Date of Award
5-1998
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Departmental Honors
Department
Human Development and Family Studies
Abstract
Marriage is a social institution experienced by most adults at least once in their life-time. Like any other type of institution marriage has its own set of norms and roles that are culturally specific to the area where it is being practiced. Marriage has existed in some form in almost every culture throughout time. There are four major types of marriages practiced in the world today. They are polygynous (one husband and many wives), polyandrous (one wife and several husbands), multilateral (several people of both sexes existing as a part of one marriage) and monogamous (two partners usually one male and one female). Currently in the United States, the only socially excepted form of marriage is a monogamous relationship involving one wife and one husband and any children born or adopted into the union living in what is called a nuclear family (Rice, 1993).
Recommended Citation
Gabell, Paula, "Why Long-Term Marriages Last: A Review" (1998). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 947.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/947
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Faculty Mentor
Scot Allgood