Parise Miriam, Gatti Fabiana, Iafrate Raffaella
Family Studies and Research University Centre, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, Largo Gemelli, 1, 20123, Milan, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, Largo Gemelli, 1, 20123, Milan, Italy.
J Relig Health. 2017 Oct;56(5):1856-1869. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0346-0.
The current studies aimed, firstly, at exploring the relationship between the level of religiosity and marital outcomes, in terms of relationship quality and couple generativity; secondly, at gaining insight into which strategies the couples use to ensure their marital quality/couple generativity, and understanding if religious practices have a positive influence on the development of such strategies. The studies focused on a specific aspect of religiosity, that is the active involvement in a Catholic association, and compared couples with a high level of religious involvement (HRI) belonging to a Catholic international association (New Families) and couples with a low level of religious involvement (LRI). Study 1 (N = 194) adopted a quantitative approach and analyzed data from questionnaires administered in two phases. Study 2 (N = 32) adopted a qualitative approach (grounded theory) and analyzed data from semi-structured interviews. Results of Study 1 showed that HRI men scored higher in relationship quality and couple generativity than LRI men, while HRI women scored higher in couple generativity than LRI women. In Study 2, no differences were found between HRI and LRI couples with respect to the factors that ensure marital quality and generativity (care of the relationship, dialogue, sharing, maintenance of the centrality of the relationship), but HRI and LRI couples used different strategies to achieve these goals.
当前的研究旨在，首先，从关系质量和夫妻生育力方面探索宗教虔诚程度与婚姻结果之间的关系；其次，深入了解夫妻使用哪些策略来确保他们的婚姻质量/夫妻生育力，并了解宗教活动是否对这些策略的发展有积极影响。这些研究聚焦于宗教虔诚的一个特定方面，即积极参与天主教协会，并比较了隶属于一个天主教国际协会（新家庭）的高度宗教参与（HRI）夫妻和低度宗教参与（LRI）夫妻。研究1（N = 194）采用定量方法，分析了分两个阶段进行的问卷调查数据。研究2（N = 32）采用定性方法（扎根理论），分析了半结构化访谈数据。研究1的结果表明，HRI男性在关系质量和夫妻生育力方面的得分高于LRI男性，而HRI女性在夫妻生育力方面的得分高于LRI女性。在研究2中，HRI和LRI夫妻在确保婚姻质量和生育力的因素（关系的维护、对话、分享、保持关系的核心地位）方面没有发现差异，但HRI和LRI夫妻使用了不同的策略来实现这些目标。
