Scott S Hall
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3740417 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Scott S Hall |
| PRENOMES | Scott S |
| SOBRENOME | Hall |
| ASSINATURA | HALL S S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ball State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1572-7144 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 96 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Foundations and Paradigms
Research on links between moral perspective or judgment and perspectives on marriage is sparse and narrow. Moral Foundations Theory offers an expanded perspective on morality by proposing several moral intuitions that serve as a basis for moral judgments. A Midwestern, U.S. sample of 500 emerging adults (ages 18–30) completed an online survey about morality and marriage. Regression analyses found that the sanctity foundation was the most relevant…
Life Course Trajectories Among Plurisexual Emerging Adult Women
Taking a Test Drive
The compassionate type? Personality, self‐compassion, and postdivorce adjustment among Iranian women
Interrelated psychological predictors of mate preferences among Iranian male and female emerging adults
Various psychological predictors of mate preference have been identified in prior research that when accounted for simultaneously could reveal the unique contributions of each. This study aimed to explore the extent to which perceived attractiveness, personality characteristics, and attachment styles are associated with young Iranian adults' mate preferences, attending to group differences based on biological sex. A total of 644 Iranian young adu…
Keeping Things Positive
Higher physical activity is generally associated with more favorable psychological functioning. However, the role of positive and negative affect in such associations is unclear. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study explored whether affect mediated the relationship of physical activity with psychological well-being (PWB) and psychological dysfunctioning (PD). Young Iranian adults (N = 200) completed self-rating questionnaires covering physical…
Complex marital paradigms
Marital paradigm theory (MPT) asserts that societal and cultural norms and values contribute to marital beliefs. The current research examines a tenet of MPT that marital salience – a belief about the importance of getting married – and marital centrality – a belief about the importance or weight assigned to the spousal role once married – are related but distinct concepts such that individuals can diverge in their endorsement of each (for exampl…
Do personality and attachment predict marital beliefs? Investigating young adults in Iran
Marital Paradigm Theory explicitly attributes differences in marital beliefs to relationship-oriented life experiences and socialization through cultural norms. However, some existing research has shown the potential for individual characteristics, such as personality traits and attachment styles, to associate with certain elements of relationships and marriage. The current study explored potential links among personality traits, attachments styl…
Not Just About Sex
Give yourself a break
Research suggests that multiple psychological factors are associated with divorce adjustment (DA). However, the mechanisms by which these factors affect DA lack clarity. Accordingly, this study examined associations between attachment styles and divorce adjustment with self-compassion as a potential mediator. Cultural context of DA is considered. A total of 304 Iranian divorced women completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering level…
Dislocated College Students and the Pandemic
OBJECTIVE: This research examines college students' experiences of dislocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. BACKGROUND: Due to governmental stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, families with "dislocated" (compelled to return home) college students would likely encounter unique stressors while also being limited in their normal ways of coping. METHODS: Using an online survey, the current study sought to discover how diverse individual charact…
I Hate It Here”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and college campus closure in early 2020, students returned to live at home in unprecedented circumstances. A sample of 336 college students reported about their experiences living at home and the extent to which they perceived their mental health declining during the stay-at-home order (quarantine). Multiple regression analysis indicated that being a freshman (compared to a senior), having more negative interaction w…
The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction
The proposed double ABCM model of marital satisfaction draws from the double ABCX theory of family behavior framework to incorporate pre‐marital factors associated with getting married that carry‐over into the marriage itself; it also integrates marital demands, circumstances, and perceptions that ultimately contribute to marital satisfaction. Bodies of literature related to marriage intentions, marital beliefs, newlywed adjustment, and marital m…
Emotionally Stable, Extraverted, Conscientious, and Unambivalent
The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which the combination of the Big Five personality traits and adult attachment styles are associated with a broad array of divorce adjustment (DA) indicators. A total of 200 Iranian divorced women took part in the study. Participants completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering socio-demographic, the Big Five, adult attachment styles, and indicators of DA. The results showed th…
