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Religious Coping with the Stressors of a First Time Pregnancy as a Predictor of Adjustment Among Husbands and Wives

Lucero, Steven M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1272549150

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Pregnancy is a time of heightened stress for husbands and wives undergoing the transition to parenthood for the first time. Working with a sample of 178 married couples, the present research examined how husbands'and wives'use of positive and negative religious coping strategies predicted pregnancy, psychological, and marital related adjustment variables. After controlling for demographic variables and secular coping methods in separate analyses for husbands and wives, hierarchical linear regression revealed that positive religious coping predicted positive outcomes such as increased stress related growth and spiritual emotions, while negative religious coping predicted negative outcomes such as increased depression, anxiety, and ambivalence in marriage for both husbands and wives. Pregnancy stressors moderated the relationship between positive religious coping and love in marriage for wives but not for any other outcomes for either husbands or wives.
Kenneth Pargament, PhD (Advisor)
Annette Mahoney, PhD (Committee Member)
Alfred DeMaris, PhD (Committee Member)
154 p.
Behaviorial Sciences; Gender; Personal Relationships; Psychology; Public Health; Religion
religious coping; pregnancy; coping; stress related growth; labor fears; spiritual emotions; depression; anxiety; well-being; divorce proneness; love; ambivalence; marital satisfaction; pregnancy stress

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  • Lucero, S. M. (2010). Religious Coping with the Stressors of a First Time Pregnancy as a Predictor of Adjustment Among Husbands and Wives [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1272549150

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lucero, Steven. Religious Coping with the Stressors of a First Time Pregnancy as a Predictor of Adjustment Among Husbands and Wives. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1272549150.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lucero, Steven. "Religious Coping with the Stressors of a First Time Pregnancy as a Predictor of Adjustment Among Husbands and Wives." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1272549150

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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