Date of Award:
8-2025
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Committee Chair(s)
Ryan Seedall
Committee
Ryan Seedall
Committee
Dave Robinson
Committee
Patrick Mason
Committee
Julie Gast
Committee
Caroline Kline
Abstract
Power sharing is a key feature of romantic relationships. It is important to understand how various groups navigate power sharing within their relationships. Thirty-one participants who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (16 women and 15 men) reported on their experience of power-sharing in marriage. In-depth individual and couple interviews revealed that couples engage in four individual and relational processes that impact and promote equality in marriage: systemic influences, self-in-relationship processes, relationship processes, and identity outcomes. These processes have important implications for future research and therapeutic practice with Latter-day Saint, religious, and secular couples.
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Recommended Citation
Young, Bonnie, "Understanding Power Dynamics of Latter-Day Saint Marriages in the United States of America" (2025). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 610.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/610
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