THE IMPACT OF CHILD-PARENT ATTACHMENT,ATTACHMENT TO GOD AND RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL A.pdfVIP

Journal of Psychology and Theology 2009, Vol. 37, No. 2, 114-124 Copyright 2009 by Rosemead School of Psychology Biola University, 0091-6471/410-730 114 A n ongoing issue for the psychology of reli-gion is the complex relationship betweenreligion and psychological adjustment. Psy- chological adjustment has been described as an umbrella construct with various cognitive and affec- tive dimensions such as life satisfaction, positive affect, happiness, congruence between expected and achieved life goals, absence of symptoms, a pos- itive sense of well being; appropriate social behaviour; freedom