"Pre-marital psychological examination", can marriage be used as an appraisal? - Psychology - Psychology Express

When the physical compulsory pre-marriage medical examination is gradually fading out, a new form of psychological counseling known as the "psychological pre-marriage examination" is becoming popular and trendy among young people in Shanghai. Many men and women about to enter the institution of marriage are seeking out psychological consultants, hoping to achieve a more fulfilling marriage through psychological analysis. Marriage is inherently a private matter based on mutual consent between a man and a woman. What reasons lead an increasing number of young people, especially those with higher education, to entrust their lifelong matters to a third party for evaluation? In Shanghai, where the divorce rate is one of the highest in the country, is the emergence of the psychological pre-marriage examination just a gimmick, or can it indeed provide warning signals for couples-to-be?