SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CHAPTERS & BOOKS

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES & CHAPTERS

(in reverse chronological order)

Hendricks, J. J., Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Herbst, J. (2023). Personal and relational processes of repentance in religious Jewish, Christian, and Muslim families. Review of Religious Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034673X231214274

Hendricks, J. J., Hardy, S. A., Taylor, E. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2023). Does leaving faith mean leaving family? Longitudinal associations between religious identification and parent-child relationships across adolescence and emerging adulthood. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12876 

Phillips, T. M., Smith, J. R., Long, A. C., Wheeler, B. E., Marks, L. D., Goodman, M., Hatch, T., & Wall, S. K. (2023). Family Home Evening as a model for promoting family health. nternational Journal of Latest Research in Humanities and Social Science, 6 (11), 98-103.

Chelladurai, J. M., Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Kelley, H. H., & Allsop, D. B. (2023). The hidden power of "thank you": Exploring aspects, expressions, and the influence of gratitude in religious families. Psychology, 5(3), 742-756. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych5030048

Kelley, H. H., Hendricks, J. J., Chelladurai, J. M., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2023). “We have hope”: An exploration of hope in highly religious families. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12937
 
Dollahite, D. C., Hendricks, J. J., & Marks, L. D. (2023). A diversity, equity, and inclusion audit of the American Families of Faith project: Exploring lifespan spiritual development in religiously and racially diverse families. Religions, 14(3), 388. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030388

Gale, M., Hendricks, J. J., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2023). Perspectives on lifespan religious and spiritual development from scholars across the lifespan. Religions, 14(3), 362. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030362

Hatch, T. G., & Marks, L. D. (2023). Sanctuary in time:  Shabbat as the soul of modern Jewry and the essence of “doing” Judaism.” In O. Leaman (ed.), Handbook of Jewish Ritual and Practice (361-370). Routledge.

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Kelley, H. H., Kimball, E. R., & James, S. (2023). Exploring COVID-19’s influence on family communication: Negative, positive, or both? Marriage & Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2023.2170014

Hendricks, J. J., Cazier, J., Nelson, J. M., Marks, L. D., & Hardy, S. A. (2022). Qualitatively exploring repentance processes, antecedents, motivations, resources, and outcomes in Latter-day Saints. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00846724221133137

Dollahite, D. C., Kelley, H. H., James, S., & Marks, L. D. (2022). Changes in home-centered religious practices and relational wellbeing following the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2022.2141942

Hendricks, J. J., Chelladurai, J. M., Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Kelley, H. H., & Rose, A. (2022). Exploring personal and relational motivations and processes of forgiveness in religious families. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12733

Marks, L. D., Kelley, H. H., Kimball, E. R., Dollahite, D. C., & James. S. (2022). Family dinners and family relationships following the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marriage and Family Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01494929.2022.2137874?needAccess=true

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

Kelley, H. H., Dollahite, D. C., James, S., & Marks, L. D. (2022). Changes in spiritual practices and relational wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2021.2022563

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

Chelladurai, J. M., Kelley, H. H., Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C. (2022). Humility in family relationships: Exploring how humility influences relationships in religious families. Journal of Family Psychology, 36, 201-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000860

Kelley, H. H., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2022). Uniting and dividing influences of religion on parent-child relationships in highly religious families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 14, 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000321

Kelley, H. H., Lee, Y., LeBaron-Black, A. B., Dollahite, D. C., James, S., Marks, L. D., & Hall, T. (2022). Change in financial stress and relational wellbeing during COVID-19: Exacerbating and alleviating influences. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-022-09822-7

Kelley, H. H., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2022). Perceptions of nonreligious parents. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0192513X221079332

Kelley, H. H., Dollahite, D. C., James, S., & Marks, L. D. (2022). Changes in spiritual practices and relational wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marriage and Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2021.2022563

Dollahite, D. C., Hatch, T. G., & Marks, L. D. (2022). The American Jewish family. In Oliver Leaman (Ed.) Handbook of Jewish ritual and practice (pp. 273-296). Routledge.

