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A Correlational Study On Parental Attachment And Spiritual Development Of College Students, Mary-Ellen Madigan
A Correlational Study On Parental Attachment And Spiritual Development Of College Students, Mary-Ellen Madigan
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
During college, students search for meaning in their lives and question their beliefs, behavior, and mortality (Garber, 1996). One way that students search for meaning is through their spiritual lives. Spirituality is “the personal quest for understanding of ultimate questions about life, about meaning, and about relationship to the sacred or transcendent” (Koenig, McCullough & Larson, 2001, p. 18). Parental attachment theory explains that students who have developed a secure attachment with their parents see their parents as a secure base from which to explore their environment (Kenny & Donaldson, 1991, p. 480). This environment may be internal or external. …