Marital Attitudes and Implicit Associations Tests (IAT) among Young Adults
Attitudes toward marriage have primarily been explored on the direct or explicit level through self-report measures, neglecting the potential influence of implicit attitudes. Using computer-based experimentation, the current investigation focused on employing Implicit Association Test (IAT) procedures, an approach common in some psychological sciences, but yet to be prominent in published marriage and family research. The IAT measures implicit at…
Young Adults’ Relationship Beliefs and Sexual Behavior
Not Just Me Anymore.' A Qualitative Study of Transitioning to Marriage after Cohabitation
Premarital cohabitation could influence the transition to marriage by cultivating the belief that getting married will have little effect on a relationship that has already taken root through cohabitation. Yet uncertainty about a relationship could influence cohabiting couples to hold back some investment in their relationship until marriage. This qualitative study of 36 individuals (18 newlywed couples) investigated the transition from cohabitat…
Relative work and family role centralities
How might anticipated role priorities (centrality) influence changes in beliefs about marriage and family that can influence to the transition to adulthood? The current longitudinal study of 149 young adults investigated changes in the relative role centralities of anticipated adult roles and the predictability of the centralities of changes in marriage and family beliefs. Using parallel procedures from Hall and Willoughby (2016 Hall, S. S., & Wi…
I have,” “I would,” “I won’t”
Perceived relationship power in emerging adults’ romantic relationships
Power is an important element in dating relationships. Using the power within relationships theory and equity theory this research examined perceived relationship power in a sample of 1098 undergraduates at two universities. Three power profiles were identified based on whether the respondents reported having less power (10.8%), equal power (69.8%), or more power (19.4%) in their current relationship. Having equal or more power generally had posi…
A National Survey of the Perceived Value of American Association of Family and Consumer Science Accreditation
The purpose of this study was to measure the perceived value of the American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS) accreditation. The overarching research question was how faculty and administrators at institutions in the United States perceived the value of AAFCS accreditation. The study used an exploratory research method to determine whether there were barriers to institutions obtaining or retaining AAFCS accreditation. A survey w…
Exploring Family-Oriented Markers of Adulthood
Previous studies have demonstrated a propensity for many emerging adults to minimize traditional indicators of adulthood, such as marriage and parenting. Beliefs about marriage and family are often ideological, especially within a contemporary, pluralistic society in which marriage and family have undergone significant transformations. The purpose of the current study was to investigate variation in how family-oriented roles and abilities were pe…
Working Models of Marriage
Working models of marriage (WMM) is a unique application of attachment theory because it applies to beliefs about being a spouse and about another's ability to be one's spouse. It varies from generic working models of the self and other by its reflection of one's assumptions about marriage as a unique relationship form. Unmarried, young adults (n = 1,490) completed a survey that focused on family-of-origin, attachment, marital beliefs, and marita…
Marital Paradigms
This article outlines a conceptual framework for summarizing the marital beliefs and values of individuals regardless of marital status. Drawing on concepts from symbolic interactionism and recent midrange theories of marital attitudes, we propose that marital beliefs can be conceptualized as an individual marital paradigm, which comprises both beliefs about getting married and beliefs about being married. Six interconnected dimensions of marital…
Enthusiasts, Delayers, and the Ambiguous Middle
Utilizing a sample of 571 college students, we examined the varying marital paradigms held by emerging adults. Drawing on Marital Paradigm Theory, we explored how beliefs about Marital Salience, timing, process, context, permanence, and centrality created unique paradigms about marriage. We found evidence that emerging adults can be separated into at least three marital paradigms, labeled Enthusiast, Delayer, and Hesitant. We found that most emer…
Marital Paradigms
This article outlines a conceptual framework for summarizing the marital beliefs and values of individuals regardless of marital status. Drawing on concepts from symbolic interactionism and recent midrange theories of marital attitudes, we propose that marital beliefs can be conceptualized as an individual marital paradigm, which comprises both beliefs about getting married and beliefs about being married. Six interconnected dimensions of marital…
Marital Meaning
The purpose of the study is to examine the meaning that the institution of marriage can hold for young, unmarried adults, based on their systems (or collections) of beliefs about marriage. Based on symbolic interactionism, it is argued that marital meaning has implications for how people behave prior to and during marriage that may relate to marital functioning. A qualitative content analysis of scholarly literature reveals that marital meaning i…
