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The Role Of Religious Affiliation And Attitudes In Marriage Maintenance Strategies, Chenika Fowler
The Role Of Religious Affiliation And Attitudes In Marriage Maintenance Strategies, Chenika Fowler
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study was conducted to explore associations among marital maintenance strategies, religious experiences, and marital quality in a sample of 80 married college students. Maintenance strategies are tactics used by couple members to sustain healthy relationships/marriages, and include both cognitive (e.g., choosing to focus on the positive aspects of the partner) and behavioral (e.g., engaging in shared activites) strategies. Specific patterns of association among religious practices and beliefs, particular maintenance strategies, and marital-quality outcomes were assessed in order to better understand pathways to optimal marital functioning for religiously affiliated individuals.
Most participants were affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ …