Comfort and joy? Religion, cognition, and mood in Protestants and Jews under stress

Loewenthal, Kate M.; MacLeod, Andrew K.; Goldblatt, Vivienne; Lubitsh, Guy; Valentine, J.D.

doi:10.1080/026999300378879

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“…The strong positive emotional states (such as awe, comfort, forgiveness, gratitude, hope, joy, and wonderment) regularly displayed by the devoutly spiritual (Emmons, 2005;Loewenthal, Macleod, Goldblatt, Lubitsh, & Valentine, 2000) circumstantially support this perspective. Although these emotional states are not unique to the spiritual, Fuller (2006, p. 2, see also Saroglou, Buxant, & Tilquin, 2008) suggests awe and wonder in particular stimulate ''our ontological imagination in ways that enhance our capacity to see deeper patterns in the universey'' in a fashion akin to other mood-congruence effects.…”

Section: Spirituality and Psychological Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Rather than utilizing the fullscale SWB (which under these circumstances would be rendered a somewhat ''blunt'' instrument), more fruitful insights are likely to emerge from studies utilizing the relevant subscale. Interestingly, in this vein, Loewenthal et al (2000) indicate spirituality raises PA but does not lower distress (or NA). It should be noted that this result is consistent with the proposition that spirituality might represent a systematic positivity bias in self-reports.…”

Section: Using Moderation Regression Models To Test For Subscale Invamentioning

confidence: 94%

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“Moved by the spirit”: does spirituality moderate the interrelationships between subjective well‐being subscales?

Schuurmans-Stekhoven

2010

J Clin Psychol

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Despite the recent escalation of research into the spirituality and well-being link, past efforts have been plagued by methodological problems. However, the potential for measurement error within psychometric instruments remains largely unexplored. After reviewing theory and evidence suggesting spirituality might represent an affective misattribution, moderation modeling-with each subjective well-being (SWB) subscale as a dependent variable as predicted by the remaining SWB subscales-is utilized to test the assumption of scale invariance. These interrelationships were shown to vary in conjunction with spirituality; that is the analysis revealed significant spirituality x subscale interactions. Importantly, in all models the spirituality main effect was either nonsignificant or accounted for by other predictors. In combination, the findings suggest the interrelationship between the subscales rather than the level of SWB varies systematically with spirituality and casts considerable doubt on the previously reported "belief-as-benefit" effect.

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Section: Spirituality and Psychological Well-beingmentioning

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Section: Using Moderation Regression Models To Test For Subscale Invamentioning

confidence: 94%

“Moved by the spirit”: does spirituality moderate the interrelationships between subjective well‐being subscales?

Schuurmans-Stekhoven

2010

J Clin Psychol

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“…Religious support has not only been shown to be derived from relationships with fellow adherents and religious leaders but also from one's perceived relationship with God, at least in Judeo-Christian groups (Fiala, Bjorck, & Gorsuch, 2002;Lazar & Bjorck, 2008;Loewenthal, MacLeod, Goldblatt, Lubitsh, & Valentine, 2000;Maton, 1989). No published quantitative studies have assessed the extent to which Muslims perceive Allah as supportive, however.…”

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The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

Bjorck

Maslim

2011

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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The Religious Support Scale (RSS; Fiala, Bjorck, & Gorsuch, 2002) includes Christian terminology (e.g., church, congregation), limiting its generalizability. We modified the RSS and assessed the reliability and validity of our new Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale (MFRSS) with 539 Muslim women in the United States. The MFRSS replicated the RSS's three-factor structure and subscale reliabilities. The three subscales respectively assess perceived support from religious peers (fellow adherents), from religious leaders, and from Allah. Moreover, even after controlling for social support, support from religious leaders and from Allah were both related to more life satisfaction. Support from Allah was also associated with less depression. Religious support's value among Muslim women is discussed, and the generalizability of the MFRSS is addressed.

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“…As religious variables are consistently associated with positive affect (Loewenthal et al 2000), research should focus on how they enhance positive emotions and the effects of this. Spirituality and religiosity differed in their relation to cognitive intrusions of the attacks.…”

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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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Comfort and joy? Religion, cognition, and mood in Protestants and Jews under stress

Cited by 67 publications

References 39 publications

“Moved by the spirit”: does spirituality moderate the interrelationships between subjective well‐being subscales?

“Moved by the spirit”: does spirituality moderate the interrelationships between subjective well‐being subscales?

The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

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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