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Mahoney, Annette (PI)
Pargament, Kenneth I. (Co-I)
DeMaris, Alfred (Co-I)
Through a Sacred Lens: Creating New Spiritual Knowledge about Marriage, Pregnancy, and the Transition to Parenthood. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation for the period May 15, 2005 to May 14, 2009. Total award: $1,192,043.
This four-year project will collect four waves of data on approximately 175 couples expecting their first child (3rd trimester
and when baby is 3, 6 and 12 mo old). The goal is to examine the impact of parental self-reports of the sanctification of
the couple’s relationship, sanctification of pregnancy, and sanctification of becoming a new parent on post-partum family
life via the intervening mechanisms of spiritual investment, spiritual emotions, and spiritual resources, including positive
and negative religious coping by each partner and how the couple integrates religious/spiritually into their relationship
to deal with family stressors. Outcome variables include multiple observations of marital and family interactions as well
as parental self-reports about their relationship, parenting, and their own and the baby’s adjustment.
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