Newlyweds’ Unexpected Adjustments to Marriage
The purpose of this study was to investigate the unexpected adjustments to marriage of contemporary couples. Twenty-one couples were interviewed. The criteria were as follows: all of the couples were childless, in their first marriage, and the couples had been married less than a year. Qualitative analysis based on a phenomenological approach was used in the investigation. Six themes emerged regarding unexpected adjustments. The themes were as fo…
Not Just About Sex
Perceived relationship power in emerging adults’ romantic relationships
Power is an important element in dating relationships. Using the power within relationships theory and equity theory this research examined perceived relationship power in a sample of 1098 undergraduates at two universities. Three power profiles were identified based on whether the respondents reported having less power (10.8%), equal power (69.8%), or more power (19.4%) in their current relationship. Having equal or more power generally had posi…
Do personality and attachment predict marital beliefs? Investigating young adults in Iran
Marital Paradigm Theory explicitly attributes differences in marital beliefs to relationship-oriented life experiences and socialization through cultural norms. However, some existing research has shown the potential for individual characteristics, such as personality traits and attachment styles, to associate with certain elements of relationships and marriage. The current study explored potential links among personality traits, attachments styl…
Implicit Theories of the Marital Institution
Building on existing theory and literature regarding implicit theories, I propose an application of implicit theories that focuses on assumptions about the potentially changeable nature of the institution of marriage. Implicit Theories of the Marital Institution (ITMI) distinguish beliefs about how fixed or malleable marriage is and can potentially be used in investigating how such beliefs are formed and interplay with other variables that influe…
Give yourself a break
Research suggests that multiple psychological factors are associated with divorce adjustment (DA). However, the mechanisms by which these factors affect DA lack clarity. Accordingly, this study examined associations between attachment styles and divorce adjustment with self-compassion as a potential mediator. Cultural context of DA is considered. A total of 304 Iranian divorced women completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering level…
Emotionally Stable, Extraverted, Conscientious, and Unambivalent
The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which the combination of the Big Five personality traits and adult attachment styles are associated with a broad array of divorce adjustment (DA) indicators. A total of 200 Iranian divorced women took part in the study. Participants completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering socio-demographic, the Big Five, adult attachment styles, and indicators of DA. The results showed th…
A Process for Assessing Standards‐Based Curriculum
Standards‐based curricula and assessment are common—and somewhat controversial—educational practices that aim to improve education through teacher and/or administrator accountability. The processes of developing and implementing standards‐based assessments require significant planning and effort. When part of the process is to use an existing test bank, the numbers and types of test items available in the test bank and whether they equally repres…
Complex marital paradigms
Marital paradigm theory (MPT) asserts that societal and cultural norms and values contribute to marital beliefs. The current research examines a tenet of MPT that marital salience – a belief about the importance of getting married – and marital centrality – a belief about the importance or weight assigned to the spousal role once married – are related but distinct concepts such that individuals can diverge in their endorsement of each (for exampl…
The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction
The proposed double ABCM model of marital satisfaction draws from the double ABCX theory of family behavior framework to incorporate pre‐marital factors associated with getting married that carry‐over into the marriage itself; it also integrates marital demands, circumstances, and perceptions that ultimately contribute to marital satisfaction. Bodies of literature related to marriage intentions, marital beliefs, newlywed adjustment, and marital m…
Marital Attitudes and Implicit Associations Tests (IAT) among Young Adults
Attitudes toward marriage have primarily been explored on the direct or explicit level through self-report measures, neglecting the potential influence of implicit attitudes. Using computer-based experimentation, the current investigation focused on employing Implicit Association Test (IAT) procedures, an approach common in some psychological sciences, but yet to be prominent in published marriage and family research. The IAT measures implicit at…
Not Just Me Anymore.' A Qualitative Study of Transitioning to Marriage after Cohabitation
Premarital cohabitation could influence the transition to marriage by cultivating the belief that getting married will have little effect on a relationship that has already taken root through cohabitation. Yet uncertainty about a relationship could influence cohabiting couples to hold back some investment in their relationship until marriage. This qualitative study of 36 individuals (18 newlywed couples) investigated the transition from cohabitat…
Cognitive Coping Strategies of Newlyweds Adjusting to Marriage
