influence of particular classes of third party events.
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Ryder et al. (1971) studied this question.
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