Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
5-2003
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
David J. Marx
Committee Members
Otto Zinser, Roger C. Bailey
Abstract
Gender and wedding type preference affect views of those who get married in a courthouse as opposed to a church. The participants for this study consisted of 198 unmarried, undergraduate students that planned to marry someday. Participants responded to a wedding location scenario then completed a wedding type preference questionnaire, the Life Orientation Test Revised, and a demographics questionnaire. Results revealed that group 1 (participants who were high on traditional wedding preference and received the scenario of courthouse wedding ceremony), rated the hypothetical couple as having a higher chance of being happy after 25 years of marriage and being more in love than group 2 (high traditional and church scenario), group 3 (low traditional and courthouse scenario), and group 4 (low traditional and church scenario). For participants whose parents were divorced, the age of the participant when their parents divorced was a significant predictor of predicted happiness and length of marriage.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Rudd, Karen Sue, "Expected Happiness, Love, and Longevity of Marriage: Effects of Wedding Type Preference, Gender, and Location of the Wedding Ceremony." (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 754. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/754
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.