童年的不可预测性与通过对上帝的依恋和神圣的宽恕与宗教应对有关
Heather M Maranges1, Frank D Fincham2
1The Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Psychological reports
|November 9, 2024
概括
童年的不可预测性通过影响对上帝的依恋和神圣的宽恕,影响宗教福祉. 早期的生活经历塑造了个人寻求安慰和宽恕的方式,影响了他们的宗教应对策略.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 宗教研究是宗教研究.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 全球人口中有很大一部分是宗教信仰者,因此对宗教心理过程的研究对于理解幸福至关重要.
- 现有研究强调了早期生活经验和依恋方式在心理发展中的重要性.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年不可预测性,对上帝的依恋,神圣的宽恕和宗教应对之间的关系.
- 探索早期环境因素如何影响与宗教和福祉相关的心理过程.
主要方法:
- 两项研究使用单路径模型与成年参与者进行 (研究1:N=441,研究2:N=417).
- 分析了数据,以评估童年不可预测性,对上帝的依恋 (回避和焦虑),神圣的宽恕和宗教应对 (积极和消极) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 童年的不可预测性与避免与上帝的依恋有关,这反过来预测了更低水平的神圣宽恕.
- 不安全的依恋风格 (回避和焦虑) 和神圣的宽恕调解了童年不可预测性和积极的宗教应对之间的关联.
- 避开的依恋与焦虑的依恋和应对有曲线关系,表明极端的避开程度与更高的焦虑的依恋和积极和消极的宗教应对有关.
结论:
- 童年早期的环境,特别是不可预测性,显著影响一个人与神的关系,以及他们获得神赦免的能力.
- 附着方式和对神圣宽恕的感知在调解早期经历对宗教应对机制的影响方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现为发展心理学和宗教心理过程之间的相互作用提供了宝贵的见解,强调了早期生活对精神和心理健康的长期影响.
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