Associations of general religiousness and specific religious beliefs with coping appraisals in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Newton, A. Taylor; McIntosh, Daniel N.

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“…However, we share Koenig's (2009) concern to avoid operationalizations of spirituality that include components (e.g., existential well-being, meaning) that may themselves be indicators of good mental health. In both cases, measures of the content of the beliefs, or the rituals and attitudes of the religious social context, would be helpful; the association of religion and well-being may differ across faith groups (Park et al 1990), and people of different faiths appraise stressful events differently (Newton and McIntosh 2009). Finally, religiosity and spirituality were assessed post-9/11.…”

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The distinct roles of spirituality and religiosity in physical and mental health after collective trauma: a national longitudinal study of responses to the 9/11 attacks

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“…Vertical/horizontal religious focus was assessed by the Verticality Scale, a 13-item forcedchoice measure used in a previous study of religion and appraisals (Newton & McIntosh, 2009). We used forced-choice to decrease central tendency, acquiescence, and social desirability biases (Baron, 1996) that may occur with individuals being uncomfortable emphasizing one religious focus over the other.…”

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“…Indeed, among college students coping with the effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, vertical relative to horizontal religious focus was positively associated with the appraisal that God is in control and negatively related to the appraisal that oneself and others are in control (Newton & McIntosh, 2009). Consistent with this finding, we expected that people who focus more on God than on others in religion are more likely to think that God is in control of stressful situations and less likely to think that the self or others are in control.…”

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“…Horizontal religious focus refers to a person-focused, humanistic approach to religion, whereas a vertical focus refers to a deity-centered, spiritual approach. Although horizontal and vertical dimensions have been examined independently (Benson, Donahue, & Erickson, 1993), recent work identifies the importance of their relative emphasis (Newton & McIntosh, 2009).…”

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Specific Religious Beliefs in a Cognitive Appraisal Model of Stress and Coping

Newton

McIntosh

2010

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

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Although religiousness is tied to coping, little work examines the role of specific religious beliefs in the coping process. Applying the transactional model of coping, positivity of God image and vertical religious focus were assessed in a national sample of 103 parents of children with disabilities. Controlling for general religiousness, these specific beliefs were correlated with parents' appraisals. Positive God image was associated positively with appraisals that the disability is a challenge, a benefit, and God is in control; it was associated negatively with loss appraisal. Vertical religious focus was associated positively with the appraisal that God is in control. Consistent with the model, appraisals mediated the relation between specific beliefs and coping strategies. Loss appraisal mediated the relation of vertical focus and God image with engagement coping and the appraisal that God is in control further explained the relation between vertical focus and engagement coping.Religion powerfully influences how individuals cope with stress (Pargament, 1997). It explains unique variance in coping and predicts outcomes beyond secular coping (Pargament, 2002). Despite this wealth of research demonstrating that religion is linked with coping, much less is known about how religion enters and forms the coping process. This study addresses this question using a cognitive appraisal approach, providing a broader evaluation of religion's role in coping. We test how specific religious beliefs are related to appraisals of stressors, how these appraisals relate to coping, and how these beliefs fit into the whole coping process. Moreover, we explore the role that specific religious beliefs play beyond that of general religiousness. THE TRANSACTIONAL MODEL OF STRESS AND COPINGCognitive approaches to stress and coping assert that stressors are stressful only if an individual perceives them as such (Bandura, 1977;Roesch, Weiner, & Vaughn, 2002). Among the best-supported cognitive approaches is Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional model. It features cognitive appraisals of a stressor as mediators of the relations between individual difference variables and coping strategies used; these strategies then influence various outcomes.

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“…In a supportive context, (Kirkpatrick, 2005) and (Newton & McIntosh, 2009) had stated that: there is definite relationship between one's God-perception and the level of one's psychological health, wherein being dissatisfied with one's lot from God leads to disappointment, depression, guilt, anxiety, fear and other psychological ailments.…”

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Perception of God and Paranoia among Iranian University Students

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Kalantarkousheh²

2014

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This study examined the correlation between types of perception of God and paranoid thoughts among 312 randomly sampled students-175 female and 137 male-in the Azad Islamic University of Tehran in Iran. Two survey questionnaires were administered to the participants through the University's website-one assessing their perception of God (Lawrence, 1997), and the other to assess the occurrence of paranoid thoughts among them (Derogatis, Lipman, & Covi, 1973). Data were analyzed using correlation coefficients and regression methods. The results show that only the negative perception of God correlates with paranoia in both males and females, while the perception of God's blessings in one's life correlates with paranoid thoughts only among male students. Students with a positive perception of God experience less paranoia than students with negative perception of God-a finding that may actually suggest that positive spirituality/religiosity holds positive and therapeutic benefits for the paranoid.

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Associations of general religiousness and specific religious beliefs with coping appraisals in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Cited by 36 publications

References 44 publications

The distinct roles of spirituality and religiosity in physical and mental health after collective trauma: a national longitudinal study of responses to the 9/11 attacks

The distinct roles of spirituality and religiosity in physical and mental health after collective trauma: a national longitudinal study of responses to the 9/11 attacks

Specific Religious Beliefs in a Cognitive Appraisal Model of Stress and Coping

Perception of God and Paranoia among Iranian University Students

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