Effects of religious versus conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy on generosity in major depression and chronic medical illness: A randomized clinical trial.

Pearce, Michelle J.; Koenig, Harold G.; Robins, Clive J.; Daher, Noha; Shaw, Sally F.; Nelson, Bruce; Berk, Lee; Bellinger, Denise L.; Cohen, Harvey Jay; King, Michael

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“…Somewhat surprisingly, other studies in the same series found that the type of CBT received (i.e., religious versus secular) did not moderate patient outcomes, even on quasi-spiritual variables. Secular and religious CBT were equally effective in decreasing spiritual struggles , and increasing generosity (Pearce et al, 2015) The third methodological problem in studies featuring spurious R/S superiority is that conclusions are often based on samples consisting overwhelmingly of R/S believers. This is not necessarily a problem for circumscribed conclusions such as "R/S believers can benefit from, or are more comfortable with, treatments utilizing R/S concepts".…”

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Focusing on the nonreligious reveals secular mechanisms underlying well-being and prosociality.

Galen

2018

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Greater attention to secular and nonreligious individuals has provided much-needed balance as well as alternative interpretations of commonly-held assumptions regarding religiosity/ spirituality (R/S). Contrary to the theory that R/S provides unique benefits in areas such as prosociality and mental health, analogous secular mechanisms exist. The conflation of effects attributed to R/S together with secular effects represents a congruence fallacy. Studies often lack proper controls found in other areas of psychology (e.g., dismantling or placebo designs) that could detect when religion is acting as a proxy for more basic underlying influences. For example, an increased focus on the nonreligious has revealed that religious belief has often been confounded with factors such as strong worldview conviction, social engagement, and normative cultural fit. R/S differences co-occur with demographic, personality, cognitive, and epistemic variables that exert causal influence independent of any religious content. Experimental and treatment outcome studies featuring effects attributed to R/S often have not included equivalent secular conditions or stimuli. The association between spirituality and well-being has been artificially inflated because of conceptual blurring on assessment measures, leading to the miscategorization of some nonreligious individuals into the spirituality domain. In sum, a more specified and critical approach is needed in order to validate assumptions that religiosity and spirituality exert unique effects.

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Focusing on the nonreligious reveals secular mechanisms underlying well-being and prosociality.

Galen

2018

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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“…Two hundred and thirty-seven papers published between 2013 and 2017 were screened (Cochrane = 89, PubMed = 38, Embase = 107, Psycinfo = 3), of which seven were assessed for eligibility. Only one was included in this study (Koenig et al, 2015a(Koenig et al, , 2015b since five studies were different analyses conducted on the same sample (Koenig et al, 2014(Koenig et al, ,2015a(Koenig et al, ,2016a(Koenig et al, , 2016bPearce et al, 2015a) and one did not satisfy the definition of a randomized clinical trial (Koenig, 2014b). See Fig.…”

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“…The ancient Greek word "metanoia" literally means to "change your mind" or "change how you think," which the Bible translated as "repent." Thus, changing the way we think (i.e., repenting in Christian language) is a biblical concept (Matthew 4:17) (Pearce et al, 2015a(Pearce et al, , 2015b.…”

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Religion-Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review and Description of Techniques

Costa

Moreira‐Almeida

2021

J Relig Health

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Systematic reviews have shown the efficacy of religion-adapted cognitive behavioral therapy (R-CBT); however, many clinicians lack practical knowledge of these protocols. We describe here the techniques of religious adaptation to CBT that have proved effective. We selected randomized clinical trials comparing R-CBT with control conditions in clients with a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and extracted the information from their adapted manuals. The most frequent religious adaptations were the integration of religious content to perform cognitive restructuring, psychoeducation and motivation; engagement in religious activities such as behavioral activation, meditation, or prayer to help cognitive restructuring, using religious values and coping strategies. A description of these techniques is presented here, as well as some practical examples.

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“…Gratitude was assessed using The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form (GQ-6;McCullough et al 2002). This is a self-report scale examining general thankfulness and gratitude, under four facets of grateful tendencies-intensity, density, span, and frequency, and has been employed in previous intervention studies assessing change (e.g., Killen and Macaskill 2015;Krentzman et al 2015;Pearce et al 2016;Toepfer et al 2012).…”

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Examining Psychosocial Pathways Underlying Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2017

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Despite their unprecedented popularity, the psychological mechanisms through which gratitude journals operate are poorly understood. Also the use of gratitude journaling to enhance social relationships has been neglected in past research, despite the importance of healthy relationships for people's happiness. This randomized controlled study examined the effect of (a) a traditional gratitude journal (fostering gratitude for daily life), and (b) an interpersonal gratitude journal (fostering gratitude for one's existing social relationships), versus (c) an active control journal, on life satisfaction. Ninety-one participants were randomized to one of three conditions with 2-week and 1-month follow-ups. The traditional gratitude intervention (vs. control) showed improvements in friendship at immediate post-test and 1-month follow-up, and these effects were accounted for by changes in gratitude over time. Additionally, the traditional gratitude intervention (vs. control) predicted enhanced life satisfaction at follow-up, and this was serially mediated by 6 week changes in gratitude and perceived friendship quality. No such differences over time were observed between the interpersonal gratitude intervention and either the control intervention or the traditional gratitude intervention. Actively appreciating things in daily Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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Effects of religious versus conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy on generosity in major depression and chronic medical illness: A randomized clinical trial.

Cited by 8 publications

References 53 publications

Focusing on the nonreligious reveals secular mechanisms underlying well-being and prosociality.

Focusing on the nonreligious reveals secular mechanisms underlying well-being and prosociality.

Religion-Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review and Description of Techniques

Examining Psychosocial Pathways Underlying Gratitude Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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