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Publication Date: 2012-Oct
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Chinese Christians in America: Attachment to God, Stress, and Well-Being
Wei, Meifen; Ku, Tsun-Yao; Chen, Hwei-Jane; Wade, Nathaniel; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin; Guo, Gwo-Jen
Counseling and Values, v57 n2 p162-180 Oct 2012
This study examined whether attachment to God moderated the relation between perceived stress and well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and positive affect) among 183 Chinese Christian international students and immigrants. Results showed significant main effects of (a) perceived stress on life satisfaction and (b) secure attachment to God and avoidant attachment to God on life satisfaction and positive affect. There was a significant interaction of perceived stress and avoidant attachment to God on life satisfaction. Specifically, high avoidant attachment to God exacerbated the association between perceived stress and life satisfaction, whereas low avoidant attachment to God buffered the association between perceived stress and life satisfaction. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Immigrants, Attachment Behavior, Life Satisfaction, Chinese Americans, Christianity, Stress Variables, Foreign Students, Correlation, Religious Factors, Beliefs
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