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). “Come back and fix the rift”: How faith encourages relational reconciliation. NCFR Report (Spring 2021). Available online: https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/spring-2021/come-back-and-fix-rift?check_logged_in=1

Marks, L. D. & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Approaching God: Jewish and Latter-day Saint prayer and worship. In Trevan G. Hatch & Leonard Greenspoon (Eds.), “The learning of the Jews”: What Latter-day Saints can learn from Jewish religious experience (pp. 115-141). Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books.

Spencer, A. T., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C., & Kelley, H. H. (2021). Positive relational transformation in religious families: Supports and catalysts for meaningful change. Family Relations, 70, 1514-1525. doi.org/10.1111/fare.12440

Kimball, E. R., Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Leavitt, C. E., & Kelley, H. H. (2021). Why do the devout remain devoted? Exploring religious expectations and relational compensators. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000439

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

Chelladurai, J. M., Kelley, H. H., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2021). Humility in family relationships: Exploring how humility influences relationships in religious families. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000860

Allsop, D. B., Leavitt, C. E., Clarke, R. W., Driggs; S., Gurr, J. B, Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Perspectives from highly religious families on boundaries and rules about sex. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01171-9

Barrow, B. H., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2021). How parents balance desire for religious continuity with honoring children’s religious agency. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 13, 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000307

Skipper, A. D., Marks, L. D., & Moore, T. J., & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Black marriages matter: Wisdom and advice from happily married Black couples. Family Relations, 70, 1369-1383. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12565

Marks, L. D. & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Approaching God: Jewish and Latter-day Saint prayer and worship. In Trevan G. Hatch & Leonard Greenspoon (Eds.), “The learning of the Jews”: What Latter-day Saints can learn from Jewish religious experience (pp. 115-141). Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books.

Willoughby, B. J., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2021). Diverse trajectories at the intersection of religion and sex during emerging adulthood. In E. M. Morgan & M.

H. M. van Dulmen & (Eds.), Sexuality in emerging adulthood (pp. 350-372). Oxford University Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190057008.003.0021

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

Hatch, T. G., & Marks, L. D. (2020/2021). Family. In A. Possamai & A. Blasi (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of sociology of religion. SAGE.

Busby, D. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2020). The strengths and challenges of contemporary marriages of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU Studies Quarterly, 59, 129-156.

Marks, L. D., Moore, T. J., Skipper, A., & Rose, A. (2020). Religion and black families. In A. James (ed.), Black families: A systems approach (pp. 34-43). San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., Banford Witting, A., LeBaron, A. B., Young, K. P., & Chelladurai, J. M. (2020). How relationship-enhancing transcendent religious experiences during adversity can encourage relational meaning, depth, healing, and action. Religions, 11, 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11100519

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

Marks, L. D., Moore, T. J., Skipper, A., & Rose, A. (2020). Religion and black families. In A. James (ed.), Black families: A systems approach (pp. 34-43). San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic.

Chelladurai, J. M., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2020). Text-map analysis: An introduction to the method and an examination of relationship self-regulation and religion. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 9, 45–58. https://doi-org.erl.lib.byu.edu/10.1037/cfp000013

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (Eds.). (2020). Strengths in diverse families of faith: Exploring religious differences. Routledge.

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

LeBaron, A. B., Marks, L. D., Rosa, C. M., & Hill, E. J. (2020). Can we talk about money? Financial socialization through parent-child financial discussion. Emerging Adulthood, 8, 453-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696820902673

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., Hatch, T. G., Goodman, M. A., Phillips, T. M., & Kelley, H. H. (2020). The real Book of Mormon musical: Latter-day Saint Family Home Evening as a weekly ritual. Marriage & Family Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2020.1726852

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.

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.

Hatch, T. G., & Marks, L. D. (2019). Judaism. In J. J. Ponzetti, Jr., M. Blankemeyer, S. Horan, H. Lyons, & A. Shigeto (Eds.), Macmillan encyclopedia of intimate and family relationships: An interdisciplinary approach (pp. 497-499). Macmillan.

