PRAYER AND MARITAL INTERVENTION: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Discomfort with the integration of spiritual activities into marital interventions may be a response by practitioners to the weakness of available conceptual frameworks. We offer a framework that allows for integration of prayer into marital interventions (educational or therapeutic), and argue that...

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Published in:Journal of social and clinical psychology 2008-09, Vol.27 (7), p.641-669
Main Authors: Beach, Steven R H, Fincham, Frank D, Hurt, Tera R, McNair, Lily M, Stanley, Scott M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical medicine
Clinical psychology
Community
Couples
Discomfort
Intervention
Marital interaction
Marital problems
Married persons
Mortality
Prayer
Prayers
Prevention
Prevention programs
Promissory notes
Psychology
Religion
Religious practice
Social psychology
Therapists
Therapy
Tradition
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Summary:Discomfort with the integration of spiritual activities into marital interventions may be a response by practitioners to the weakness of available conceptual frameworks. We offer a framework that allows for integration of prayer into marital interventions (educational or therapeutic), and argue that when culturally appropriate, prayer can serve multiple functions in interventions that are consistent with traditional goals of skill-based approaches. Several specific ways in which prayer can be either an alternative or an addition to existing intervention strategies are outlined. The potential negative effects of prayer for couples and the dangers of integrating prayer into programs are also discussed. We conclude that effective skill-based family intervention and prevention with some traditionally underserved groups may require increased attention to integration of spiritual practices that are common in those groups.
ISSN:0736-7236
1943-2771
DOI:10.1521/jscp.2008.27.7.641