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inadequate attachment bonds. The results failed to provide any support for the moderation of
overall caregiver attachment and participant behavioral expressions of religiosity by primary
caregiver spirituality/religiosity, but secondary caregiver spirituality/religiosity was shown to
moderate the relationship between overall caregiver attachment and participant behavioral
expressions of religiosity, providing partial support for Hypothesis 10. Individuals who
reportedly came from non-religious homes (as assessed by the participant's report of secondary
caregiver spirituality/religiosity) with secure attachments engaged in significantly less behavioral
expressions of religiosity than secure individuals from religious homes, which supports the
correspondence hypothesis (Granqvist & Hagekull, 2000) and Hypothesis 1. In addition, those
with insecure caregiver attachments from nonreligious homes were found to display more
behavioral expressions of religiosity than securely attached participants from nonreligious
homes, which supports the compensation hypothesis, and indirectly part of Hypothesis 5. The
inclusion of caregiver spirituality/religiosity as a moderating variable appears to be an essential
component when testing compensation.
Consistent with Kirkpatrick and Shaver (1990) no significant differences were found
between insecurely attached participants from highly religious homes and securely attached
participants from highly religious homes. In addition, no significant differences were found
between the insecurely attached participants from religious homes and insecurely attached
participants from nonreligious homes. Thus, it appears that insecurely attached participants, as a
whole, compensate for their inadequate caregiver bonds though behavioral expressions of
religiosity.
Additional Findings with Other Predictor Variables
Several additional findings were established with respect to demographic and predictor
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Hill, Mary Kathleen. Individual attachment styles and the correspondence/compensation hypotheses in relation to depression and depressive experiences., dissertation, August 2008; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9092/m1/98/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .