Forgiveness and religious faith in Roman Catholic married couples

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Batson, Mindi D ^a   Shwalb, David W ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family relations; Forgiveness; Marriage; Religious faith; Roman Catholics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751248247     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-006-0046-x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Batson, M. D., & Marks, L. (in press). Prayer, faith, and forgiveness in Roman Catholic families. The Qualitative Review.
2. Catechism of the Catholic Church (1995). New York: Doubleday.
3. Christiano, K. J. (2000). Religion and the family in modern American culture. In S. K. Houseknecht & J. G. Pankhurst (Eds.), Family, religion, and social change in diverse societies (pp. 43-78). New York: Oxford University Press.
4. Dollahite, D. C., Marks, L. D., & Goodman, M. (2004). Families and religious beliefs, practices, and communities: Linkages in a diverse and dynamic cultural context. In M. J. Coleman & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The handbook of contemporary families: Considering the past, contemplating the future (pp. 411-431). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
5. Edwards, L. M., Lapp-Rincker, R. H., Magyar-Moe, J. L., Rehfeldt, J. D., Ryder, J. A., Brown, & Lopez, S. J. (2002). A positive relationship between religious faith and forgiveness: Faith in the absence of data? Pastoral Psychology, 50, 147-152.
6. Enright, R. D., Santos, M. J., & Al-Mabuk, R. (1989). The adolescent as forgiver. Journal of Adolescence, 12, 99-110.
7. Gassin, E. A. (1994). Forgiveness and psychological wholeness: A review of the empirical literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, San Antonio, TX.
8. Girard, M., & Mullet, E. (1997). Forgiveness in adolescents, young, middle-aged, and older adults. Journal of Adult Development, 4, 209-220.
9. Graham-Pole, J., Wass, H., Eyeberg, S. M., & Chu, L. (1989). Communicating with dying children and their siblings: A retrospective analysis. Death Studies, 13, 465-483.
10. Gorsuch, R. L., & Hao, J. Y. (1993). Forgiveness: An exploratory factor analysis and its relationships to religious variables. Review of Religious Research, 34, 333-347.
11. Gutmann, D. (1994). Reclaimed powers: Men and women in later life (2nd ed.). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
12. Hargrave, T. D., Jennings, G., & Anderson, W. (1991). The development of a relational ethics scale. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 17, 145-158.
13. Hargrave, T. D., & Sells, J. N. (1997). The development of a forgiveness scale. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 23, 41-62.
14. Lewis, C., Shevlin, M., McGuckin, & Navratil, M. (2001). The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire: Confirmatory factor analysis. Pastoral Psychology, 49, 379-384.
15. Mahoney, A., Pargament, K. I., Tarakeshwar, N., & Swank, A. B. (2001). Religion in the home in the 1980s and 90s: A meta-analytic review and conceptual analyses of links between religion, marriage, and parenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 559-596.
16. McCullough, M. E., Hoyt, W. T., Larson, D. B., Koenigh, H. G., & Thoresen, C. E. (2000). Religious involvement and mortality: A meta-analytic review. Health Psychology, 19, 211-222.
17. Mullet, E., Houdbine, A., Laumonier, S., & Girard, M. (1998). "Forgiveness": Factor structure in a sample of young, middle-aged, and elderly adults. European Psychologist, 3, 289-297.
18. Nelson, M. K. (1992). A new theory of forgiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
19. Plante, T. G., & Boccaccini, M. T. (1997a). Reliability and validity of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire. Pastoral Psychology, 45, 375-387.
20. Plante, T. G., & Boccaccini, M. T. (1997b). The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire. Pastoral Psychology, 45, 301-315.
21. Plante, T. G., Yancey, S., Sherman, A., Guertin, M., & Pardini, D. (1999). Further validation for the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire. Pastoral Psychology, 48, 11-21.
22. Pollard, M. W., Anderson, R. A., Anderson, W. T., & Jennings G. (1998). The development of a Family Forgiveness Scale. Journal of Family Therapy, 20, 95-109.
23. Rhode, M. G. (1990). Forgiveness, power, and empathy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, California.
24. Ross, C. E. (1990). Religion and psychological distress. Journal of Scientific Study of Religion, 29, 236-245.
25. Sells, J. N., & Hargrave, T. D. (1998). Forgiveness: A review of the theoretical and empirical literature. Journal of Family Therapy, 20, 21-36.
26. Sheffield, J. C. (2003). An investigation of the relationship between forgiveness, religiosity, religious coping, and psychological well-being. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
27. Smith, H. (1991). The world's religions. San Francisco: Harper.
28. Strasser, J. A. (1984). The relation of general forgiveness and forgiveness type to reported health in the elderly. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
29. Thompson, L. Y., & Snyder, C. R. (2003). Measuring forgiveness. In S. Lopez & C. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychological assessment (pp. 301-312). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
30. Trainer, M. F. (1981). Forgiveness: Intrinsic, role-expected, expedient, in the context of divorce. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
31. Tsang, J., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Measuring religious constructs: A hierarchical approach to construct organization and scale selection. In S. Lopez & C. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychological assessment (pp. 345-360). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
32. Woodman, T. (1991). The role of forgiveness in marital adjustment. Unpublished dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.