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Shoaf, H. K., Hendricks, J. J., Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Kelley, H. H., & Ward, S. G. (2022). Strengths and strategies in interfaith marriages. Marriage and Family Review, 58, 675-701. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2022.2093311

Clarke, R. W., Leavitt, C. E., Allsop, D. B., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2022). How sexuality and religion intersect in highly religious families: Implications for clinicians. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 37, 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2021.2014052

Alghafli, Z., Marks, L. D., Hatch, T. G., & Rose, A. H. (2017). Veiling in fear or in faith? Meanings of the Hijab to practicing Muslim wives and husbands in the USA. Marriage & Family Review, 53, 696-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2017.1297757

Dollahite, D. C., & Lambert, N. M. (2007). Forsaking all others: How religious involvement promotes marital fidelity in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim couples. Review of Religious Research, 48, 290-307. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20447445

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Exploring strengths in American families of faith. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469569

Dollahite, D. C., Hawkins, A. J., & Parr, M. R. (2012). “Something More”: The Meanings of Marriage for Religious Couples. Marriage and Family Review, 48, 339-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2012.674480

Essig, L. W., Lott, M. L., Abo-Zena, M. M., Alghalfi, Z., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Answering to Allah: Relational unity among American Muslim families. Marriage and Family Review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469577

Goodman, M. A., & Dollahite, D. C. (2006). How religious couples perceive the influence of God in their marriage. Review of Religious Research, 48, 141-155. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20058129

Goodman, M. A., Dollahite, D. C., Layton, E., & Marks, L. D. (2013). Religious faith and transformational processes in marriage. Family Relations, 62, 808-823. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12038

Goodman, M. A., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2012). Transformational processes and meaning in Latter-day Saint marriage. Marriage and Family Review, 48: 555-582. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2012.691081

Hatch, T. G., Marks, L. D., Bitah, E. A., Lawrence, M., Lambert, N. M., Dollahite, D. C., & Hardy, B. P. (2016). The power of prayer in transforming individuals and marital relationships: A qualitative examination of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim families. Review of Religious Research, 58, 27-46. https://rdcu.be/blmnH

Kelley, H. H., LeBaron, A. B., Sussman, L. J., Fagan, J., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Shalom bayit—peace of the home: Ritual and tradition in American Jewish families. Marriage and Family Review, 54, 706-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1478922

Kelley, H. H., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2020). Uniting and dividing influences of religion in marriage among highly religious couples. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 12, 167-177. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000262.

Kroff, S. L., Cragun, K. L., Reyes, J. R., Wilmoth, J. D., Dollahite, D. C. & Marks, L. D. (2018). Relationship with God and the word: Faith among American Evangelical Christian families. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469574

Lambert N. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2006). How religiosity helps couples prevent, resolve, and overcome marital conflict. Family Relations, 55, 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00413.x

Lambert, N. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2008). The threefold cord: Marital commitment in religious couples. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 592 – 614. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X07308395

Leavitt, C. E., Allsop, D. B., Clarke, R., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Sanctified sexual relationships in marriage: Reflections from religious wives and husbands. Review of Religious Research, 63, 161–182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-020-00440-z

Leavitt, C. E., Allsop, D. B., Price, A. A., Marks, L. D. & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Exploring gender roles in highly religious families. Review of Religious Research, 63, 511-533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-021-00476-9

Leonhardt, N. D., Kirchner, E. R., Phillips, T. M., Skipper, A. D., Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D. (2108). Together forever: Eternal perspective and sacred practices in American Latter-day Saint families.Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469575

Lu, Y., Marks, L. D., & Baumgartner, J. (2011). “The compass of our life”: A qualitative study of marriage and faith among Chinese immigrants.Marriage & Family Review, 47, 125-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2011.571633

Lu, Y., Marks, L. D., Nesteruk, O., Goodman, M., & Apavaloaie, L. (2013). Faith, conversion, and challenge: A qualitative study of Chinese immigrant Christian marriages. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 44, 227-247.

Marks, L. D. (2004). Sacred practices in highly religious families: Christian, Jewish, Mormon, and Muslim perspectives. Family Process, 43, 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2004.04302007.x

Marks, L. D. (2005). How does religion influence marriage?: Christian, Jewish, Mormon, and Muslim perspectives. Marriage and Family Review, 38,85-111. https://doi.org/10.1300/J002v38n01_07

Marks, L. D. (2008). Prayer and marital intervention: Asking for divine help…or professional trouble? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 678-685. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2008.27.7.678

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Surmounting the empathy wall: Deep respect and holy envy in qualitative scholarship. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469578

Marks, L. D., Hatch, T. G., Dollahite, D. C., & Rose, A. (2019/2020). Prayer in couple and family therapy. In J. Lebow, A. Chambers, & D. Breunlin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of couple and family therapy. New York: Springer.

Marks, L. D., Hopkins, K., Chaney, C., Nesteruk, O., & Sasser, D. (2010). “My kids and wife have been my life”: Married African American fathers staying the course. In R. Coles & C. Green (Eds.), The myth of the missing black father (pp. 19-46). New York: Columbia University.

Marks, L. D., Hopkins, K., Chaney, C., Nesteruk, O., Monroe, P., & Sasser, D. (2008). “Together, we are strong”: A qualitative study of happy, enduring African-American marriages. Family Relations, 57, 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00492.x

Marks, L. D., Hopkins, K., Nesteruk, O., Chaney, C., & Baumgartner, J. (2012). A qualitative exploration of why faith matters in African-American marriages and families. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43, 695-714. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23267841

Marks, L. D., Swanson, M., Nesteruk, O., & Hopkins-Williams, K. (2006). Stressors in African American marriages and families: A qualitative study. Stress, Trauma, and Crisis: An International Journal, 9, 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434610600854061

Marks, L. D., Swanson, M., Nesteruk, O., & Hopkins-Williams, K. (2006). Stressors in African American marriages and families: A qualitative study. Stress, Trauma, and Crisis: An International Journal, 9, 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434610600854061

Millett, M. A., Cook, L. E., Skipper, A. D., Chaney, C. D., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Weathering the Storm: The Shelter of Faith for Black American Christian Families. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469572

Moore, TJ, Hill, M. S., King, P. E., Palkovitz, R., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Loving God, loving others: The sacred among American Mainline Protestant families. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469576

Rose, A., Anderson, S., Miller, R., Marks, L., Hatch, T., & Card, N. (2020). A dyadic exploration of marital satisfaction as a mediator between religiosity and depressive symptoms. Marriage & Family Review. https://doi-org.lib-e2.lib.ttu.edu/10.1080/01494929.2020.1842842

Shichida, T., Dollahite, D. C., & Carroll, J. S. (2015). How perception of God as transcendent moral authority influences marital connection among American Christians. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 34, 40-52.

Son, D., Egginton, B. R., Lu, Y., Ai, A. L., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). New Christians in a new land: Faith journeys of Asian American immigrant families. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469571

Spencer, A. T., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C., & Kelley, H. H. (2020). Positive relational transformation in religious families: Supports and catalysts for meaningful change. Family Relations. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12440

White, T., Chelladurai, J. M., Monroe, P. A., J. C., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Kept together by faith: Confession and forgiveness among American Catholic and Orthodox Christian families. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469573

Wurm, G. J., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). The inner logic of religion(s): Theoretical implications regarding eight American religious-ethnic communities. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469570