Religious beliefs and practices and Catholic couples' management of anger and conflict

Abstract

Grounded theory techniques and Repertory Grids were used in a qualitative study to generate and analyse material from 20 Catholics each interviewed twice. Religious practices increased the amount of intrapersonal`space' available by acting physiologically, cognitively and affectively to reduce the intensity of anger experienced and to support couples in taking responsibility for their own part in a conflict. Couples could also regulate the interpersonal space between them by detouring their anger to God, and by finding support for both the avoidance and confrontation of conflict through religious beliefs. The relationship with God had an interactive and compensatory role in relation to the marital relationship. Changes in religious beliefs or marital relationship dynamics were not always neatly integrated and ambivalence over anger and conflict sometimes resulted and manifested in discordance between the spousal and God relationships.

Relationship between Religiosity and Anger Control with Marital Satisfaction

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between religiosity and anger control with marital satisfaction in a sample of 100 people, 50 of whom were men and 50 of whom were women. The results of Pearson's correlation test showed that there is a significant positive relationship between religiosity and marital satisfaction, which is in line with the research of Hatami, Hobbi and Akbari (2008), Anthony (1993), Jerrigan and Nack (1978), Mullins et al (2001), Marsh and Dallos (2002), Nikooei andSeif (2004) andMousavi (1994). On the other hand, the results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between anger control and marital satisfaction, and this result can be found in the researches of Scott and Lowe (cited by Abolzadeh, 2011) and Schutte and Malouff (2001).…”

The Effect Of Religiousness On Marital Satisfaction: Testing The Mediator Role Of Marital Problem Solving Between Religiousness And Marital Satisfaction Relationship

“…Nevertheless Butler et al (1998) argued that religiousness acted as a softening event during the conflict. Similarly, Marsh and Dallos (2000) observed that praying allowed couples to control their feelings effectively and that the couples' relationship with God helped them to handle marital anger in an appropriate way; however, this kind of relationship between religiousness and problem solving could not be observed in the present study. This could be explained by the differences between religious practices among different religions.…”

Destructive managerial anger stemming from self‐immanent pride: Is humility a solution?

“…Empirical research confirms the anger‐ameliorating effect of spirituality and religion, which is increasingly acknowledged as an important factor in the organisational environment (Koburtay et al., 2023). In Christianity, religious practices were shown to reduce anger intensity (Marsh & Dallos, 2000). The application of cognitive behaviour therapy based on Buddhist psychological principles and meditation techniques was demonstrated to reduce anger (Vannoy & Hoyt, 2004).…”