ERIC Number: EJ836927
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-7960
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Disappointment with God and Well-Being: The Mediating Influence of Relationship Quality and Dispositional Forgiveness
Strelan, Peter; Acton, Collin; Patrick, Kent
Counseling and Values, v53 n3 p202 Apr 2009
This study examined the extent to which disappointment with God influenced the psychological and spiritual well-being of 160 churchgoers, and the potential mediating influences of relationship quality (spiritual maturity and relationship commitment) and dispositional forgiveness. Disappointment with God was positively related to depression and stress and negatively related to spiritual well-being, dispositional forgiveness, spiritual maturity, and relationship commitment. The latter 3 were negatively related to depression and stress and positively associated with spiritual well-being. The results suggest an explanation for why religious individuals disappointed with God tend to experience reduced well-being outcomes. Counseling implications are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Religious Factors, Depression (Psychology), Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Religion, Influences, Correlation, Personality Traits, Stress Variables, Interpersonal Relationship, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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