Role of Friendship, Trust, and Love in Strong Latino Marriages

ABSTRACT

This qualitative study focuses on the role that friendship, trust, and love play in the marriages of 25 Latino couples (50 individuals) who, through a semistructured interview, reported having strong marriages. Latino couples were interviewed using questions developed within the context of Latino culture. A model of how friendship, trust, and love contribute to strong marriages is proposed. Suggestions of how these findings can be used in marriage education are provided.

KEYWORDS:

• Friendship
• Latino Courtship
• Latino friendship
• Latino love
• Latino marriage
• Latino trust
• love
• marriage
• strong Latino marriage
• trust

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Notes on contributors

V. William Harris

V. William Harris, PhD, is a graduate and undergraduate instructor and the online coordinator for the Family Life Studies Bachelor's Degree in the Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development at Utah State University.

Linda Skogrand

Linda Skogrand, PhD, is a Cooperative Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development at Utah State University.

Daniel Hatch

Daniel Hatch is a doctoral student in the Psychology Department at Utah State University.