Attachment to God: The Attachment to God Inventory, Tests of Working Model Correspondence, and an Exploration of Faith Group Differences

By Richard Beck, Angie McDonald. 2004

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology

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1. Julie J. Exline
2. M. Miner
3. K. Pargament
4. A. Yali
5. Joshua B. Grubbs
6. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
7. Bagher Ghobary Bonab
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1. Julie J. Exline
2. M. Miner
3. Everett L. Worthington Jr.
4. Jamie D. Aten
5. K. Pargament
6. H. Orcutt

Citations in the corpus

• Attachment to God in Islamic Spirituality (2013, background): “…to God is also associated with poor mental and physical health (Dozier, Stovall- McClough, & Albus, 2008; Crowell, Fraley, & Shaver, 1999), inadequate and ineffective coping (Belavich & Pargament, 2002), neuroticism (Beck & McDonald, 2004), and loneliness (Kirkpatrick, Shillito, & Kellas, 1998).”
• The Impact of Child-parent Attachment, Attachment to God and Religious Orientation on Psychological Adjustment (2009, background): “There is some empirical support for correspondence between current adult attachment and indicators of attachment to God (Beck & McDonald, 2004; Kirpatrick, 1997, 1998; Kirkpatrick & Shaver 1990, 1992) and between working models of parental attachment and attachment to God (McDonald, Beck, Allison &…”
• Development, refinement, and psychometric properties of the Attitudes Toward God Scale (ATGS-9). (2010, background): “For many believers, the bond with God takes the form of an attachment relationship (e.g., Beck & McDonald, 2004; Kirkpatrick, 1998, 2004; Kirkpatrick & Shaver, 1990; Rowatt & Kirkpatrick, 2002) in which they see God as nurturing, protecting, and caring for them.”
• Attachment to God and Parents: Testing the Correspondence vs. Compensation Hypotheses (2005, background): “Looking specifically at attachment to God, Beck and McDonald (2004) found modest support for correspondence between working models of romantic others and attachment to God.”
• The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale: Development and initial validation (2014, background): “…2009), the Attitudes toward God Scale-9 (Wood et al., 2010), the Spiritual Assessment Inventory (Hall & Edwards, 1996, 2002), and measures of attachment to God (Beck & McDonald, 2004; Rowatt & Kirkpatrick, 2002) and anger toward God (e.g., Exline, Park, Smyth, & Carey, 2011) tap divine struggle.”