ABSTRACT This article examines how individuals’ reactions to unanswered prayers are associated with their perceptions of their parents. Undergraduate students enrolled at a state university in Utah completed questionnaires during 2016. Based on the responses of 629 students raised by two Mormon parents, this research found that individuals’ reactions to unanswered prayers are associated with how they perceive their parents. Those perceiving their fathers or mothers favorably are less likely than their counterparts to report a decrease of religiosity after their prayers go unanswered, in both the short and long term. In addition, this research found that individuals’ short-term decrease of religiosity to unanswered prayer is positively associated with the length of praying, while the long-term decrease of religiosity is negatively associated with being raised in a religious family. Overall, this research found that individuals’ reactions to unanswered prayers are more associated with their perceptions of their parents than the religiosity of family background.

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父母的看法对个人对未回答的祷告的反应的影响

摘要本文探讨了个人对未回答的祷告的反应如何与他们对父母的看法相关联。在犹他州的一所州立大学就读的大学生在2016年期间完成了问卷调查。根据两名摩门教父母提出的629名学生的回答，这项研究发现，个人对未回答的祷告的反应与他们对父母的看法有关。在短期和长期内，那些对自己的父亲或母亲抱有好感的人，在祷告没有得到答复后，报告宗教活动的可能性要比同龄人低。此外，这项研究发现，个人对未回答的祷告的宗教信仰的短期减少与祷告时间的长短成正比，宗教信仰的长期下降与在一个宗教家庭中的成长负相关。总体而言，这项研究发现，与家庭背景的宗教信仰相比，个人对未回答的祷告的反应与他们对父母的看法更相关。