Jason S. Carroll
@DrJasonCarroll
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Family Initiative Director, The Wheatley Institute / Professor, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University / Senior Fellow, Institute for Family Studies
Joined February 2014
From our new Wheatley study: Enduring connection in marriage results from embracing agency-based love and the intentional efforts of spouses.
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In my recent Valentine's Week devotional at Ensign College, I discussed how embracing agency-based love, and seeking the gift of charity from Jesus Christ, provides the surest path to flourishing dating and marriage relationships.
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High-connection marriages have 3 times higher scores on proactive behaviors than low-connection couples, specifically in spending meaningful time together (71% vs. 19%), doing acts of kindness (72% vs. 18%), and forgiving offenses (70% vs. 21%).
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The Gallup data from 2020 to 2023 show that marital status is a stronger predictor of well-being for American adults than education, race, age, and gender.
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@josephthill2 @FamStudies @drantbradley @drbrian_relate The report also reviews four other recent studies using different national datasets from other scholars that find the same general tends.
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RT @WendyRWang: Among adults ages 55 and younger, married women and men with children are the happiest. New @FamStudies brief: https://t.…
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My new blog post today - Soulmate thinking diverts attention away from the fundamental truth of loving and lasting marriage: that oneness is made, not found.
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@LaneJohnso75094 @BradWilcoxIFS The picture was simply the one used by IFS with the blog piece. We published a report last summer that looked extensively at women’s social media use patterns. Techoference is an equal opportunity threat to marriage and family life.
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@LaneJohnso75094 @BradWilcoxIFS However, we did find that younger couples are more likely to be distracted by their phone at home. A full 44% of married adults under age 35 say that their spouse is on the phone too much, compared with 34% of those aged 35-55.
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New “research from @UChicago pinpoints marriage as “the most important differentiator” of who is happy in America. The researchers found a startling 30-percentage-point happiness divide between married and unmarried Americans.”
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Some new findings from our recent IFS/Wheatley survey: More than one-third of married Americans (37%) say their spouse is often on the phone or a screen when they would prefer to talk or do something together as a couple.
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Our Wheatley report on the benefits of cornerstone marriage was cited in a CNN piece today discussing declining marriage rates in the U.S.
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New research from Pew. A record high number US 40-year olds have never been married. The decline in marriage is having the greatest impact among less-educated and lower-income Americans.
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25 year old young adults: Married: 1980 = 63% 2021 = 22% Home independent of parents: 1980 = 84% 2021 = 68%
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