Family
"The Family is the Center of Life and it is the Key to Eternal Happiness"
- L. Tom Perry
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Wheatley Report on Sexual Experience Catches Media Attention
Multiple Media Outlets Feature the Wheatley Institute's New Report
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Porn Gap: Difference in Men and Women Pornography Patterns
Originally published in the Institute for Family Studies Blog Key Findings.
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Mismatches in the Marriage Market
I work with Dan Lichter and Jeff Swigert. We have been examining the degree to which there is a structural mismatch in the marriage market. We have data on about 4% of Americans where we match single women in the survey to married women that otherwise have similar characteristics. We use the characteristics of the husbands of those matches to determine the likely characteristics of each single woman’s husband if she were married, which we call her “synthetic husband.” These synthetic husbands answer important questions about why there is such an imbalance in the marriage market and what the imbalance looks like.
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The Myth of Sexual Experience
Why Sexually Inexperienced Dating Couples Actually Go On to Have Stronger Marriages
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Wheatley Researchers & Authors Seek to Help Struggling Teenage Girls
Deseret News Shares Perspective Piece on the Dangers of Social Media for Young Girls
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"The Date Night Opportunity" Report Featured by Multiple Publications
KHBC, Yahoo! Finance, Deseret News cover Wheatley's February 2023 report.
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Institue of Family Studies Encourages "Date Your Spouse"
Alysse ElHage shares Wheatley "Date Night Opportunity" research with IFS Audience
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Wheatley Fellow Expounds on the Relationship Between Pornography Use and the Relationship Stability
Brian J. Willoughby, a BYU Professor and Wheatley Fellow, shares research with the Institute of Family Studies.
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Report: The Date Night Opportunity
What Does Couple Time Tell Us About the Potential Value of Date Nights?
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Wheatley Research Used in Argument for Age Restrictions for Social Media
'Teens and Tech' report cited in Deseret News
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Brad Wilcox and Riley Peterson Share 'Teens and Tech' Research in New Article
The pair argues that big tech should be treated like big tobacco in Deseret News article
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Research from ¨The Porn Gap¨ Report Cited in Deseret News Article
The November 2021 report persuades parents to protect their children from pornography
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Wheatley Research included in Deseret News Family Research Roundup for 2022
Research on technology usage is featured in the Deseret News list of important lessons learned about family life last year
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'Homeward Bound' Report Featured in Deseret News
Wheatley Institute report on childcare preferences used by Deseret News contributor
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Washington Examiner Features Wheatley Institute Research
Conn Carrol cites Wheatley Institute's teens and cellphone usage research in a recent article.
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Jenet Jacob Erickson and Brad Wilcox Share Wheatley Research with Mercatornet
Two authors from the "Teens and Tech" Report share their findings on media use and family structure.
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Richard Reeves Discusses Problems Facing Boys and Men
Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution discusses new book
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Deseret News Reports on Wheatley Institute Findings
Research from "Teens and Tech" report is featured in Deseret News
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