TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal Test of Forgiveness and Perceived Forgiveness as Mediators between Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction in Long-Term Marital Relationships
AU - Rose, Andrew
AU - Anderson, Shayne
AU - Miller, Rick
AU - Marks, Loren
AU - Hatch, Trevan
AU - Card, Noel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/8/8
Y1 - 2018/8/8
N2 - Substantial research has found relations between religiosity and martial satisfaction. More longitudinal studies are needed to understand the inner-workings of this relationship. Over a four-year period, dyadic data from 331 married couples was used to test the longitudinal mediating effects of spousal forgiveness and partners’ perceptions of spousal forgiveness between religiosity and marital satisfaction. Husbands’ religiosity was associated with increases in wives’ marital satisfaction but the measures of forgiveness were not significant mediators in this relationship. Wives’ religiosity was predictive of lower levels of wives’ perceptions of spousal forgiveness, which led to decreases in both wives’ and husbands’ marital satisfaction.
AB - Substantial research has found relations between religiosity and martial satisfaction. More longitudinal studies are needed to understand the inner-workings of this relationship. Over a four-year period, dyadic data from 331 married couples was used to test the longitudinal mediating effects of spousal forgiveness and partners’ perceptions of spousal forgiveness between religiosity and marital satisfaction. Husbands’ religiosity was associated with increases in wives’ marital satisfaction but the measures of forgiveness were not significant mediators in this relationship. Wives’ religiosity was predictive of lower levels of wives’ perceptions of spousal forgiveness, which led to decreases in both wives’ and husbands’ marital satisfaction.
KW - couples assessment
KW - cultural issues in family and couples therapy
KW - family spirituality and religious issues
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U2 - 10.1080/01926187.2018.1547667
DO - 10.1080/01926187.2018.1547667
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060326941
VL - 46
SP - 356
EP - 374
JO - American Journal of Family Therapy
JF - American Journal of Family Therapy
SN - 0192-6187
IS - 4
ER -