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2019). Positive youth religious and spiritual development: What we have learned from religious families. Religions, 10, 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10100548

Pippert, H. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2019). Sacrifice and self-care as relational processes in religious families: The connections and tensions. Family Relations, 68, 534-548. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12388

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Wurm, G. J. (2019). Generative devotion: A theory of sacred relational care in families of faith. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 11, 429-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12339

Dollahite, D., Marks, L. D., & Barrow, B. H. (2019). Exploring relational reconciliation processes in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim families. Family Relations, 68, 517-533. https://doi.org/10.111/fare.12371

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Young, K. P. (2019). Struggles experienced by religious minority families in the United States: Strangers in their own land. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11, 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000214

Alghafli, Z., Hatch, T. G., Rose, A. H., Abo-Zena, M. M., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite,
D. C. (2019). A qualitative study of Ramadan: A month of fasting, family, and faith. Religions, 10, 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10020123 [Simultaneously published In R. J. Petts (Ed.), Religion and family life (pp. 221- 235). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI.]

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., Babcock, K. P., Barrow, B. H., & Rose, A. H. (2019). Beyond religious rigidities: Religious firmness and religious flexibility as complementary loyalties in faith transmission. Religions, 10, 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10020111 [Simultaneously published In R. J. Petts (Ed.), Religion and family life (pp. 2-19). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI.]

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Young, K. P. (2019). Relational struggles and experiential immediacy in religious American families. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11, 9-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000135

Skipper, A. D., Moore, T. J., & Marks, L. D. (2018/2019). “The prayers of others
helped”: Intercessory prayer as a source of coping and resilience in Christian African American families. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 4, 373–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2018.1500970

Chelladurai, J. M., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). “The family that prays together”: Relational processes associated with family prayer. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 849-859. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000432

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Exploring strengths in American families of faith. Marriage & Family Review, 54, 617-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469569

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 & Family Review, 54, 749-761. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469577

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 & Family Review, 54, 706-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1478922

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 & Family Review, 54, 693-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469574

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 & Family Review, 54, 719-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469575

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 & Family Review, 54, 662-676. 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 & Family Review, 54, 733-748. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469576

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 & Family Review, 54, 648-661.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469571

White, T., Chelladurai, J. M., Monroe, P. A., Garand, J. C., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Kept together by faith: Confession and forgiveness among American Catholic and Orthodox Christian families. Marriage & Family Review, 54, 677-692. 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 & Family Review, 54, 635-647. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469570

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Surmounting the empathy wall: Deep respect and holy envy in qualitative scholarship. Marriage & Family Review, 54, 762- 773. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2018.1469578

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Dalton, H. (2018). Why religion helps and harms: Duality and divergence at the nexus of faith and family life. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 10, 219-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12242

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., Kear, T. M., Lewis, B. M., & Stokes, M. L. (2018). Beyond the bucket list: Identity-centered religious calling, being, and action among parents. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10, 44-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000130

Dalton, H., Dollahite, D., & Marks, L. D. (2018). Transcendence matters: Do the ways family members experience God meaningfully relate to family life? Review of Religious Research, 60, 23-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-017-0317-2

Marks, L. D., Hatch, T. G., & Dollahite, D. C. (2018). Sacred practices and family processes in a Jewish context: Shabbat as the weekly family ritual par excellence. Family Process, 57, 448-461. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12286

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.

Skipper, A., Marks, L. D., & Chaney, C. (2017). “Iron sharpens iron”: Views of the church congregation from the unheard voices of religious African-American men. Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men, 6, 77-98.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Kelley, H. H. (2017). Mormon scholars and Mormon families in family studies: A brief retrospective. Mormon Studies Review, 4, 16-40. https://doi.org/10.18809/mimsr.21568030

Hatch, T. G., Alghafli, Z., Marks, L. D., Rose, A. H., Rose, J. R., & Lambert, N. M. (2017). Prayer in Muslim families: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work, 36, 73-95.

Marks, L. D. (2016). Transmitting religion: A look at Vern L. Bengtson’s Families and Faith: How Religion Is Passed Down across Generations. BYU Studies Quarterly, 55, 160-171. [Review Essay/Article-length Book Review].

