Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy

In Ghana, collectivism holds people together in marital relationships, even if partners are religiously different. Married partners still hurt, betray, or offend each other and might develop avoidance or vengeful (i.e., unforgiving) motives. We investigated whether religious homogamy moderated conne...

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Autores principales:	Annabella Osei-Tutu, Everett L. Worthington, Zhuo Job Chen, Stacey McElroy-Heltzel, Don E. Davis, Melissa Washington-Nortey
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	religious homogamy marriage forgiveness forbearance marriage satisfaction marriage commitment Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a9245f64c94148e092230d623904b9b62021-11-25T18:52:31ZReligious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy10.3390/rel121109172077-1444https://doaj.org/article/a9245f64c94148e092230d623904b9b62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/917https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444In Ghana, collectivism holds people together in marital relationships, even if partners are religiously different. Married partners still hurt, betray, or offend each other and might develop avoidance or vengeful (i.e., unforgiving) motives. We investigated whether religious homogamy moderated connections of personality and marriage variables to unforgiving motives. Heterosexual married couples (N = 176 heterosexual married couples; N = 352 individuals; mean marriage duration 10.89 years) participated. Most identified as Christian (83.5% males; 82.3% females) or Muslim (11.9% males; 14.3% females). Couple religious homogamy was related directly to lower unforgiving motives. Religious homogamy did not moderate the connection between some personality variables (i.e., agreeableness and trait forgivingness) and unforgiving motives. Religiously unmatched couples tended to have greater unforgiveness at higher levels of neuroticism and lower forbearing, marital satisfaction, and marital commitment relative to religiously matched couples. One implication is that couple therapists need to assess partner neuroticism, marriage climate (i.e., satisfaction and commitment), and the general tendency to forbear when offended. Those can combine to produce unforgiving relationships, which might make progress in couple therapy improbable.Annabella Osei-TutuEverett L. WorthingtonZhuo Job ChenStacey McElroy-HeltzelDon E. DavisMelissa Washington-NorteyMDPI AGarticlereligious homogamymarriageforgivenessforbearancemarriage satisfactionmarriage commitmentReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 917, p 917 (2021)
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topic	religious homogamy marriage forgiveness forbearance marriage satisfaction marriage commitment Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
spellingShingle	religious homogamy marriage forgiveness forbearance marriage satisfaction marriage commitment Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790 Annabella Osei-Tutu Everett L. Worthington Zhuo Job Chen Stacey McElroy-Heltzel Don E. Davis Melissa Washington-Nortey Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
description	In Ghana, collectivism holds people together in marital relationships, even if partners are religiously different. Married partners still hurt, betray, or offend each other and might develop avoidance or vengeful (i.e., unforgiving) motives. We investigated whether religious homogamy moderated connections of personality and marriage variables to unforgiving motives. Heterosexual married couples (N = 176 heterosexual married couples; N = 352 individuals; mean marriage duration 10.89 years) participated. Most identified as Christian (83.5% males; 82.3% females) or Muslim (11.9% males; 14.3% females). Couple religious homogamy was related directly to lower unforgiving motives. Religious homogamy did not moderate the connection between some personality variables (i.e., agreeableness and trait forgivingness) and unforgiving motives. Religiously unmatched couples tended to have greater unforgiveness at higher levels of neuroticism and lower forbearing, marital satisfaction, and marital commitment relative to religiously matched couples. One implication is that couple therapists need to assess partner neuroticism, marriage climate (i.e., satisfaction and commitment), and the general tendency to forbear when offended. Those can combine to produce unforgiving relationships, which might make progress in couple therapy improbable.
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author	Annabella Osei-Tutu Everett L. Worthington Zhuo Job Chen Stacey McElroy-Heltzel Don E. Davis Melissa Washington-Nortey
author_facet	Annabella Osei-Tutu Everett L. Worthington Zhuo Job Chen Stacey McElroy-Heltzel Don E. Davis Melissa Washington-Nortey
author_sort	Annabella Osei-Tutu
title	Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
title_short	Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
title_full	Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
title_fullStr	Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
title_full_unstemmed	Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy
title_sort	religious homogamy affects the connections of personality and marriage qualities to unforgiving motives: implications for couple therapy
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a9245f64c94148e092230d623904b9b6
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Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy

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