The current study focused on the cognitive strategies newlyweds used to cope with distress due to adjustments during the transition to marriage. Forty-two recently married husbands and wives (21 couples) were interviewed, and a qualitative thematic analysis was used in the investigation. Several themes emerged regarding the types of cognitive coping strategies that have potential to add nuanced understanding of some formerly identified cognitive …
Marital Meaning
The purpose of the study is to examine the meaning that the institution of marriage can hold for young, unmarried adults, based on their systems (or collections) of beliefs about marriage. Based on symbolic interactionism, it is argued that marital meaning has implications for how people behave prior to and during marriage that may relate to marital functioning. A qualitative content analysis of scholarly literature reveals that marital meaning i…
A Process for Assessing Standards‐Based Curriculum
Standards‐based curricula and assessment are common—and somewhat controversial—educational practices that aim to improve education through teacher and/or administrator accountability. The processes of developing and implementing standards‐based assessments require significant planning and effort. When part of the process is to use an existing test bank, the numbers and types of test items available in the test bank and whether they equally repres…
Cognitive Coping Strategies of Newlyweds Adjusting to Marriage
The current study focused on the cognitive strategies newlyweds used to cope with distress due to adjustments during the transition to marriage. Forty-two recently married husbands and wives (21 couples) were interviewed, and a qualitative thematic analysis was used in the investigation. Several themes emerged regarding the types of cognitive coping strategies that have potential to add nuanced understanding of some formerly identified cognitive …
Newlyweds’ Unexpected Adjustments to Marriage
The purpose of this study was to investigate the unexpected adjustments to marriage of contemporary couples. Twenty-one couples were interviewed. The criteria were as follows: all of the couples were childless, in their first marriage, and the couples had been married less than a year. Qualitative analysis based on a phenomenological approach was used in the investigation. Six themes emerged regarding unexpected adjustments. The themes were as fo…
Implicit Theories of the Marital Institution
Building on existing theory and literature regarding implicit theories, I propose an application of implicit theories that focuses on assumptions about the potentially changeable nature of the institution of marriage. Implicit Theories of the Marital Institution (ITMI) distinguish beliefs about how fixed or malleable marriage is and can potentially be used in investigating how such beliefs are formed and interplay with other variables that influe…
Enthusiasts, Delayers, and the Ambiguous Middle
Utilizing a sample of 571 college students, we examined the varying marital paradigms held by emerging adults. Drawing on Marital Paradigm Theory, we explored how beliefs about Marital Salience, timing, process, context, permanence, and centrality created unique paradigms about marriage. We found evidence that emerging adults can be separated into at least three marital paradigms, labeled Enthusiast, Delayer, and Hesitant. We found that most emer…
Exploring Family-Oriented Markers of Adulthood
Previous studies have demonstrated a propensity for many emerging adults to minimize traditional indicators of adulthood, such as marriage and parenting. Beliefs about marriage and family are often ideological, especially within a contemporary, pluralistic society in which marriage and family have undergone significant transformations. The purpose of the current study was to investigate variation in how family-oriented roles and abilities were pe…
Working Models of Marriage
Working models of marriage (WMM) is a unique application of attachment theory because it applies to beliefs about being a spouse and about another's ability to be one's spouse. It varies from generic working models of the self and other by its reflection of one's assumptions about marriage as a unique relationship form. Unmarried, young adults (n = 1,490) completed a survey that focused on family-of-origin, attachment, marital beliefs, and marita…
Marital Paradigms
This article outlines a conceptual framework for summarizing the marital beliefs and values of individuals regardless of marital status. Drawing on concepts from symbolic interactionism and recent midrange theories of marital attitudes, we propose that marital beliefs can be conceptualized as an individual marital paradigm, which comprises both beliefs about getting married and beliefs about being married. Six interconnected dimensions of marital…
A National Survey of the Perceived Value of American Association of Family and Consumer Science Accreditation
The purpose of this study was to measure the perceived value of the American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS) accreditation. The overarching research question was how faculty and administrators at institutions in the United States perceived the value of AAFCS accreditation. The study used an exploratory research method to determine whether there were barriers to institutions obtaining or retaining AAFCS accreditation. A survey w…
I have,” “I would,” “I won’t”
Perceived relationship power in emerging adults’ romantic relationships