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.

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.

Hatch, T., & Marks, L. (2014). Judaism and Orthodox Judaism. In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, & J. G. Golson (Eds.), The social history of the American family (pp. 781-784). Sage.

Alghafli, Z., Hatch, T., & Marks, L. (2014). Religion and relationships in Muslim families: A qualitative examination of devout married Muslim couples. Religions, 5, 814-833.

Hatch, T., & Marks, L. (2014). Passover. In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, & J. G. Golson (Eds.), The social history of the American family (pp. 1019-1021). Sage.

Alghafli, Z., Hatch, T., & Marks, L. (2014). Sharia law. In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, & J. G. Golson (Eds.), The social history of the American family (pp. 1175-1177). Sage.

Hatch, T., & Marks, L. (2014). Bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs. In L. Ganong, M. Coleman, & J. G. Golson (Eds.), The social history of the American family (pp. 104-105). Sage.

Goodman, M., Dollahite, D., Marks, L., & Layton, E. (2013). Religious faith and transformational processes in marriage. Family Relations, 62, 808-823.

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., 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.

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

Lu, Y., Marks, L. D., & Apavaloiae, L. (2012). Chinese immigrant families and Christian faith community: A qualitative study. Family and Consumer Science Research Journal, 41, 118-130.

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Barker, K. (2012). “Don’t forget home”: The importance of sacred ritual in families. In J. Hoffman (Ed.), Understanding religious rituals (pp. 186-203). New York: Routledge.

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

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2012). Mormon American families. In R. Wright, C. H. Mindel, R. W. Habenstein, & T. Van Tran (Eds.) Ethnic families in America: Patterns and Variations, 5^th Ed. (pp. 461-486). Upper Saddle Hall, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Burr, W. R., Marks, L. D., & Day, R. (2012). Sacred matters: Religion and spirituality in families. New York: Routledge. [Book Manuscript]

Layton, E., Hardy, S. A., & Dollahite, D. C. (2012). Religious exploration among highly religious American adolescents. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 12, 157–184. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2012.668728

Layton, E., Dollahite, D. C., & Hardy, S. A. (2011). Anchors of religious commitment in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 26, 381-413. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558410391260

Brown, T., Lu, Y., Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2011). Meaning making across three dimensions of religious experience: A qualitative exploration. Counselling and Spirituality, 30, 11-36.

Laird, R., Marks, L. D., & Marrero, M. (2011). Religiosity, self-control, and antisocial behavior: Religiosity as a promotive and protective factor. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 78-85.

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2011). Mining the meanings from psychology of religion’s correlation mountain. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 3, 181-193.

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Freeman, J. J. (2011). Faith and prayer in family life. In A. J. Hawkins, D. C. Dollahite, & T. W. Draper (Eds.), Successful marriages and family life (pp. 185–195). BYU Studies.

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.

Lambert, N. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2010). Development of the Faith Activities in the Home Scale (FAITHS). Journal of Family Issues, 31 (11), 1442-1464. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X10363798

Marks, L., Dollahite, D. C., & Baumgartner, J. (2010). “In God we trust”: Perspectives on finances, family relationships, and faith. Family Relations, 59, 439-452.

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.

Dollahite, D. C., Layton, E., Bahr, H. M., Walker, A. B., & Thatcher, J. Y. (2009). Giving up something good for something better: Sacred sacrifices made by religious youth. Journal of Adolescent Research, 24, 691-725. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558409343463

Laird, R. D., Marrero, M. D., & Marks, L. D. (2009). Adolescent religiosity as a protective factor for delinquency: Review of evidence and a conceptual framework for future research. In O. Sahin & J. Maier (Eds.), Delinquency: Causes, reduction, and prevention (pp. 157-176). Hauppage, NY: Nova Science.

Marks, L. D., Dollahite, D. C., & Dew, J. (2009). Enhancing cultural competence in financial counseling and planning: Understanding why families make religious contributions. Financial Counseling and Planning, 20, 14-26.

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2009). A conceptual model of processes in a diverse, national sample of highly religious families. Review of Religious Research, 50, 373-391.

