Parental Religiousness and Perceived Attachment Childhood, Causal Model of Religious Coping strategy in crisis

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Received: 2013-07-31 Accepted : 2014-01-02 Published : 2014-02-20

Keywords: Parental Religiousness, Perceived Childhood Attachment, positive and negative religious coping,

Abstract :

This study examined Perceived Attachment Childhood as mediators between parental religiousness and religious coping. Survey data from 870 students in Tehran universities completed questionnaires measuring childhood attachment (Hazan & Shaver, 1986), parental religiousness (Granqvist, 1998) and religious coping (R-cope; Pargament & et al, 2000), were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that insecure attachment to parents mediated the relationship between parental religiousness with positive and negative religious coping. Result also showed paternal religiousness has direct and indirect (by secure attachment to father) effect on positive religious coping and also maternal religiousness has direct effect on negative religious coping. Therefore secure attachment to mother does not have direct effect on religious coping. These findings suggest not only that it is important to consider parental religiousness in understanding religious coping strategies in persons, but also that Perceived Attachment Childhood plays  an important role in these relationships