The present study examined attachment to God and quest as potential moderators of the relationship between religious doubt and mental health. A sample of Christian participants (N = 235) completed a survey which included measures of attachment to God, quest, religious doubt, and mental health. As hypothesized, attachment to God and quest significantly moderated an individual’s experience of religious doubt. Low avoidant attachment to God (i.e., a more secure attachment) was associated with a more negative relationship between cognitive religious doubt and positive mental health than high avoidant attachment. In contrast, low avoidant attachment to God also ameliorated the positive relationship between affective religious doubt and mental health problems. Low anxious attachment was associated with a stronger negative relationship between both measures of religious doubt (i.e., cognitive and affective) and positive mental health. In addition, high soft quest weakened all four of the relationships between measures of religious doubt and mental health. High hard quest ameliorated the positive relationship between both measures of religious doubt and mental health problems. These results indicate that an individual’s attachment to God and the way an individual is oriented toward religion each play a role in the mental health outcomes associated with religious doubt.

本研究考察了对神的依恋和作为宗教怀疑与心理健康之间关系的潜在调节者的追求。基督徒参与者样本（N = 235）完成了一项调查，其中包括对上帝的依恋，追求，宗教怀疑和心理健康的测量。如所假设的那样，对上帝的依恋和追求极大地减轻了个人对宗教怀疑的经历。与高回避者依恋相比，回避者对神的依恋程度低（即更安全的依恋）与认知宗教怀疑和积极的心理健康之间的负面关系更为密切。相比之下，回避者对上帝的依恋程度低也改善了情感宗教怀疑与心理健康问题之间的积极关系。较低的焦虑依恋与宗教怀疑（即认知和情感）和积极心理健康两个指标之间更强的负面关系相关。此外，高度的软性追求削弱了宗教怀疑与心理健康之间的所有四个关系。艰苦卓绝的追求改善了宗教怀疑与心理健康问题之间的积极关系。这些结果表明，一个人对上帝的依恋以及一个人对宗教的态度都在与宗教怀疑有关的心理健康结果中起作用。