Fincham Frank D, May Ross W
Family Institute, The Florida State University.
J Fam Psychol. 2017 Sep;31(6):734-741. doi: 10.1037/fam0000331. Epub 2017 May 15.
The majority of the world population profess religious/spiritual beliefs and prayer is a form of spiritual activity common across numerous religious/spiritual belief systems. Three studies therefore examined the role of prayer in romantic relationships. Study 1 (n = 91) showed that prayer for a dating partner predicted lower aggressive tendencies and greater forgiveness of partner transgressions, independently of relationship closeness. Study 2 (n = 89 married couples) is among the first to examine the prayer-forgiveness association using dyadic data. Controlling for relationship satisfaction in the actor-partner interdependence model, prayer for the spouse predicted own forgiveness but not partner's reports of their own forgiveness. To obviate the problem of obtaining all the data from the same reporter, Study 3 (n = 91 married couples) used partner reports of the spouse's forgiveness in an actor-partner interdependence model analysis. Controlling for religiosity, the results showed that prayer for the partner predicted partner reports of the prayer's forgiveness. The implications of these results are then discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
世界上大多数人口都信奉宗教/精神信仰，祈祷是一种在众多宗教/精神信仰体系中都很常见的精神活动形式。因此，有三项研究考察了祈祷在恋爱关系中的作用。研究1（n = 91）表明，为约会对象祈祷预示着较低的攻击倾向和对伴侣过错的更大宽容，这与关系亲密度无关。研究2（n = 89对已婚夫妇）是最早使用二元数据考察祈祷与宽容之间关联的研究之一。在行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型中控制关系满意度后，为配偶祈祷预示着自己的宽容，但不能预测伴侣对自身宽容的报告。为避免从同一报告者处获取所有数据的问题，研究3（n = 91对已婚夫妇）在行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型分析中使用了伴侣对配偶宽容的报告。在控制宗教信仰后，结果表明，为伴侣祈祷可预测伴侣对祈祷者宽容的报告。随后讨论了这些结果的意义。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
