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Help Needed on Study of Jewish Marriage and Intermarriage
A research study exploring the
differences between Jewish-
Christian interfaith and Jewish-
Jewish samefaith couples’ mar
ital satisfaction is currently
being conducted at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. The study will compare
samefaith and interfaith couples
on a number of psychological
dimensions related to marriage
to discover how, if at all, the two
types of marriages are different.
In addition to comparing
samefaith and interfaith couples,
the research project will also
examine issues that are specific
to the experience of being inter
married, such as how interfaith
couples choose a religion for
their children. Data from the
study will be used to develop a
marital assessment question
naire specifically for interfaith
couples.
Because the study is also
collecting data on samefaith
couples, other questions pertain
ing to the relationship between
Judaism and marriage may also
be addressed. In particular,
marriages between Jews from
different backgrounds, such as
a Reform Jew married to a
Conservative Jew, will be inves
tigated to determine if they are
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more like interfaith than same
faith marriages.
The research is being conduct
ed by Evan Nelson, who holds
a master of arts in psychology
from UNC-CH and is currently
a doctoral candidate in their
clinical psychology program.
“This study is not about who
intermarries or why Jews marry
non-Jews,” said Nelson, “it is
about what it is like to BE
intermarried — separate from
whether or not intermarriage is
right or wrong.”
Married couples who wish to
volunteer for the study may do
so by contacting Mr. Nelson,
who will mail a set of question
naires to volunteers’ homes. The
questionnaires take less than one
hour and postage-paid enve
lopes for the return of completed
forms are included. Volunteers
may request a free short sum
mary of the results of the study
in exchange for their participa
tion. All answers are anony
mous, and volunteers may with
draw from the study at any time.
To be eligible to be in the
study, a couple must (1) be in
a first-time marriage and (2) at
least one spouse must be Jewish.
Samefaith, interfaith, and con-
versionary couples of all ages,
durations of marriage, and de
grees of religious involvement
are needed. Data collection will
continue through August 1990.
To volunteer or for additional
information please contact:
Evan S. Nelson, M.A., Depart
ment of Psychology, CB#3270,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270;
Home: (919) 942-6454.
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