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Family, Life Course, and Society

Olivet Nazarene University

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2013

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Marriage And Religion: The Effect Of Religious Study Materials On Marital Happiness, Rose E M Zell Apr 2013

Marriage And Religion: The Effect Of Religious Study Materials On Marital Happiness, Rose E M Zell

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The purpose of this research was to assess the impact of marital enrichment materials on marital happiness. In addition, the study attempted to determine if gender or number of years married made a difference in regard to the impact on marital happiness. The participants consisted of 56 New Life Christian Church members (28 male and 28 female) who comprised 28 married couples. Participants were randomly assigned to either the control or the experimental group. Every participant took a pre-test survey designed to assess marital happiness across ten different variables. Then the experimental group completed the Love Talk study by Les …