Sharp, Tobina (2010) Gratitude and Religiosity as Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine gratitude, religiosity and relationship satisfaction in ongoing romantic relationships. The main objectives were to investigate the relationships between these variables and the contributions of gratitude and religiosity to the prediction of relationship satisfaction.
Previous research has not explored associations of these variables within the same study. Relationship satisfaction, based on nominal religious motivations of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, has been largely neglected. Positive associations have been indicated between (a) gratitude and marital satisfaction, (b) religiosity and marital satisfaction, and (c) intrinsically religious motivated people and improved individual outcomes. Therefore it was hypothesised that gratitude and religiosity would be positively associated with relationship satisfaction and contribute to its prediction. An exploratory aim was to identify the contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, to the prediction of gratitude. Gender differences were also explored.
A community convenience sample of 92 participants (Male = 21; Female = 70), of Christian denomination, aged 20 to 72 years, who had been in a romantic relationship for at least six months, were assessed on three self-report questionnaires. The Gratitude Questionnaire -6 (McCullough et al., 2002) was used to assess gratitude, the Intrinsic/Extrinsic-Revised scale (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989) assessed religiosity and consisted of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity subscales, and the Relationship Satisfaction Scale from The Investment Model Scale (Rusbult, Martz, & Agnew, 1998) measured romantic relationship satisfaction.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Passmore, Nola |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Psychology) |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2026 01:56 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2026 01:56 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52750 |
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