Faith and Agency: The Relationships Between Sense of Control, Socioeconomic Status, and Beliefs About God

Liu, Yingling; Froese, Paul

doi:10.1111/jssr.12655

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“…Some of these image of God items have been used to create other established scales (see Lui and Froese 2020), namely, the Attachment to God Scale (Bradshaw and Kent 2018; Ellison et al. 2014; Bradshaw, Ellison, and Flannelly 2008), the Engaged God Scale (Froese and Bader 2010), and the Judgmental God Scale (Froese and Bader 2010).…”

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Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer

Froese

Uecker

2022

Scientific Study of Religion

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Despite prayer's central role in religious life, quantitative research on prayer typically focuses on its frequency without regard to the total amount, to why, to whom, or for what a person might be praying, nor how people feel when they pray. In this paper, we broaden our understanding of the prayer practices of American adults by focusing on their (1) quantity of prayer, (2) style of prayer, (3) purpose of prayer, (4) prayer target, and (5) emotional state during prayer. Using the Baylor Religion Survey (N = 1248), collected January–March 2021, we present frequencies and findings from factor analyses of key conceptual dimensions of prayer and then indicate how prayer dimensions correlate with each other and vary by basic religion and demographic variables. Our findings provide a detailed picture of these relationships and also provide researchers with best practices in how to measure the various dimensions of prayer in future studies.

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Section: Descriptive Resultsmentioning

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Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer

Froese

Uecker

2022

Scientific Study of Religion

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“…Generally speaking, feeling securely attached to God is associated with less distress (Bradshaw, Ellison, and Marcum 2010;. Furthermore, individuals who feel securely attached to God tend to show higher levels of several correlates of mental health, including higher self-esteem and optimism (Kent, Bradshaw, and Uecker 2018) and a greater sense of personal control (Liu and Froese 2020). The perception that God is involved in one's life has also been linked to a greater sense of meaning among people of several religious denominations (Jung 2015).…”

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Mattering to God and to the Congregation: Gendered Effects in Mattering as a Mechanism Between Religiosity and Mental Health

Bonhag

Upenieks

2021

Scientific Study of Religion

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A vast literature suggests favorable links between religiosity and mental health. Yet, the concept of "mattering" is an underexplored concept in the sociology of religion. Using a sample of U.S. adults from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey, we investigate whether any associations between several aspects of religiosity (worship attendance, prayer, attachment to God, and God image) and mental health may be mediated by perceptions of mattering, and whether these pathways differ for men and women. Results from structural equation models indicate that mattering mediates the relationships between attachment to God, holding a judgmental God image, and worship attendance with depressive symptoms for women only. Further, holding a judgmental God image and worship attendance are mediated by mattering in predicting women's anxiety. We discuss the impact of mattering and the gendered pathways through which some aspects of religion and mental health are connected.

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“…pose in life more effectively cope with problems in times of crisis. Besides, faith in God assists them to experience less psychological distress (Liu & Froese 2020).…”

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The Role of Attachment Styles and Spiritual Intelligence in Predicting Women’s Emotional Divorce

Shirzadi,

Khakpour,

Khodabakhshi-Koolaee

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Background: Emotional divorce refers to a situation in which the emotional relationship, support, passion, warmth, attention, love, and intimacy between couples (husband & wife) decline or diminish. Such conditions lead to an unaffectionate marital life to the point that the couples are only together under one roof. Accordingly, the present study aimed to explore the role of attachment styles and spiritual intelligence in predicting emotional divorce in women. Methods: This study employed a descriptive-correlational design. The research population included all women filing for divorce who were referred to marriage counseling and couple therapy centers in districts 5 and 6 in Tehran City, Iran, in 2020. In total, 400 women who met the inclusion criteria were selected as the study participants using voluntary response and convenience sampling techniques. The required data were collected by the Emotional Divorce Scale, the Adult Attachment Scale, and the Self-Report Measure of Spiritual Intelligence. The collected data were analyzed using the multiple regression analysis method in SPSS V. 22. Results: The obtained results suggested a significant positive relationship between the anxious-avoidant attachment style and emotional divorce (P<0.01). Furthermore, there was a significant negative relationship between spiritual intelligence and emotional divorce; the higher the spiritual intelligence, the lower the emotional divorce (P=0.02). Accordingly, spiritual intelligence and anxious-avoidant attachment style can predict emotional divorce (Multiple Regressions= -0.58). Conclusion: The present study data suggested that premarital education and counseling before spouse selection help in examining the personality traits of the parties. Moreover, paying attention to the role of health professionals, such as family counselors, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses in providing premarital counseling and education to couples and emphasizing the role of spiritual intelligence and attachment styles may prevent emotional separation and divorce among couples.

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Faith and Agency: The Relationships Between Sense of Control, Socioeconomic Status, and Beliefs About God

Cited by 13 publications

References 67 publications

Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer

Prayer in America: A Detailed Analysis of the Various Dimensions of Prayer

Mattering to God and to the Congregation: Gendered Effects in Mattering as a Mechanism Between Religiosity and Mental Health

The Role of Attachment Styles and Spiritual Intelligence in Predicting Women’s Emotional Divorce

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