Religious and Spiritual Values and Moral Commitment in Marriage: Untapped Resources in Couples Counseling?

Nelson, Judith A.; Kirk, Amy Manning; Ane, Pedra; Serres, Sheryl A.

doi:10.1002/j.2161-007x.2011.tb00034.x

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“…Religious beliefs concerning relational values (e.g., forgiveness, commitment and sacrifice) appear to indirectly improve marriage satisfaction and quality [43], and beliefs about the sanctification of marriage may help married couples resolve conflict by preventing conflict, improving conflict resolution and enhancing relationship reconciliation [44]. People who believe that marriage is sacred may also be more likely to remain committed to marriage because they have made a promise to God, they want to abide by God's guidelines for marriage and they believe their marriage is part of God's will [45]. People invest in the sacred, protect that which is sacred, gain satisfaction in the pursuit of the sacred, glean spiritual emotions from the sacred and suffer severe consequences from the loss of the sacred [7].…”

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The Effects of Religion on Enduring Marriages

Mullins

2016

Social Sciences

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This article adds to recent literature in the study of religion and marriage by examining older couples' use of religion as a cultural repertoire in enduring marriages. The study includes qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 43 married, Christian couples. Couples reported four predominant social contexts that gave sacred meanings to their marriage: prayer, worship services and sermons, first-rite rituals and communion. These social contexts magnify sacred meanings within religious cultural repertoires by enhancing older couples' perceptions of their marriages as sacred through formal and public recognition of their marriage longevity, lauding their marriage longevity as a blessing from God to be emulated, promoting religious meanings of familism and giving positive marriage outcomes sacred meanings. Negative effects of religion on marriage outcomes occurred among older couples when lived experiences of religion conflicted with their cultural expectations for enduring marriages. cultural theory in this study, the shared culture of these older, married couples is particularly important. Research indicates several potential links between religion and marriage outcomes. Higher levels of overall religiosity have been linked to greater marriage quality, marriage satisfaction and increased likelihood to remain married [25]. However, uncertain causality is a limitation of previous research because couples who have been married longer exhibit greater levels of religiosity [26,27], which confounds time-order effects in causality pathways. Nonetheless, overall higher levels of religiosity are related to adjustment to marriage, accommodating the needs and expectations of a spouse and adapting to changes resulting from being married [28]. Even among the unhappily married, increased religiosity has been linked to higher levels of marriage satisfaction [29]. Additionally, although religious participation does not appear to directly reduce barriers to marriage dissolution, a strong religious belief in marriage as a lifetime commitment has been linked to higher levels of marriage stability and quality [30,31].Establishing causality between religion and marriage outcomes is also complicated by the mediating effects of gender [32][33][34][35] and race [36][37][38]. Hansen [39] identified interaction effects between gender and religion in the measurement of marriage outcomes. According to his study, women develop gender-and religious-based values of compassion, self-sacrifice, obedience and humility, resulting in lower expectations of significant rewards from marriage while still being satisfied, regardless of their level of religiosity. There also appears to be an interaction effect on the relationship between religion and marriage outcomes related to dyadic religiosity, with higher levels of shared religious beliefs between spouses, shared religious convictions about the sanctity of marriage and shared religious beliefs concerning lifelong marriage being linked to better marriage outcomes, especially for wives [40].Bel...

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“…Konseling adalah usaha membantu orang yang sedang mengalami gangguan psikologis dalam memutuskan sendiri apa yang terbaik untuk mereka (Gladding, 2012;Mubarok, 2005;Nelson, Kirk, Ane, & Serres, 2011;Rostosky & Riggle, 2011;Williams, Sawyer, & Wahlstrom, 2012). kemudian, konseling dimaknai sebagai pemberian nasehat, seperti penasehat hukum dan penasehat pernikahan (Sofyan, 2011).…”

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How to Prepare the Marriage?; The Brief Counseling Approach

Yendi¹,

Ardi²,

Ifdil³

2018

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Marriage is the initial process of the formation of a household that depends on its dependence on readiness, maturity, and mental quality. The process before entering the marriage stage, a person has been intercepted by issues related to the adjustment, either to the prospective wife or husband, as well as to other people who have relationships, along with the norms and prevailing social values. Similarly, during a married life, there are often problems related to conflicts in married life triggered by many factors. The intervention of counseling services plays an important role in maintaining the stability of family integrity based on preparation before marriage. A whole and harmonious family is the dream of every marriage. In order to realize the dream family, every family member needs to work together, especially to overcome the problems that may arise and sometimes need optimal handling of the counselor. Especially the problems that arise in modern life today. The counselor as an educator essentially has the responsibility to create the condition of effective daily living on the client through various approaches and techniques related to the effort to create a harmonious family.

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“…By contrast, spirituality is described as individual, universal and innate, with an emphasis on the subjective feeling of connectedness to a higher power rather than adherence to specific codes or standards. For example, Nelson, Kirk, Ane, and Serres () quoted Richards and Bergin to describe spirituality as “universal, ecumenical, internal, affective, spontaneous, and private” (p. 228). Spirituality is not explicitly (and rarely implicitly) conceived as developing in an historical, cultural, community context.…”

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Critique of the Religion and Spirituality Discourse in Family Articles

Zaloudek

Ruder-Vásconez

Doll

2017

J of Family Theo & Revie

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The purpose of this article is to critically examine the emerging discourse of religion and spirituality in family research to clarify how each construct is defined and to make visible hidden ontological, epistemological, and culturally situated assumptions. The use of the term spirituality has increased dramatically in published articles and has undergone a distancing from religion. This separation creates a dichotomy that associates religion with conservative traditions and spirituality with liberalism and individualism, thus aligning the emergent spirituality discourse with dominant Western values.

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Religious and Spiritual Values and Moral Commitment in Marriage: Untapped Resources in Couples Counseling?

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

The Effects of Religion on Enduring Marriages

The Effects of Religion on Enduring Marriages

How to Prepare the Marriage?; The Brief Counseling Approach

Critique of the Religion and Spirituality Discourse in Family Articles

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