Bowman, A., & Sutton, G.W. (2004). Marital satisfaction and relational attachment in a sample of newly married couples. Psychological Reports, 95, 989-991. Read the abstract
McLeland, K. C., & Sutton, G. W. (2005) Military service, marital status, and men’s relationship satisfaction. Individual Differences Research, 3, 177-182. Read the abstract
Sutton, G. W. (2007). Pastor to immigrants. The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 61, 129-130. Accepted 7/10/2006.
Sutton, G. W. (in press). [Review of the book One Nation under therapy: How the helping culture is eroding self-reliance]. Journal of Christianity and Psychology. Accepted January 26, 2007.
Sutton, G. W. (in press). [Review of the book Positive psychology: The scientific and practical explorations of human strengths]. Journal of Christianity and Psychology. Accepted December 26, 2006.
Sutton, G. W. (2007). [Review of the book The paradox of choice: Why more is less. How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction]. Journal of Christianity and Psychology, 26, 87-88.
Sutton, G. W. (2007). [Review of the book StrengthsQuest: Discover and develop your strengths in academics, career, and beyond]. Journal of Christianity and Psychology, 26, 82-83.
Sutton, G. W., McLeland, K. C., Weaks, K. Cogswell, P. E., & Miphouvieng, R. N. (2007). Does gender matter? An exploration of gender, spirituality, forgiveness and restoration following pastor transgressions. Pastoral Psychology. DOI 10.1007/ s11089-007-0072-3. Online Link http://www.springerlink.com/content/ n11144j1655536l2/
Sutton, G.W., & Thomas, E. K. (2005a). Can derailed pastors be restored? Effects of offense and age on restoration. Pastoral Psychology, 53, 583-599. Read the abstract
Sutton, G. W., & Thomas, E. K. (2006). Following derailed clergy: A message of healing for a shocked congregation. Enrichment Journal. Accepted 7/17/2006. http://www.ag.org/top/ministers/Development/articles/ethics_healingforcongregation.cfm
Sutton, G. W., & Thomas, E. K. (2005b). Restoring Christian leaders: How conceptualizations of forgiveness and restoration can influence practice and research. American Journal of Pastoral Counseling, 8, 29-44. (The journal has been renamed, Journal of Spirituality in Counseling.) Read the abstract
Sutton, G. W., Washburn, D. M., Comtois, L. L., & Moeckel, A. R. (2006). Professional Ethics Violations, Gender, Forgiveness, and the Attitudes of Social Work Students. Journal of College and Character, 7, 1-7. http://collegevalues.org/pdfs/ethics.pdf
Bowman, A. & Sutton, G.W. (2004). Marital satisfaction and relational attachment in a sample of newly married couples. Psychological Reports, 95, 989-991. Read the abstract
The purpose was to investigate possible correlates [perception of parental marital satisfaction (Relationship Assessment Scale), marital status of parents, participation in marital enrichment, current stress, and sex] of marital satisfaction (Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale) and relational attachment (Revised Adult Attachment Scale). 71 young couples (M age = 25.3 yr., SD= 3.2) in their first ten years of marriage completed the measures. Backward regression analysis indicated that marital status of parents, participation in marital enrichment, current stress, and sex accounted for a significant portion of the variance for the Anxiety sub scale of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale. None of the models significantly accounted for the variance on the measure of marital satisfaction.
McLeland, K. C. & Sutton, G. W. (2005) Military service, marital status, and men’s relationship satisfaction. Individual Differences Research, 3, 177-182.
The authors examined the relationship between military status, marital status, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of 46 men. Modifications of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS) and the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS) were used as measures of relationship satisfaction. A two-way MANCOVA (military status x marital status) with age as the covariate revealed lower satisfaction scores for military men. Follow-up ANCOVAs indicated a significant association between military status and relationship satisfaction when measured on the EMS. Additional analyses indicated that deployment alert status explained part of the variance for lowered relationship satisfaction. The results were discussed in terms of a contextual model of marriage (Bradbury & Fincham, 1998).
Sutton, G. W. & Thomas, E. (in press) Restoring Christian leaders: How conceptualizations of forgiveness and restoration can influence practice and research. American Journal of Pastoral Counseling, 8, (2).
In this article, we examined factors that might be associated with restoring pastors to wholeness. We began with an example of a pastor’s extramarital affair that can have far reaching effects on various members within a community of faith. Next, we examined the concepts of transgression and stress, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration used in recent empirical studies. We suggested how certain nuances such as state and process conceptualizations might make a difference in clinical practice. Finally, we offered suggestions for clinical practice and research.
Sutton, G.W. & Thomas, E. K. (2005). Can derailed pastors be restored? Effects of offense and age on restoration. Pastoral Psychology, 53, 583-599.
We studied the restoration beliefs of conservative protestant pastors using an experimental design. We varied pastor offense (romance, affair) and offender age (young, middle age) in narratives presented in an online study and at a ministerial retreat. Both groups rated restoration potential highest for the younger pastor in the affair condition but there was no difference in the romance condition. In addition, the participants believed a younger pastor would fare better in his marriage. We discussed our findings in terms of research on forgiveness and reconciliation.