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The Roles of Spirituality and Sexuality in Response to Romantic Breakup

Hawley, Anna R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1344123203

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
This study examined a model of religious/spiritual (R/S) coping with nonmarital breakup in a sample of college students. More specifically, the impact of college students’ R/S appraisals and coping on their psychological and spiritual adjustment was investigated, with special attention given to ways that sexuality and other pre-breakup relationship variables may be involved in these dynamics. Two-hundred and seventy-six undergraduate university students completed measures about the dissolution of a romantic relationship within the past 48 months (M = 14, SD =12.23) that they reported left them “heartbroken.” Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that participants’ R/S appraisals of the breakup predicted post-breakup anger, subjective distress, posttraumatic growth, and spiritual growth; R/S coping methods predicted post-breakup subjective distress, posttraumatic growth, and spiritual growth. Regression analyses revealed that positive and negative R/S coping methods offered unique contributions to individuals’ post-breakup adjustment above secular coping methods. Mediational analyses highlighted that R/S coping mediated links between religious appraisals and positive post-breakup adjustment. Additionally, greater certainty of belief that participants would marry their ex-partner was found to predict greater sacred loss and desecration appraisals. This study was the first of its kind to systematically assess a model of R/S coping with nonmarital breakup, accompanied by a preliminary exploration of relationship variables that may impact the R/S coping model.
Annette Mahoney, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD (Committee Member)
Anne K. Gordon, PhD (Committee Member)
127 p.
Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology; Personal Relationships; Psychology; Religion; Spirituality
Breakup; romantic; relationship; dating; nonmarital; dissolution; college; university; spirituality; religion; religious; spiritual; coping; adjustment; posttraumatic; distress; anger; growth; heartbreak; sacred loss; desecration; sex; intimacy

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  • Hawley, A. R. (2012). The Roles of Spirituality and Sexuality in Response to Romantic Breakup [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1344123203

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hawley, Anna. The Roles of Spirituality and Sexuality in Response to Romantic Breakup. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1344123203.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hawley, Anna. "The Roles of Spirituality and Sexuality in Response to Romantic Breakup." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1344123203

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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