Chaney, C., Marks, L. D., Sasser, D. D., & Hopkins, K. (2008). “Train up a child in the way…”: A qualitative study of how the Black church influences parents. International Journal of Religion and Society, 1, (2-3). [Published simultaneously In J. K. Quinn & I. G. Zambini (Eds.), Family Relations: 21^st century issues and challenges (pp. 151-167). Hauppage, NY: Nova Science.]

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.

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

Dollahite, D. C., & Thatcher, J. Y. (2008). Talking about religion: How religious youth and parents discuss their faith. Journal of Adolescent Research, 23, 611-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558408322141

Batson, M., & Marks, L. D. (2008). Making the connection between prayer, faith, and forgiveness in Roman Catholic families. The Qualitative Report, 13, 394-415.

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

Chaney, C., Marks, L. D., Sasser, D. D., & Hopkins, K. (2008). “Train up a child in the way…”: A qualitative study of how the Black church influences parents. International Journal of Religion and Society, 1, (2-3). [Published simultaneously In J. K. Quinn & I. G. Zambini (Eds.), Family Relations: 21^st century issues and challenges (pp. 151-167). Hauppage, NY: Nova Science.]

Marks, L. D., & Beal, B. (2008). Preserving peculiarity as a people: Mormon distinctness in values and internal structure. In C. K. Jacobson, J. P. Hoffmann, and T. B. Heaton (Eds.), Revisiting “The Mormons”: Persistent themes and contemporary perspectives (pp. 258-285). Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah.

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. & Thatcher, J. Y. (2007). How family religious involvement benefits adults, youth, and children and strengthens families. Chapter in Lynn D. Wardle & Camille S. Williams (Eds.) Family law: Balancing interests and pursuing priorities (pp. 427-436). Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co.

Marks, L. D., & Palkovitz, R. (2007). Fathers as spiritual guides. In S. E. Brotherson & J. M. White (Eds.), Why fathers count (pp. 209-223). Harriman, TN: Men’s Studies Press.

Marks, L. D., & Dollahite, D. C. (2007). Fathering and religious contexts: Why religion makes a difference to fathers and their children. In S. E. Brotherson & J. M. White (Eds.), Why fathers count (pp. 335-351). Harriman, TN: Men’s Studies Press.

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

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

Marks, L. D. (2006). Religion and family relational health: An overview and conceptual model. Journal of Religion and Health, 45, 603-618.

Marks, L. D., & Chaney, C. (2006). Faith communities and African American families: A qualitative look at why the black church matters. In S. D. Ambrose (Ed.), Religion and psychology: New research (pp. 277-294). New York: Nova Science.

Marks, L. D. (2006). Mental health, religious belief, and “the terrifying question.” Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 133-139.

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

Boyatzis, C., Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2006). The family as a context for religious and spiritual development in children and youth. In E. C. Roehlkepartain, P. E. King, L. Wagener, & P. L. Benson (Eds.), The handbook of spiritual development in childhood and adolescence (pp. 297-309). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Dollahite, D. C., & Marks, L. D. (2006). Family and community nurturing spirituality in Latter-day Saint children and youth. In K. Yust, A. N. Johnson,

S. E. Sasso, & E. C. Roehlkepartain (Eds.), Nurturing childhood and adolescent spirituality: Perspectives from the world’s religious traditions (pp. 394-408). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

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

Marks, L. D. (2005). Religion and bio-psycho-social health: A review and conceptual model. Journal of Religion and Health, 44, 173-186.

Marks, L. D., Nesteruk, O., Swanson, M., Garrison, M. E. B., & Davis, T. (2005). Religion and health among African Americans. Research on Aging, 27, 447-474.

Marks, L. D. (2004). Sacred practices in highly religious families: Christian, Jewish, Mormon, and Muslim perspectives. Family Process, 43, 217-231.

Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Goodman, M. (2004). Religiosity and families: Relational and spiritual linkages in a diverse and dynamic cultural context. In M. J. Coleman & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The handbook of contemporary families (pp. 411-431). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.