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30 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,158 Marriage and Family Dynamics papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The K-Prototypes algorithm proved to be highly effective for handling mixed data types, combining Euclidean distance for four numerical variables (plaintiff age, defendant age, number of children, and marriage duration) with Simple Matching distance for six categorical variables (case type, plaintiff and defendant occupations, plaintiff and defendant education levels, and divorce factor).

    Divorce Pattern Clustering Using The K-Prototype · 2026 · DOI

  • The study emphasises that the intervention should be started by spouses themselves, by mutually agreed-upon norms and boundaries governing phone use within their relationship, including timing of use, and transparency, appropriate arrangement of face-to-face communication. These practices can assist in mitigating suspicion and trust. Community-based awareness reinforcing programs led by local government, community leaders, counsellors, and civil society organisations should target married couples by promoting healthy marital relationships and providing counselling services. These programs can address drivers of marital conflicts related to digital behaviour, including trust issues, reduced emotional intimacy, poor communication, and weak conflict-resolution skills, through workshops, couple counselling sessions, and community education campaigns. Moreover, policymakers and relevant institutions, such as the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority and the social welfare department, should the create public awareness campaigns on advantages digital communication within marriage, fostering more informed and balanced usage patterns. disadvantages and of REFERENCES Benti, D. M., & Tena, T. (2018). The Relationship between Technology Usage and Marital Conflicts among Young Spouses in Jimma Town. International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding: Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages: 172-181.

    The Use and Impact of Phones in Marriage Disputes: A Case of Spouses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • Marriage disputes are private and emotional matters. Some spouses may hesitate to share truthful information about phone-related conflicts, leading to incomplete or biased responses. Participants may fear that revealing phone-related behaviours such as infidelity suspicion could phone monitoring, worsen their marital relationships. Also, children may feel threatened for revealing their parents’ marital conflicts. This may reduce openness during interviews. Participants may provide socially acceptable answers instead of their real experiences to protect family image or personal reputation. METHODOLOGY This study investigated the use and impact of phones in marriage disputes among married couples in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with a specific focus on phone communication, social media interactions, privacy concerns, and how digital behaviours contribute to marital misunderstanding conflicts. The target population comprised married men and women residing in Temeke as selected district of Dar es Salaam, family stakeholders such as in-laws and children who had direct experience of marital disputes associated with phone use. In addition, two social welfare officials from Temeke district social welfare offices in Dar es Salaam were included as key informants because of their professional involvement in handling family and marital conflict cases. together with key experiences, perceptions, The study adopted a qualitative research approach using a case study design because the researcher intended to obtain detailed insights into participants' lived social interactions regarding the role of phones in marital disputes (Mkande, 2026; Ntumbo et al., 2025). A qualitative case study was considered appropriate since it allows an in-depth exploration of complex social phenomena within their real-life context (Naeem et al., 2024).

    The Use and Impact of Phones in Marriage Disputes: A Case of Spouses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • I demonstrate that state- and federal-level efforts at curbing child marriage have failed largely due to the lack of consensus amongst the religious and political elite, as well as members of the Muslim community, on what the purpose of marriage is, who – and whose interests – it is meant to protect, and what measures should be implemented to prevent its abuse.

    Between Intention and Implementation · 2022 · DOI

  • While the literature on child marriage in Turkey is rich, little is known about the underlying factors leading 16-year-old girls to request legal child marriage.

    Associated factors of legal child marriage in Turkey: pregnancy and below-average intelligence · 2021 · DOI

  • Referring to court decisions; it is evident that control of the guardianship on the child is limited by the best interests of the child, because this interests is what we are sure to understand from the reason of custody of the child and that this system is designed only to secure child’s best interests since he/she might be incapable to secure his/her interests alone.

    The Principle of Protecting the Best Interests of the Child in Shia Jurisprudence and Iran’s Legal System with Emphasis on Custody (New Understanding of a Traditional Legal Concept) · 2019 · DOI

  • According to the survey, the participants not only declared that concerning the in house training seminars completed so far, the number/duration/content of the seminars were insufficient, but also mentioned that the newcomers do need start-up training about child custody, divorce, developments in their field and interview…

    Aile Mahkemelerinde görev yapan uzmanların hizmet içi eğitim ihtiyacı · 2013

  • The institution of marriage contract is relatively poorly covered by academic research in Lithuania (academic papers on legal science provide only patchy analysis of these contracts); case law in the resolution of arguments originating from such contracts is also limited and thus not completely established.

