Shared Mass Attendance, Sacred Views of Marriage, and Shared Spiritual Behaviors Predicting Relationship Satisfaction
Pathways between aspects of spirituality and relationship satisfaction were explored for a group of Catholic couples (N=200) who had experienced similar marriage preparation programs and were in their first five years of marriage. Vocational (sacred and God-given) views of marriage, regularity of sh...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Journal of psychology and christianity
Year: 2020, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 114-124 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Married couple
/ Catholic
/ Religious practice
/ Spirituality
/ Marriage
/ Contentment
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDB Roman Catholic Church NCF Sexual ethics |
| Summary: | Pathways between aspects of spirituality and relationship satisfaction were explored for a group of Catholic couples (N=200) who had experienced similar marriage preparation programs and were in their first five years of marriage. Vocational (sacred and God-given) views of marriage, regularity of shared spiritual discussions, and shared prayer predicted higher levels of relationship satisfaction. Moderated serial mediation models revealed that shared Mass attendance, even though not directly associated with relationship satisfaction, predicted deeper vocational views of marriage which predicted relationship satisfaction directly and indirectly via higher prevalence of shared spiritual discussions. In addition, following the Catholic teaching of the practice of natural family planning (NFP) moderated the link from regular church attendance to relationship satisfaction. Couples who embraced this teaching and practiced NFP benefited from more regular church attendance in terms of higher relationship satisfaction. Finally, length of marriage moderated the link between shared spiritual discussions and relationship satisfaction pointing to greater benefits of shared discussions for couples who have been married longer. Implications of the findings are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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