The Role of Attachment to God in Understanding Religiosity and Generosity Among Christian Young Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712110255
Author(s):  
Ramanda Mallery Pettit ◽  
Joel Jin ◽  
Aaron Rosales ◽  
Winnie Fung ◽  
Joey Fung
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Attachment To God ◽  
Intrinsic Religiosity ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Religious Activities

The study examined the association between religiosity and generosity, and whether it is mediated by secure attachment to God, among Christian young adults. A total of 154 participants (Mean age = 22.75, SD = 6.12) completed self-report measures on religiosity (religious activities and intrinsic religiosity), attachment to God, and generosity (generous behavior and interpersonal generosity). In terms of direct effects, religious activities were positively associated with secure attachment to God and generous behavior, whereas intrinsic religiosity was associated with higher levels of interpersonal generosity. In terms of indirect effects, secure attachment to God mediated the relations between both types of religiosity (religious activities and intrinsic religiosity) and interpersonal generosity. Secure attachment to God did not mediate the relation between religiosity and generous behavior. The results of the study highlight the role of religiosity and secure attachment to God in cultivating generosity among young adults. Implications of the study findings, especially with regard to the potential roles of clinicians and clergy in cultivating generosity among young adults, will be discussed.

L'attaccamento al partner e a Dio come risorsa psicologica nel processo di adattamento alla malattia cancro

2009 ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
R. Cassibba ◽  
E. Costantino ◽  
S. Papagna ◽  
R. Montanaro ◽  
V. Mattioli
Keyword(s):  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Attachment To God ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Coping With Cancer ◽  
Behavioral System ◽  
Fighting Spirit ◽  
Diagnosis Of Cancer ◽  
Relational Resources

- The diagnosis of cancer troubles people and their identity; it is a threat for their survival. To cope with cancer, people have to collect all their psychological and relational resources. The behavioral system of attachment is activated when people are in danger and it makes them looking for significant others who can be a "secure base" for them. This study investigates the role of specific adult attachment relationships, such as the bond with God and with the partner, on coping with cancer, hypothesizing that patients with a secure attachment with God or with the partner cope better and perceive less stress, respect to patients with an insecure attachment. The results show that the intensity of religious beliefs and security of attachment with God and with the partner are associated to some specific coping strategies to cancer. In particular, insecurity of attachment to God and a specific aspect of insecurity of attachment to the partner (fear of loss) are connected to a higher level of anxiety and a lower level of fighting spirit in coping with cancer. Only attachment to God is associated to a lower level of perceived stress.

scholarly journals Liquidity constraints, spillovers, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a cash transfer program

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 1131-1158
Author(s):  
Rafael P. Ribas
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Liquidity Constraints ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Liquidity Shocks ◽  
Liquidity Shock

Abstract This paper exploits a liquidity shock from a welfare program in Brazil to investigate the role of financial constraints, in opposition to general equilibrium mechanisms, in explaining entrepreneurship. Previous research focuses exclusively on how liquidity changes recipients’ behavior through direct effects on reducing constraints. However, liquidity shocks may also produce spillovers from recipients to others and thereby indirectly affect entrepreneurial decisions. This paper presents a method for decomposing the liquidity shock into direct effects associated with relieving individual constraints, and indirect effects associated with spillovers to other individuals. Results suggest that the program, which assists 20 percent of Brazilian households, increased the number of small entrepreneurs by 10 percent. However, this increase is entirely driven by the indirect effect. Further tests suggest that this effect is associated with an increase in private transfers between households. Thus, entrepreneurship tends to respond more to the interaction between households than to financial constraints.

scholarly journals Long-Term Care in Indonesia: The Role of Integrated Service Post for Elderly

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1556-1573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aluisius Hery Pratono ◽  
Asri Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Term Care

Objective: This article aims to examine community long-term care (LTC) in Indonesia by drawing upon the five principles of human right provision: availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality, and universality. Method: We used a qualitative approach with exploratory multiple case studies in three different areas in East Java Province, Indonesia. This study gathered the initial evidence using a report card approach with self-report questionnaires. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were carried out to understand factors that affect the efficacy of LTC services. Results: The Indonesia Government imposed a regulation that required each local community to make community health services available for the elderly. By managing the integrated post, the community provided LTC service for the elderly. Community leadership played a pivotal role to make LTC services available. Improving the services with religious activities was essential to improving the acceptability, but it also needed to take into consideration universality and nondiscrimination principles. Results show that LTC services are difficult to expand and quality standards are difficult to raise, due to challenges such as few community members volunteering their services, lack of support from religious leaders, limited resources, and inadequate volunteer training. Discussion: This study highlights the role of community engagement in LTC services and shows that it is difficult to succeed without adequate government support. Improving services with creative and culturally acceptable activities is necessary.

