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Ogolsky, Brian G Hardesty, Jennifer L Maniotes, Christopher R. 2019-11-26T20:35:13Z 2019-11-26T20:35:13Z 2019-07-17 2019-08 The decision to marry is complex, often with seemingly innocuous events impacting a partner’s marriage eligibility. Engaging in rituals is one area where couples have the opportunity to see their partners in a new light as well as assess commitment. Although rituals have impactful roles in married couples, there is a dearth of research when it comes to ritual activity in dating couples. Data from a random sample of dating couples was used to explore how rituals act as facilitators or barriers to commitment to wed. Results showed that celebration and tradition rituals played a contextual role in magnifying the importance of three normative relationship features, that of family interactions, relationship awareness, and conflict management. Experiencing these relationship features during a ritual time highlighted the uncertainty inherent in determining marriage eligibility with a current partner and enhanced the information gathering process. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2019-11-26 without embargo terms The student, Christopher Maniotes, accepted the attached license on 2019-07-16 at 17:31. The student, Christopher Maniotes, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-07-16 at 18:25. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-07-17 at 08:33. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14347 on 2019-11-26 at 12:53:52 Made available in DSpace on 2019-11-26T20:35:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 MANIOTES-THESIS-2019.pdf: 281331 bytes, checksum: 326418a29875d07631955cd5bccda1b8 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4217 bytes, checksum: 59a7ce2447da09ab2ed203a1b2c767f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019-07-17 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105705 en Copyright 2019 Christopher Maniotes commitment dating marriage rituals uncertainty information gathering Destination marriage? The diagnostic role of rituals in dating relationships text text Human Dvlpmt & Family Studies Human Dvlpmt & Family Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.