Original scientific paper
IMPORTANCE OF PARENTING IN THE PROCESS OF RELIGIOUS SOCIALITY (perceived security theory of childhood attachment and taking religious values)
Barbara Simonič
; KBF u Ljubljani
Tomaž Erzar
; KBF u Ljubljani
Robert Cvetek
; KBF u Ljubljani
Abstract
Abstract
Fonnation of religious attitudes, beliefs and values is a lifelong process. However, more and more research points to the fact that the foundation on which the adult faith is to be formed is laid in the early years of life. The most important part here is played by parent-child relationships. The quality of these relationships determines whether children will adopt parental (religious) values and beliefs or reject them and distance themselves from parents. In our study in which 120 participants from various religious Catholic groups reported on the congruity between their faith and faith of their parents and their perceived attachment style to each parent the positive link between security of attachment and religious congruity was established. Furthermore, a significant relation between secure attachment and socialization-based religiosity was found. This is an indicator that quality of relationships (especially their emotional aspect) between children and their parents is an important mechanism in the context of transmission of religious values inside the family.
Keywords
attachment theory; religiosity; socialization; perceived security of childhood attachment, correspondence hypothesis; religious values
Hrčak ID:
124599
URI
Publication date:
12.1.2009.
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