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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Marriage and Spirituality

According to a 2004 study conducted by Peter Larson and David Olson, 81% of couples who have low positive couple agreement on spiritual matter have marriages that are very low in quality. Only 15% of these couples have a terrific marriage.

Conversely, nearly half of high quality marriages have high positive couple agreement on spiritual matters while 32% of these couples have very low quality marriages.

So, positive couple agreement on spiritual matters appears to help marriages have higher quality, but even more so it appears that it buffers against low quality marriages.

It is very important to be on the same page spiritually.

3 comments:

Joe James said...

You'd be proud of me. I am a qualified Prepare/Enrich Counselor now! So I knew what you were talking about with the whole Positve/Negative Couple Agreement thing!

elle wood said...

Yes, all relationships have their ups and downs. But when couples don’t have the tools they need to work them through over time couples drift apart emotionally and spiritually. Marriages Are In Trouble Because Couples Haven’t Been Taught How To Make Them Work! Read the full story here: http://couplestransformations.com/couplehood-as-a-spiritual-path/

Joe James said...

You'd be proud of me. I am a qualified Prepare/Enrich Counselor now! So I knew what you were talking about with the whole Positve/Negative Couple Agreement thing!