Christian religious functioning and trauma outcomes

Harris, J. Irene; Erbes, Christopher R.; Engdahl, Brian; Olson, Raymond H. A.; Winskowski, Ann Marie; McMahill, Joelle

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“…In sum, while higher PRC is associated with greater well-being, it is not consistently inversely linked to poorer functioning. As an example, in a study of 327 church-going, self-identified trauma victims, PRC was positively related to post-traumatic growth (r = 0.37), but unrelated to PTSD symptoms [45].…”

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The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

2011

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Abstract:The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transition. This paper reports on the development of the Brief RCOPE and its psychometric status. The scale developed out of Pargament's (1997) program of theory and research on religious coping. The items themselves were generated through interviews with people experiencing major life stressors. Two overarching forms of religious coping, positive and negative, were articulated through factor analysis of the full RCOPE. Positive religious coping methods reflect a secure relationship with a transcendent force, a sense of spiritual connectedness with others, and a benevolent world view. Negative religious coping methods reflect underlying spiritual tensions and struggles within oneself, with others, and with the divine. Empirical studies document the internal consistency of the positive and negative subscales of the Brief RCOPE. Moreover, empirical studies provide support for the construct validity, predictive validity, and incremental validity of the subscales. The Negative Religious Coping subscale, in particular, has emerged as a robust predictor of health-related outcomes. Initial evidence suggests that the Brief RCOPE may be useful as an evaluative tool that is sensitive to the effects of psychological interventions. In short, the Brief RCOPE has demonstrated its utility as an instrument for research and practice in the psychology of religion and spirituality.

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The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

2011

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“…Those who view their spirituality, faith community, and/or Higher Power as sources of support, validation, and acceptance are more able to make healthy meanings and recover than those who don't. Those who view their spirituality, faith community, and/or Higher Power as sources of judgment, punishment, or rejection have difficulty recovering from trauma (Elliott, 1994;Falsetti, Resick, & Davis, 2003;Fitchett, Rybarczyk, Demarco, & Nicholas, 1999;Fontana & Rosenheck, 2004;Harris et al, 2008b;Pargament, Koenig, Tarakeshwar, & Hahn, 2004;Strawbridge et al, 1998). This research suggests that using spiritually integrated interventions could help trauma survivors to more effectively use their spiritual practices and beliefs to deal with trauma and thus foster recovery.…”

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The effectiveness of a trauma focused spiritually integrated intervention for veterans exposed to trauma

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Building Spiritual Strength (BSS) is an 8-session, spiritually integrated group intervention designed to address religious strain and enhance religious meaning making for military trauma survivors. It is based upon empirical research on the relationship between spirituality and adjustment to trauma. To assess the intervention's effectiveness, veterans with histories of trauma who volunteered for the study were randomly assigned to a BSS group (n = 26) or a wait-list control group (n = 28). BSS participants showed statistically significant reductions in PTSD symptoms based on self-report measures as compared with those in a wait-list control condition. Further research on spiritually integrated interventions for trauma survivors is warranted.

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“…Negative religious coping challenges these positive answers to stressful life events showing, for example, punishing reappraisal (the feeling God is punishing the person for their sins) or spiritual discontent. In this respect, positive religious coping strategies were found to be beneficial, whereas negative religious coping resulted in poorer psychological adjustment to stress [2,3,4]. …”

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The Psychological Outcome of Religious Coping with Stressful Life Events in a Swiss Sample of Church Attendees

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Background: Recent research suggested thatreligious coping, based on dispositional religiousness and spirituality (R/S), is an important modulating factor in the process of dealing with adversity. In contrast to the United States, the effect of R/S on psychological adjustment to stress is a widely unexplored area in Europe. Methods: We examined a Swiss sample of 328 church attendees in the aftermath of stressful life events to explore associations of positive or negative religious coping with the psychological outcome. Applying a cross-sectional design, we used Huber’s Centrality Scale to specify religiousness and Pargament’s measure of religious coping (RCOPE) for the assessment of positive and negative religious coping. Depressive symptoms and anxiety as outcome variables were examined by the Brief Symptom Inventory. The Stress-Related Growth Scale and the Marburg questionnaire for the assessment of well-being were used to assess positive outcome aspects. We conducted Mann-Whitney tests for group comparisons and cumulative logit analysis for the assessmentof associations of religious coping with our outcome variables. Results: Both forms of religious coping were positively associated with stress-related growth (p < 0.01). However, negative religious coping additionally reduced well-being (p = 0.05, β = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.27–0.99) and increased anxiety (p = 0.02, β = 1.94, 95% CI = 1.10–3.39) and depressive symptoms (p = 0.01, β = 2.27, 95% CI = 1.27–4.06). Conclusions: The effects of religious coping on the psychological adjustment to stressful life events seem relevant. These findings should be confirmed in prospective studies.

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Christian religious functioning and trauma outcomes

Cited by 125 publications

References 43 publications

The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

The effectiveness of a trauma focused spiritually integrated intervention for veterans exposed to trauma

The Psychological Outcome of Religious Coping with Stressful Life Events in a Swiss Sample of Church Attendees

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