Couples Viewing Marriage And Pregnancy Through The Lens Of The Sacred: A Descriptive Study
Although a given family member’s general religiousness has often been tied to family functioning, scarce documentation exists on the psychological integration of spirituality into family experiences. This study offers such evidence using 178 couples pregnant with their first child. Most husbands and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 20, Pages: 1-45 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | Although a given family member’s general religiousness has often been tied to family functioning, scarce documentation exists on the psychological integration of spirituality into family experiences. This study offers such evidence using 178 couples pregnant with their first child. Most husbands and wives perceived their marriage and pregnancy as imbued with sacred qualities (non-theistic sanctification) and a manifestation of God (theistic sanctification). Such perceptions were tied to three other spiritual facets of marriage and pregnancy: spiritual behavioral investment, spiritual emotions, and positive spiritual coping. These links were not merely a reflection of a spouse’s general religiousness (i.e., religious attendance, prayer, Biblical conservatism). Quotes from a subset of couples further illuminate the viewing of family life through a sacred lens. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004175624.i-334.7 |