Forgiveness, Attachment to God, and Mental Health Outcomes in Older U.S. Adults: A Longitudinal Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 456-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake Victor Kent ◽  
Matt Bradshaw ◽  
Jeremy E. Uecker
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attachment To God ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Subjective Beliefs ◽  
Divine Forgiveness ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Over Time

We analyze a sample of older U.S. adults with religious backgrounds in order to examine the relationships among two types of divine forgiveness and three indicators of psychological well-being (PWB) as well as the moderating role of attachment to God. Results suggest that (a) feeling forgiven by God and transactional forgiveness from God are not associated with changes in PWB over time, (b) secure attachment to God at baseline is associated with increased optimism and self-esteem, (c) feeling forgiven by God and transactional forgiveness from God are more strongly associated with increased PWB among the securely attached, and (d) among the avoidantly attached, PWB is associated with consistency in one’s beliefs, that is, a decreased emphasis on forgiveness from God. Findings underscore the importance of subjective beliefs about God in the lives of many older adults in the United States.

scholarly journals The dual role of chloride in synaptic vesicle glutamate transport

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Chang ◽  
Jacob Eriksen ◽  
Robert H Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Synaptic Vesicles ◽  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Dose Dependence ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Allosteric Activation ◽  
Vesicular Glutamate Transporters ◽  
Cl Conductance

The transport of glutamate into synaptic vesicles exhibits an unusual form of regulation by Cl- as well as an associated Cl- conductance. To distinguish direct effects of Cl- on the transporter from indirect effects via the driving force Δψ, we used whole endosome recording and report the first currents due to glutamate flux by the vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs). Chloride allosterically activates the VGLUTs from both sides of the membrane, and we find that neutralization of an arginine in transmembrane domain four suffices for the lumenal activation. The dose dependence suggests that Cl- permeates through a channel and glutamate through a transporter. Competition between the anions nonetheless indicates that they use a similar permeation pathway. By controlling both ionic gradients and Δψ, endosome recording isolates different steps in the process of synaptic vesicle filling, suggesting distinct roles for Cl- in both allosteric activation and permeation.

Math self-efficacy, not emotional self-efficacy, mediates the math anxiety-performance relationship in undergraduate students

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-394
Author(s):  
James J Palestro ◽  
Molly M. Jameson
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Midwest United States ◽  
Standardized Measure ◽  
And Performance

A clear inverse relationship exists between efficacy and anxiety and anxiety and performance in mathematics. However, efficacy is domain- and task-specific, so the role that specific types of efficacy play in the anxiety-performance relationship is less clear. Emotional self-efficacy moderates this relationship in children, but research has not yet examined its role with math anxiety and performance in undergraduate students who have more developed emotional regulation. Further, understanding the role of self-efficacy for different tasks (i.e., efficacy for math versus for emotion regulation) is important to understanding math anxiety and how to intervene for math anxious individuals. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore the moderating and/or mediating role of both math self-efficacy and emotional self-efficacy in undergraduate students using indirect effects analyses. One hundred and fifteen students at a mid-sized state university in the Midwest United States completed self-report measures of emotional self-efficacy, math self-efficacy, and math anxiety before completing a standardized measure of math performance. Results of indirect effects analyses determined that math self-efficacy had an indirect effect on the anxiety-performance relationship while emotional self-efficacy had neither indirect nor moderating effects on the math anxiety-performance relationship.

