Fincham Frank D, Beach Steven R H
FSU Family Institute.
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
J Fam Psychol. 2014 Oct;28(5):587-93. doi: 10.1037/a0034999. Epub 2013 Dec 23.
Partner-focused petitionary prayer (PFPP) has received little attention in the prayer literature. In two studies, we examine PFPP to see whether it is uniquely important in conveying relationship benefits, whether its benefits are transmitted through an effect on relationship satisfaction, and whether one's own or the partner's PFPP is central to beneficial effects. In Study 1, we examined PFPP in a sample of 316 undergraduate students who were in an "exclusive" romantic relationship, finding that PFPP was related to later level of commitment and that this relationship was partially mediated through enhanced relationship satisfaction. Study 2 examined PFPP in a sample of 205, married African American couples, finding that both partners' PFPP was consequential for commitment, with actor effects partially mediated through relationship quality, and partner effects fully mediated. Together the studies suggest the value of continued investigation of PFPP as a potentially important vehicle for enhancing relationship outcomes.
以伴侣为中心的祈求式祈祷（PFPP）在祈祷文献中很少受到关注。在两项研究中，我们对PFPP进行了考察，以探究它在传达关系益处方面是否具有独特的重要性，其益处是否通过对关系满意度的影响来传递，以及自己的或伴侣的PFPP对有益效果是否至关重要。在研究1中，我们在316名处于“排他性”恋爱关系的本科生样本中考察了PFPP，发现PFPP与后来的承诺水平相关，并且这种关系部分是通过增强的关系满意度来介导的。研究2在205对已婚非裔美国夫妇的样本中考察了PFPP，发现双方伴侣的PFPP对承诺都有影响，其中行为者效应部分通过关系质量来介导，而伴侣效应则完全由关系质量介导。两项研究共同表明，继续研究PFPP作为增强关系结果的潜在重要手段具有重要价值。