    Vedybų sutarčių teisinio reglamentavimo ypatumai (straipsnis anglų kalba) · 2011

  • The Province of all parts of SFR Yugoslavia went the last into the process of urbanization and industrialization, while as stated, the scope and tempo of those processes was insufficient for them to significantly influence the demographic complex change and social state in general.

    Fertility transition in works of Albanian authors from Kosovo and Metohia · 2001 · DOI

  • Arguing from the premise that the constituent parts of most contracts are four in number, namely two “considerations” and two contracting parties, he held that if a divine prohibition made either consideration unlawful in nature or either party incompetent to act, then one of the constituent parts of the contract was lacking and the whole vitiated in its very essence: it was therefore void (bāṬil) and of no legal effect, just as though no agreement had been reached between the parties.

    Invalid and Void Marriages in Hanafi Law · 1950 · DOI

  • Because the program has no legal basis explicitly stipulated in scriptural texts, its implementation needs to be examined from the perspective of maslahah mursalah.

    Pelaksanaan Program Calon Pengantin Menanam Berdampak di KUA Payakumbuh Selatan dalam Perspektif Maslahah Mursalah · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore comparative studies in other regions of Indonesia or internationally, further examining the integration of Islamic law with state law and the impact of legal reforms on the recognition of nikah siri.

    The Shadow of Legality: A Critical Analysis of Unregistered Marriages (Nikah siri) in Islamic Jurisprudence · 2026 · DOI

  • This study highlights the importance of reformulating Islamic family law policies that are more responsive to the protection of women and children and suggests further research on developing empirical indicators of the Maqashid Sharia Index within the implementation of family law in Indonesia.

    Perlindungan Perempuan dan Anak dalam Hukum Keluarga Islam Perspektif Maqashid Syariah Index · 2026 · DOI

  • Given that South Sulawesi is home to many tribes with diverse local cultures, future research could explore inheritance division practices among other indigenous groups in the region.

    Between Fiqh and Adat: Negotiating Inheritance Law among the Bugis Community of Wajo · 2026 · DOI

  • Legal pluralism has been explored in several Arab countries, but the Gulf remains understudied, especially concerning practices like strategic religious conversion and unregistered marriages.

    Navigating national and religious restrictions relating to marriage formation or dissolution and their effects in Qatar · 2025 · DOI

  • It illustrates how judges can think progressively and innovate the law through their decisions, but on the other hand they can't because they are too limited by the black letter of the law.

    Inheritance legal pluralism and gender justice: a court room study in Indonesia · 2024 · DOI

  • The results showed that most street vendors experienced difficulties managing finances due to limited knowledge, but marriage quality has been maintained over the years.

    Case Study : Financial Management and Marital Quality of Long-Distance Marriage Families · 2024 · DOI

  • Focusing on these relational processes is thought to encourage further studies on managing intercultural differences and similarities in intermarriage.

    Effects of Family and Social Group Reactions to Intermarriage Decisions in Turkey · 2023 · DOI

  • Premarital sex and forced marriage, rarely examined together, are often causally linked and provide strong motives for parents to resort to ndoa ya mkeka.

    Motives and Agency in Forced Marriage among the Urban Poor in Tanzania · 2019 · DOI

  • First, it describes the processes and practices of Somali marriages in Finland, in order to help fill the gap in the literature on Somali marriage practices.

    ‘They All Encouraged Me To Do It, But After All, The Decision is Mine’: <i>Marriage Practices among Diaspora Somalis in Finland</i> · 2018 · DOI

  • Classic work on Tswana marriage emphasises that it is a process of becoming, involving a series of rituals and prestations characterised by a long period of socially productive ambiguity in which the status of the union, the spouses, their children and their broader families remain uncertain.

    “Slow marriage,” “fast <i>bogadi</i> ”: change and continuity in marriage in Botswana · 2016 · DOI

  • Absent some discussion of these apparently contradictory statements, or an argument that they represent different time periods, locales, or texts, Levine leaves his reader with no standard to weigh or balance the broad assertions that characterize this book.

    Marital Relations in Ancient Judaism (review) · 2010 · DOI

  • Somewhat conflicting results were obtained with indicators of socioeconomic status, but the overall picture suggested that consanguineous households had greater access to consumer goods because of their larger number of co-resident persons.

    SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN THE MUSLIM POPULATION OF INDIA · 2000 · DOI

  • As the laws concerning nationality had not been established yet in early Meiji, rather than use categories which divide “nationality” of husband or wife, when analyzing intermarriage, divorce, illegitimacy and adoption patterns, it is advisable to use the following four categories in this period.

    Categorization of “Kokusai Kekkon” from a View Point of Historical Sociology · 1997 · DOI

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