Abstract

This article reports a study on the effect of a joint online spirituality-based counseling (OSC) intervention in improving the relationship quality and quality of life of South Asian mothers-in-law (MILs) and daughters-in-law (DILs) dyads. The OSE was effective (Cohen’s d range = 1.44–3.76, p≤.01) and post-test scores were higher for Hindu and Buddhist dyads, middle class, MILs-DILs with better education, widowed MILs and currently married DILs. OSC attendance and self-practice mediated the relationship between socio-demographic predictors and outcomes. Relationship quality outcomes of the MILs-DILs were interdependent, associated and in turn predicted quality of life outcomes of the dyads and the mutual interdependence.

摘要

本文报告了一项关于联合在线灵性咨询 (OSC) 干预对改善南亚婆婆 (MIL) 和媳妇 (DIL) 夫妻关系质量和生活质量的影响的研究. OSE 是有效的（Cohen 的d范围 = 1.44-3.76，p ≤.01），印度教和佛教二人组、中产阶级、受过更好教育的 MIL-DIL、寡居 MIL 和目前已婚 DIL 的测试后分数更高。OSC 出勤率和自我练习介导了社会人口统计学预测因素和结果之间的关系。MILs-DILs 的关系质量结果是相互依赖、关联的，反过来又预测了二元组的生活质量结果和相互依存关系。