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The Meaning Of "Being Single" For Mormon College-Age Single Adults, Jana Darrington
The Meaning Of "Being Single" For Mormon College-Age Single Adults, Jana Darrington
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study researched the meaning of being single among 24 college-age adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e., Mormons). It examined influences on the construction of meanings of singlehood, gender patterns regarding the meaning of singlehood, and pressures on L.D.S. singles to date and marry.
The most important finding was that positive attitudes toward singlehood are more prevalent than negative or ambivalent attitudes. Families, as gate-keepers and transmitters of cultural information about singlehood and marriage, and the L.D.S. religion were the strongest influences on the development of meanings of singlehood. Families and religion mutually influence one …