Power is an important element in dating relationships. Using the power within relationships theory and equity theory this research examined perceived relationship power in a sample of 1098 undergraduates at two universities. Three power profiles were identified based on whether the respondents reported having less power (10.8%), equal power (69.8%), or more power (19.4%) in their current relationship. Having equal or more power generally had posi…
Relative work and family role centralities
How might anticipated role priorities (centrality) influence changes in beliefs about marriage and family that can influence to the transition to adulthood? The current longitudinal study of 149 young adults investigated changes in the relative role centralities of anticipated adult roles and the predictability of the centralities of changes in marriage and family beliefs. Using parallel procedures from Hall and Willoughby (2016 Hall, S. S., & Wi…
Young Adults’ Relationship Beliefs and Sexual Behavior
Not Just Me Anymore.' A Qualitative Study of Transitioning to Marriage after Cohabitation
Premarital cohabitation could influence the transition to marriage by cultivating the belief that getting married will have little effect on a relationship that has already taken root through cohabitation. Yet uncertainty about a relationship could influence cohabiting couples to hold back some investment in their relationship until marriage. This qualitative study of 36 individuals (18 newlywed couples) investigated the transition from cohabitat…
Dislocated College Students and the Pandemic
OBJECTIVE: This research examines college students' experiences of dislocation during the COVID-19 pandemic. BACKGROUND: Due to governmental stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, families with "dislocated" (compelled to return home) college students would likely encounter unique stressors while also being limited in their normal ways of coping. METHODS: Using an online survey, the current study sought to discover how diverse individual charact…
I Hate It Here”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and college campus closure in early 2020, students returned to live at home in unprecedented circumstances. A sample of 336 college students reported about their experiences living at home and the extent to which they perceived their mental health declining during the stay-at-home order (quarantine). Multiple regression analysis indicated that being a freshman (compared to a senior), having more negative interaction w…
The double ABCM model of marital satisfaction
The proposed double ABCM model of marital satisfaction draws from the double ABCX theory of family behavior framework to incorporate pre‐marital factors associated with getting married that carry‐over into the marriage itself; it also integrates marital demands, circumstances, and perceptions that ultimately contribute to marital satisfaction. Bodies of literature related to marriage intentions, marital beliefs, newlywed adjustment, and marital m…
Emotionally Stable, Extraverted, Conscientious, and Unambivalent
The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which the combination of the Big Five personality traits and adult attachment styles are associated with a broad array of divorce adjustment (DA) indicators. A total of 200 Iranian divorced women took part in the study. Participants completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering socio-demographic, the Big Five, adult attachment styles, and indicators of DA. The results showed th…
Marital Attitudes and Implicit Associations Tests (IAT) among Young Adults
Attitudes toward marriage have primarily been explored on the direct or explicit level through self-report measures, neglecting the potential influence of implicit attitudes. Using computer-based experimentation, the current investigation focused on employing Implicit Association Test (IAT) procedures, an approach common in some psychological sciences, but yet to be prominent in published marriage and family research. The IAT measures implicit at…
Not Just About Sex
Give yourself a break
Research suggests that multiple psychological factors are associated with divorce adjustment (DA). However, the mechanisms by which these factors affect DA lack clarity. Accordingly, this study examined associations between attachment styles and divorce adjustment with self-compassion as a potential mediator. Cultural context of DA is considered. A total of 304 Iranian divorced women completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering level…
The compassionate type? Personality, self‐compassion, and postdivorce adjustment among Iranian women
Interrelated psychological predictors of mate preferences among Iranian male and female emerging adults
Various psychological predictors of mate preference have been identified in prior research that when accounted for simultaneously could reveal the unique contributions of each. This study aimed to explore the extent to which perceived attractiveness, personality characteristics, and attachment styles are associated with young Iranian adults' mate preferences, attending to group differences based on biological sex. A total of 644 Iranian young adu…
Keeping Things Positive
Higher physical activity is generally associated with more favorable psychological functioning. However, the role of positive and negative affect in such associations is unclear. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study explored whether affect mediated the relationship of physical activity with psychological well-being (PWB) and psychological dysfunctioning (PD). Young Iranian adults (N = 200) completed self-rating questionnaires covering physical…
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