Date of Award

Summer 7-22-2015

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Ragnar Storaasli

Second Advisor

Neil Gowensmith

Third Advisor

Claudette Johnson

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords

Polygamy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), Child wellbeing, Public opinion, Religion

Abstract

Perceptions of the wellbeing of children in polygamous families and attitudes toward polygamy in general were examined in this study, with comparisons between individuals who have a history of membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and individuals who have never been members of the LDS church. No significant differences were found between members and non-members. Comparisons were also made between current and past members of the LDS church, resulting in only one significant difference: support/opposition for the legalization of polygamy. These results suggest that having a recent religious history of practicing polygamy does not necessarily result in significant changes in opinions and attitudes about polygamy. In general, questionnaire responses were also indicative of potential stigma and stereotyping that may be faced by polygamous families during interactions with non-polygamous communities.

Copyright Date

7-10-2015

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

McCall Bowcut Lyon

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

20 pgs

File Size

482 KB

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