An Attachment Theory Approach to Narrating the Faith Journey of Children of Parental Divorce

Autor/in	Kiesling, Chris
Titel	An Attachment Theory Approach to Narrating the Faith Journey of Children of Parental Divorce
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 16 (2011) 4, S.301-313 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
DOI	10.1080/1364436X.2011.639746
Schlagwörter	Divorce; Caregivers; Attachment Behavior; Children; Religion; Child Development; Security (Psychology); Religious Factors; Socialization; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Theological Education; Heuristics; Parent Child Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehescheidung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Heuristik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	This study explores the effects of parental divorce on a child's faith. Drawing from attachment theory, Granqvist and Kirkpatrick proposed two probable developmental pathways to religion. For those with secure attachment, whose cumulative experiences of sensitive, religious caregivers enhance the development of a God image as loving; belief emerges from a gradual process of socialisation (correspondence hypothesis). By contrast, for children with insecure attachment, turning to God is more typically precipitated by significant emotional turmoil; the discovery of new truth is indistinguishable from the discovery of a new relationship; and God serves as a substitute attachment figure (compensation hypothesis). Qualitative interviews with 12 seminary students who are adult children of their parents' divorce illustrate the viability of using attachment theory as a heuristic for narrating, enhancing understanding of, and distinguishing the developmental faith journey of children who experience the divorce of their parents. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10