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- Title
Shared Religious Beliefs, Prayer, and Forgiveness as Predictors of Marital Satisfaction.
- Authors
Olson, Jonathan R.; Marshall, James P.; Goddard, H. Wallace; Schramm, David G.
- Abstract
Results of numerous studies have demonstrated a positive relation between religiosity and marital well-being. In this study, the authors examined direct effects on marital satisfaction of religious homogamy, prayer for spousal well-being, and forgiveness. They also examined the degree to which religiosity buffered against risks to marital well-being. The results indicated significant positive linear relations between each indicator of religiosity and marital satisfaction. Furthermore, religiosity moderated, or buffered against, the negative effects of risk factors; specifically, religious homogamy buffered against previous divorce; prayer buffered against having a high-stress marriage; and spousal forgiveness buffered against cohabitation before marriage, previous divorce, and stressful marriage.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of belief &; doubt; MARITAL satisfaction; PRAYER; FORGIVENESS in religion; RELIGIOUSNESS; SPIRITUAL well-being; HOMOGAMY; MARRIED people -- Religious life; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Family Relations, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fare.12129