Page No.125-130
Shimelis Dejene Yegletu and M.V.R. Raju
Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Three studies explored God as a secure base following the model of John Bowlby.
In Study1 qualitative information collected from participants provided evidence on
functional relationship with God as secure base. Conceptualizing attachment to
God along two dimensions, anxiety and avoidance, was the focus of Study 2, but
the distributions of scores obtained were not normal. The effect of priming on
recall of memories related to God as a secure base was seen in Study 3. Priming
significantly affected latency, number of memories recalled, and categories
generated. The study provides evidence that God serves as a secure base, which
is a generalization of primary infant-mother relationship.
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