Childhood attachment to parents and frequency of prayer during the college years
This study examines the association between childhood attachment with parents and the frequency of prayer among people raised in Mormon families. Three types of attachment with fathers and mothers - secure, anxious, and avoidant - were measured on a Likert scale. Undergraduate students at a state un...
| Published in: | Mental health, religion & culture |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2013
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| In: |
Mental health, religion & culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Gender Difference
B Mormons B Attachment B Prayer |
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| Summary: | This study examines the association between childhood attachment with parents and the frequency of prayer among people raised in Mormon families. Three types of attachment with fathers and mothers - secure, anxious, and avoidant - were measured on a Likert scale. Undergraduate students at a state university in Utah completed questionnaires that included measurements of childhood attachment with parents and frequency of prayer. According to bivariate correlations, frequency of prayer was related to the nature of childhood attachment to parents; according to multiple regression analyses, the correlation between frequency of prayer and childhood attachment was largely, but not entirely, accounted for by other factors involving general frequency of religious activity; finally, these results differed somewhat between men and women. Men who had an avoidant relationship with their mother in childhood prayed less often when they were in college, while for women this association was not statistically significant. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2012.727386 |