Religious Participation and Marital Commitment

Larson, Lyle E.; Goltz, Jeffrey W.

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“…Studies have examined religious affiliation (Braithwaite et al 2015), attendance to religious services (Fincham et al 2011;Larson and Goltz 1989), and individual religious activities, such as praying (Ellison et al 2010) as important for maintaining or raising marital quality. Most of this literature focuses on implications of an individual's religiosity or their romantic partner's religiosity for relationship development and maintenance.…”

Section: Religiosity and Romantic Relationshipsmentioning

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Religiosity and Relationship Quality of Dating Relationships: Examining Relationship Religiosity as a Mediator

Langlais

Schwanz

2017

Religions

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Individual and romantic partner religiosity are positively associated with marital quality. However, many studies focus on married couples, rather than examining dating relationships, and rely on single-item measures of religiosity. More importantly, few studies have examined the importance of relationship religiosity in the context of dating, despite the theoretical importance of this construct. Relationship religiosity is defined as participating in and discussing religiosity and spirituality with a current romantic partner. The goal of this study is to test relationship religiosity as a mediator between individual and partner religiosity for relationship quality of dating relationships using stringent measures of centrality of religiosity. Data for this study comes from 119 participants who were in dating relationships (74.8% female; mean age: 23.2 years). Participants completed a survey regarding their religiosity, their partners' religiosity, the religiosity of their relationships, and the quality of their dating relationships. Mediation analyses via linear regression showed that relationship religiosity fully mediated the relationship between individual religiosity and relationship satisfaction and fully mediated the relationship between partner religiosity and relationship satisfaction. However, relationship religiosity was not associated with commitment. Results from the study emphasize the importance of dyadic religious activities for dating couples. Further implications will be discussed.

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Section: Religiosity and Romantic Relationshipsmentioning

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Religiosity and Relationship Quality of Dating Relationships: Examining Relationship Religiosity as a Mediator

Langlais

Schwanz

2017

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“…Religious devoutness indirectly influences commitment by directly affecting relationship qualities (i.e. love/caring), locus of control and gender roles which in turn directly influence commitment [11].Little empirical information is available on the relationship between family values and religion. Most of the literature on families and religion falls into one of four categories:…”

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Religious Contrasts in Consumer Decision Behaviour Patterns: Their Dimensions and Marketing Implications

Delener

1994

European Journal of Marketing

384

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IntroductionReligion, being an aspect of culture, has considerable influence on people's values, habits and attitudes, and it greatly influences lifestyle, which in turn affects consumer decision behaviour[e.g. 1-3]. As Peterson and Roy[4] comment, one function of religion is to provide a source of meaning and purpose for people. Religion can provide a framework which makes life understandable and interpretable. Although religion has been a significant force in the lives of many individuals, its role in consumer choice can be characterized as unclear or "fuzzy". First, religion serves to define the ways to do things (i.e. established practice) and to provide a series of tools and techniques for social behaviour [5][6][7][8]. Second, religion either fosters or frowns on particular choice behaviour [9,10]. Thus, despite the potential importance of the religion or religiosity constructs, any empirical investigation of these constructs in consumer behaviour has been rare.More generally, the religions practised in a society influence husband/wife decision-making roles, as well as societal institutions and customs. It has been suggested that religious orientation is a strong influence on the development of family commitment in giving the family a sense of purpose and values oriented to the need and welfare of others [e.g. 11,12]. Commitment, in the causal sequence, is assumed to influence family time and effort. Religious devoutness indirectly influences commitment by directly affecting relationship qualities (i.e. love/caring), locus of control and gender roles which in turn directly influence commitment [11].Little empirical information is available on the relationship between family values and religion. Most of the literature on families and religion falls into one of four categories:(

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“…First, a compositional effect may be operative, with countries with higher proportions of religious people having-on average-a more negative view on divorce in the presence of young children. Several studies have shown that religious beliefs and behaviour are associated with lower degrees of support for divorce (Thornton 1985(Thornton , 1989Larson and Goltz 1989;Krishnan 1994;Schovanec and Lee 2001;Martin and Parashar 2006). Second, there could be a contextual effect; in countries with a large proportion of religious people the Church may be more effective in propagating its teaching throughout society as a whole than in countries where a small minority of the people is religious.…”

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European views of divorce among parents of young children

Rijken¹,

Liefbroer²

2012

DemRes

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OBJECTIVEWe examine differences across Europe in attitudes towards divorce involving children under the age of 12. We hypothesize that these attitudes are less favourable in countries where poverty among single parent households is common than in countries where such poverty is rare. We also expect that divorce involving young children is more accepted in countries where enrolment in child care is high. METHODSOur sample consists of 37,975 individuals from 22 countries, obtained from the European Social Survey (2006). We conduct multilevel regression analyses including individual-level and country-level variables. RESULTSFindings confirm our main hypotheses: the lower the poverty rate among single parents and the higher enrolment in childcare, the lower the disapproval of divorce when young children are involved. These findings remain when taking into account the crude divorce rate and secularisation at the country level, and when controlling for differences in the composition of populations with regard to individual characteristics that are associated with divorce attitudes. Additionally, cross-level interactions indicate that poverty among single parents has the strongest impact on mothers' divorce attitudes. CONCLUSIONSDivorce attitudes appear to be related to people's assessment of the consequences of divorce for the children involved. Cross-European differences in attitudes towards divorce involving young children are associated with two aspects of welfare states that

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Religious Participation and Marital Commitment

Cited by 79 publications

References 14 publications

Religiosity and Relationship Quality of Dating Relationships: Examining Relationship Religiosity as a Mediator

Religiosity and Relationship Quality of Dating Relationships: Examining Relationship Religiosity as a Mediator

Religious Contrasts in Consumer Decision Behaviour Patterns: Their Dimensions and Marketing Implications

European views of divorce among parents of young children

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