Test, Revision, and Cross-Validation of the Physical Activity Self-Definition Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Kendzierski ◽  
Mara S. Morganstein
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Perceived Ability ◽  
Partial Invariance ◽  
Using Data

Structural equation modeling was used to test an extended version of the Kendzierski, Furr, and Schiavoni (1998) Physical Activity Self-Definition Model. A revised model using data from 622 runners fit the data well. Cross-validation indices supported the revised model, and this model also provided a good fit to data from 397 cyclists. Partial invariance was found across activities. In both samples, perceived commitment and perceived ability had direct effects on self-definition, and perceived wanting, perceived trying, and enjoyment had indirect effects. The contribution of perceived ability to self-definition did not differ across activities. Implications concerning the original model, indirect effects, skill salience, and the role of context in self-definition are discussed.

scholarly journals The effects of five public information campaigns: The role of interpersonal communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 586-602
Author(s):  
Adriana Solovei ◽  
Bas van den Putte
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Effects Of Media

AbstractFor five Dutch public information campaigns, this study assessed whether interpersonal communication mediated the effects of exposure (to TV, radio, or online banners) on five persuasive outcomes: awareness, knowledge, attitude, intention, and self-reported behavior. Structural equation modeling was used to test 23 models relating exposure to one of these outcome variables. Few direct effects of media exposure were found (for online banners, TV, and radio in, respectively, one, four, and seven of the 23 models). In contrast, results revealed that interpersonal communication had direct effects on the outcomes in 17 of the 23 models. Moreover, indirect effects of media exposure via interpersonal communication were found for online banner, TV, and radio exposure in, respectively, eight, nine, and ten models. These results indicate that interpersonal communication plays an important role in explaining media exposure persuasive effects and should be taken into account in the development and evaluation of public information campaigns.

scholarly journals CAT-Q MSCS BASC2 Pre-Print

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Aime ◽  
Nichole Scheerer ◽  
Troy Boucher ◽  
Grace Iarocci
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Autistic Traits ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Camouflaging, defined as the use of strategies to compensate for or hide autistic traits, is associated with internalizing behaviour (i.e., anxiety and depression) in both autistic and non-autistic people. Non-autistic adults who have poorer social competence tend to engage in more camouflaging, thus it’s unclear whether the increase in internalizing behaviour associated with camouflaging may be explained by poor social competence, rather than camouflaging itself. The purpose of this study was to extend previous research on camouflaging and internalizing behaviour among non-autistic people through examination of the role of social competence. Methods: In this study, 315 non-autistic young adults completed the Multidimensional Social Competence Scale (MSCS) to assess their social competence, the Camouflaging of Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) to assess their use of camouflaging strategies, and the Behaviour Assessment Scale for Children 2 – Self-Report of Personality, College Version (BASC-2 SRP-COL) to assess their internalizing behaviour. Results: We found that camouflaging predicted internalizing behaviour among non-autistic young adults after controlling for social competence, autistic traits, age, IQ, and gender. Camouflaging partially mediated the relationship between social competence and internalizing behaviours. Conclusions: These results suggest that the use of camouflaging strategies is uniquely associated with internalizing behaviour over and above social competence and may, in part, contribute to the increased internalizing behaviours observed in individuals with poorer social competence.

scholarly journals The Link Between the Type of Attachment and Religiosity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toader Alina Mădălina ◽  
Vasiliu Alexandra ◽  
Constantinescu-Coban Raisa ◽  
Trifu Simona
Keyword(s):  
Image Of God ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Attachment Figure ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Common Response ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
Parental Figure

Motivation: This paper aims to show the central role of the notion of attachment in human behavior, the image of God in the representation of the believer as a parental figure and as an oversized attachment figure in the personal relationships, social and religious behavior. Methods: Scientific and comparative studies of different concepts from psychology of religion, social psychology, psychoanalytic theory, cognitive psychology as well as theory, research and behavioral studies. Results: Attachment to God seems to develop in a coordinated way with the maturation of attachment to the primary figure but also with the development of cognitive processes involved. In addition, in case of danger, loss and separation are validate the human and common response to approach God as a substitute figure of attachment, the intensification of religious activities. Conclusions: The need for attachment and attachment for religion is one of the prerogatives of survival, development and growth and it is present in all-important areas of the life, culture and in all societies. People who develop a secure attachment are less prone to become religious over time.

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