| dc.contributor.advisor |
Kirby, Leslie D. (Leslie Deneen) |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Nelson, Nina |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2008-04-21T17:46:53Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2008-04-21T17:46:53Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008-04-04 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1803/556 |
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| dc.description |
Senior Honors Thesis conducted under the direction of Professor Leslie D. Kirby |
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| dc.description.abstract |
College of Arts & Science |
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| dc.description.abstract |
The aim of this study was to unpack the relationship between religious discrepancies
among spouses and marital satisfaction. Specifically, we focused on ways in which
coping- both adaptive and maladaptive- affected that marital relationship. Vignettes were used as analogs to real life stressor situations and questions were asked to assess
appraisal, coping, and emotions in response to these situations. Along with demographic
and religious background information, we assessed intrinsic versus extrinsic religious
orientation, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, as well as life and marital satisfaction
questionnaires and a few other religious measures. We hypothesized that those with
greater religious discrepancies would exhibit more maladaptive coping and in turn, lower
marital satisfaction. Our results supported this hypothesis in that the religious discrepancy was strongly correlated with both maladaptive coping and lower marital satisfaction, and path analyses indicated that the data were consistent with a mediational model in which the maladaptive coping, prompted by the discrepancy, was at least partially responsible for the lower marital satisfaction. |
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application/pdf |
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| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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| dc.publisher |
Vanderbilt University |
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| dc.subject |
Religiosity |
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| dc.subject |
Marital satisfaction |
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| dc.subject |
Coping |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Stress and coping (Unnumbered) |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Spouses -- Psychology |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Adjustment (Psychology) -- Religious aspects |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Satisfaction |
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| dc.subject.lcsh |
Marriage -- Religious aspects |
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| dc.title |
Religion, coping and marital satisfaction |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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| dc.description.college |
College of Arts & Science |
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| dc.description.department |
Psychological Sciences |
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