Covenant Attachment: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Christian Couples and God

Maxwell, Mark D.; Davis, Steven; Miller, Marianne McInnes; Woolley, Scott R.

doi:10.1111/jmft.12368

Cited by 4 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Researchers interested in multiculturalism and social justice across consilient fields recognize the value of CGT studies (Austin, 2016;Huang & Fang, 2019;Kimball et al, 2016;St. Arnault & Merali, 2019;Taylor & Russell-Mayhew, 2018) as have integration scholars (Hall et al, 2019;Maxwell et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2019;Wilson et al, 2014). CGT is flexible and invites the integration of other forms of qualitative methods (Charmaz, 2014) such as transcendental and heuristic phenomenology (Moustakas, 1990(Moustakas, , 1994 Sultan (2020) highlights the importance of heuristic inquiry to clinical practice and researchers have meaningfully contributed to the study of MSP using heuristic methods (Nuttall, 2006;Yenpasook, 2016).…”

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

Sosin

Barend

Bonta

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Creative and Expressive Arts Personal Growth Group [CAPG] is a manualized intervention for interpersonal violence related to diversity factors [IV-D]. This article presents a Trinitarian-informed adaption of CAPG for Christians impacted by IV-D [CCAPG]. A pilot study exploring CCAPG’s potential to promote peace in the clinical setting and peace education in the research environment follows. Sixteen culturally diverse Christian psychotherapists and emerging counselor educators with a history of IV-D participated in the study. Qualitative data assessed with transcendental and heuristic phenomenological analyses informed by constructivist grounded theory resulted in a preliminary understanding of how CCAPG may promote Trinitarian-based peace and peace education. Thematic findings for the clinical setting included the salience of Incarnational Leadership, Trinitarian-Based Components, and Christian Community to receiving the Peace of God. In the research setting, themes were Valuing Social Justice, Multiculturalism, and Peace and Becoming an Instrument of Peace. The paper closes with discussion, implications, and recommendations for the field.

show abstract

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

Sosin

Barend

Bonta

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This secure attachment may be accompanied by the conviction that God considers their relationship valuable, to be protected and cared for, which generates individual and shared behaviour, emotions, and thoughts that further enhance the couple's relationship with one another and with God. This means a sense of unity and togetherness, which goes beyond the level of the couple and affects relationships in the family and within the community (MAXWELL et al 2018).…”

Section: Marriage As An Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Religiosity in Intimate Relationships

Lakatos¹,

Martos²

2019

EJMH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study, we aimed to review the literature on the relationship between religiosity and intimate relationship functioning. Since religious approaches put the relationship and the life of the couple in a broader perspective and give it a special character, religiosity may have a significant influence on the relationship of religious couples. Scientific research in recent years has widely confirmed the long-standing observation that religiosity is manifested in the relationship of religious couples, and this is reflected in both positive and negative aspects. In a positive context, religiosity plays a supportive role in relationships and has a positive effect on the stability and quality of the relationship as well as on the physical and psychological well-being of the couple and other family members. We present three theoretical frameworks which, in the past few years, have greatly contributed to understanding the effects of religiosity on relationships and facilitated the clarification of the diverse context of the topic. These are 1) the role of sanctification 2) marital relationship as a way of being religious and 3) marriage and religiosity as attachment-based phenomena. As a conclusion, we evaluate the major strengths and biases of the existing research, and theorize and suggest future domains for investigation.

show abstract

“…Research shows as well that marriages of partners professing the same faith are more stable (See Curtis and Ellison 2002;Lehrer and Chiswick 1993;cf. Bahr 1981, p. 260;Maxwell et al 2020) and are characterized by a higher level of satisfaction with conjugal life (See Koenig et al 2001;Olson et al 2015). Furthermore, religiosity is related to greater involvement in marital life and satisfaction with marriage (See Larson and Goltz 1989;Burr et al 2012;Mahoney et al 2001;Sherkat and Ellison 1999;Wieradzka-Pilarczyk and Pilarczyk 2016;Spencer et al 2021), and it is especially the husbands' higher religiosity that leads to the wives' greater satisfaction with marriage (Rose et al 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Kenyan Catholics’ Religiosity and Understanding of Marriage on the Basis of Individuals Associated with Shalom Center in Mitunguu: Educational and Pastoral Perspective

Goleń

Kobak

Kabala³

et al. 2022

Religions

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article presents the results of research into religiosity and understanding of marriage among a selected group of young Catholics, all of whom are current students or graduates of Shalom Center in Mitunguu, Kenya. The goal of our study was to determine the correlations between the two variables so as to reach some conclusions and suggestions for religious education and pastoral care. The research made use of Stefan Huber’s Centrality of Religiosity Scale, while the respondents’ understanding of marriage was analyzed with the use of a questionnaire prepared by the authors of this study. As our research shows, one’s Catholic understanding of marriage increases alongside an increase in interest in religiosity and in one’s religious convictions, while it does not correlate—or does so only weakly—with a centrality of religiosity. Correlations with centrality occurred more often among men than among women. Mutual connections were most frequent among the youngest group of respondents, those who were up to 20 years of age and current students. This may indicate that religious formation and education of youth in the Shalom Center exerts a clear impact on shaping Catholic views on marriage. With the passing of time, traditional cultural precepts seem to gain prominence among the graduates.

show abstract

Covenant Attachment: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Christian Couples and God

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

A Multicultural, Social Justice, and Peace Intervention for Interpersonal Violence

The Role of Religiosity in Intimate Relationships

Kenyan Catholics’ Religiosity and Understanding of Marriage on the Basis of Individuals Associated with Shalom Center in Mitunguu: Educational and Pastoral Perspective

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About