We examined whether 164 heterosexual, married couples' reports of the sanctification of
their marriage and their spiritual intimacy predicted their observed behavior across the …

This study examined the extent to which 164 married heterosexuals' reports of the
sanctification of marriage and spiritual intimacy during pregnancy predicted the trajectory of …

Social scientific research on family life, religion, and spirituality tends to focus on global
religiousness and spirituality with few studies seeking to understand interpersonal religious …

Research attending to the role of religion and spirituality in enhancing sexuality in marriage
is virtually absent. In response to this scarcity, this longitudinal study examined the …

It has been argued that individuals who consider their marriages as sacred are likely to put
greater effort into protecting those marriages. As relationship maintenance behaviors have …

Ninety-seven couples completed questionnaires about their involvement in joint religious
activities and their perceptions regarding the sanctification of marriage, including perceived …

Previous work has underscored the robust links between sanctification of marriage and
marital outcomes, and recent developments in the literature suggest that compassionate …

In light of the ongoing salience of spirituality and religion for individuals across the globe,
this special section presents four rigorous empirical studies that tie conceptually based and …

Although a given family member's general religiousness has often been tied to family
functioning, scarce documentation exists on the psychological integration of spirituality into …

This article contributes to recent work investigating the role of religious sanctification, that is,
the process via which one's spouse or marital relationship is perceived as having divine …