Jewish Women's Psychological Well Being

I really enjoyed learning about the attachment and separation theory. I think it is interesting to study these behaviors and how they affect people later in life. It really shows how much parenting and the values you instill in your children carry through their entire lives. I never really thought about religion as having an affect on peoples separation and attachment issues. I was very intrigued by the study that was done where the results showed that girls who had a personal/inner Jewish identity had higher self esteem while girls who had a religious Jewish identity had lower self esteem. I wish she could have harped on this a little longer and we could have discussed more reasons for this. I felt like this discussion was a lot of buildup but nothing to really show for her study. A lot of her results were basic generalizations and didn't prove or disprove any correlation between religion and these theories. I wish a larger sample was used and more results could have been determined. Most of the results she showed were generalizations that seemed obvious to me. I was very interested in hearing more about the relationship between Judaism and college women's well being, and I don't think that her study showed anything that I wouldn't have figured obvious already. I did think that it was cool that women who had a stronger Jewish identity had lower levels of distress. I think that this speaks more to the fact that these women had a stronger sense of self and were tied to the morals and values that Judaism teaches you. It was curious that she said that if Jewish women come to her for help that she tries to get them to delve into their Jewish roots. I wouldn't think of this as a way to help others and their well-being and I'm not sure that starting to get into your religion in college necessarily would help you. If you have never felt a deep tie to the religion I'm not sure that this would be of a lot of assistance because most people just haven't had any interest in it. Overall, I liked the presentation but wished there were more conclusions that could have been drawn from her study.