How Religiosity Helps Couples Prevent, Resolve, and Overcome Marital Conflict*

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“Together, We Are Strong”: A Qualitative Study of Happy, Enduring African American Marriages* (2008, background): “However, less is known about how to instill or promote this ‘‘sanctification’’ (Lambert & Dollahite, 2006).”
The Couple That Prays Together: Race and Ethnicity, Religion, and Relationship Quality Among Working-Age Adults (2010, background): “…norms (e.g., forgiveness) that help define appropriate marital and relationship conduct, encourage partners to fulfill their familial roles and responsibilities, and handle conflict in a constructive manner (Fincham, Hall, & Beach, 2006; Lambert & Dollahite, 2006; Wilcox, 2004).”
Sanctification, Stress, and Marital Quality (2011, background): “…the belief that God is a partner in the marriage may also lead spouses to practice unconditional forgiveness of one another on the basis of the model and imperative presented in scripture, which in turn can enable couples to move past their disagreements (Holeman, 2003; Lambert & Dollahite, 2006).”
SPIRITUAL BEHAVIORS AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF PRAYER (2008, background): “Some studies have found that religious couples were motivated to be forgiving to others out of their own sense of prior “forgiven–ness” from God (Holeman, 2003; Lambert & Dollahite, 2006), and others have shown that forgiveness may be facilitated by prayer groups (Wuthnow, 2000).”