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Religion as Attachment: The Godin Award Lecture

Religion as Attachment: The Godin Award Lecture © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157361210X487177 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 32 (2010) 5-24 brill.nl/arp Religion as Attachment: Th e Godin Award Lecture Pehr Granqvist 1 Dept. of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden Pehr.Granqvist@psychology.su.se Accepted: 15 January 2010 Abstract In this presentation, I delineate fi ve refi nements that I and my associates have introduced during the last decade to the literature on religion and spirituality from an attachment-theory perspec- tive. First, I describe the principle of social correspondence as an addition to the idea that reli- giousness refl ects generalizing working models of attachment. Second, I focus on what we have learned from studying implicit processes and utilizing experimental designs in religion-as-attach- ment research. Th ird, I describe results from research projects that have used developmentally validated attachment assessments, such as the Adult Attachment Interview. Fourth, I emphasize the need for engaging a wider developmental range in religion-as-attachment research and sum up what we have found using non-adult samples. Finally, I argue for employing a wider research perspective on the attachment-religion/spirituality connection than the central parameters of an attachment framework would suggest, by considering possible mediators between attachment and religious or spiritual outcomes. Keywords attachment; http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for the Psychology of Religion Brill

Religion as Attachment: The Godin Award Lecture

Archive for the Psychology of Religion , Volume 32 (1): 5 – Jan 1, 2010

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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0084-6724
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1573-6121
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10.1163/157361210X487177
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157361210X487177 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 32 (2010) 5-24 brill.nl/arp Religion as Attachment: Th e Godin Award Lecture Pehr Granqvist 1 Dept. of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden Pehr.Granqvist@psychology.su.se Accepted: 15 January 2010 Abstract In this presentation, I delineate fi ve refi nements that I and my associates have introduced during the last decade to the literature on religion and spirituality from an attachment-theory perspec- tive. First, I describe the principle of social correspondence as an addition to the idea that reli- giousness refl ects generalizing working models of attachment. Second, I focus on what we have learned from studying implicit processes and utilizing experimental designs in religion-as-attach- ment research. Th ird, I describe results from research projects that have used developmentally validated attachment assessments, such as the Adult Attachment Interview. Fourth, I emphasize the need for engaging a wider developmental range in religion-as-attachment research and sum up what we have found using non-adult samples. Finally, I argue for employing a wider research perspective on the attachment-religion/spirituality connection than the central parameters of an attachment framework would suggest, by considering possible mediators between attachment and religious or spiritual outcomes. Keywords attachment;

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Archive for the Psychology of ReligionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: religion/spirituality; the Adult Attachment Interview; attachment; absorption; internal working models

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