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Also, I think the next survey I do I’ll have people round to the nearest year, and measure from there. Maybe there will be a correlation. For last year’s survey I separated them into categories: less than a month, 1-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years, 16-20 years, etc. There wasn’t a statistically significant difference between these groups in terms of marital quality. However, it is also important to note that by FAR the largest group in terms of number of participants was the 2-5 year range, with the next broader range being somewhere between 6 months and 10 years. So there are limitations in the comparisons. Re: depressing, yeah. To be clear, all that means is that it wasn’t significant in terms of what predicts marital quality. In other words, other factors are much more important or overshadow any possible effects of time. Also, it’s a general result of the whole sample. Time may matter for some. My hunch is that it does matter initially, because let’s face it, it does take *time* to work through things. Re: Ensign – I actually submitted an article about 5 years ago on this issue. The editor worked with me for over a week to make it fit the tone of the magazine and be more likely to be approved by the powers that be. Granted, I’ve heard it can take a long time there, but I haven’t heard anything back since. In the meantime, I’ll keep plugging away with research and whatnot.
Great questions – I did include those on the first survey last year. As it turned out, length of time since the change had no bearing on the quality of the marriage. Now, it may matter for some couples, but it doesn’t seem to matter in general. Which is interesting too… My guess is there are a lot of couples who struggle more initially, but the results suggested there isn’t a difference between “after a year” and “after 10 years” for most. Re: matching partners – I did that the last time around as well. It requires a more thorough IRB review so I didn’t this time, but I only managed to get 40 couples out of 975 people. Which was too bad! I *do* really want to do some of this research solely with couples though. Maybe that will be interviews, at some point.
mackay11 wrote:Adam, congratulations.
I’m a professional market researcher. Analysing the results from attitudinal surveys are my full-time job. Your survey was one of the best I’ve seen on the topic of faith issues and impact etc.
To anyone concerned – I’d encourage you not to be concerned and to go ahead and take the survey. It’s reasonable and a useful opportunity for introspection.
Adam, could you return and share the results once your dissertation is written? I’m interested to know the results.
By the way, I’d suggest you share this on more ‘orthodox’ forums too (if possible). A lot of the people on here or NOM are further down the road of doubt. They may be the doubter with an orthodox spouse, but I think the opinions of the orthodox spouse is also important. I think it’s easy for us ‘doubters’ to forget how distressing a doubting spouse can be.
I was once the ‘orthodox spouse to a doubter’ but the pain has mellowed due to my change of perspectives.
Thanks for the encouraging words! I will definitely share what I find.
As for more orthodox forums, as it were, what would you suggest? I did post it on reddit/r/mormon and etc., but would LOVE to share it in more orthodox circles.
Hi Ann – thanks for asking! This is for my dissertation, yes. I hope to publish the results later in the year. No information that could actually identify you is required to take the survey. The non-guarantee is standard (and should be listed with) all studies online, given that it’s online, period. There are a few questions that are optional that might possibly reveal identity, such as an email address that is optional, in case the person taking the survey wants to participate in future research specifically connected to this study.
