Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans.

Park, Crystal L.; Holt, Cheryl L.; Le, Daisy; Christie, Juliette; Williams, Beverly Rosa

doi:10.1037/rel0000124

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“…It can be concluded that the awareness of being in a close relationship with God, based on trust and not fear or negative emotions, may lead to a sense of satisfaction with one's own life. Therefore, our results seem to be important because there are some outcomes that report null or even opposite associations between positive religiosity and adjustment (Park et al 2018). In other studies (Hebert et al 2009), negative religious coping predicted worse satisfaction after controlling for demographic covariates.…”

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The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies on Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction

Szczęśniak¹,

Kroplewski²,

Szałachowski³

2020

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A growing number of researchers are testing potential problematic forms of religiousness that denote anxieties regarding sacred matters. However, only a few studies have assessed how religious/spiritual struggle is associated with positive outcomes. Because people’s coping responses to stressors are key determinants of their well-being, we expected that different coping strategies could be potential mediators between religious problems/tensions and life satisfaction. The research was conducted on a group of 744 Roman Catholics. We used the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) questionnaire. The outcomes show that religious comfort correlated positively with life satisfaction, while fear/guilt, negative emotions toward God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion correlated negatively with life satisfaction. Our research amplifies the understanding of the religious/spiritual struggles and life satisfaction relationship, mediated by “secular” coping strategies. It confirms that both religious and secular methods of experiencing different strains seem to coexist with multiple other strategies in the context of broadly understood life satisfaction.

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confidence: 57%

The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies on Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction

Szczęśniak¹,

Kroplewski²,

Szałachowski³

2020

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“…With respect to fear/guilt struggle, Krause (1995) observes that religious guilt shapes self-esteem. More precisely, religious discontent and punitive religious reappraisals correlate negatively with self-esteem (Park et al 2018). This may be due to the fact that susceptibility to guilt is related to God's image perceived as punitive and vindictive (Hood 1992).…”

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Religious Struggle and Life Satisfaction Among Adult Christians: Self-esteem as a Mediator

Szczęśniak

Timoszyk-Tomczak

2020

J Relig Health

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The religious dimension of life represents an important source of human strength, meaning, and coping for many people. However, the religious life is not always “smooth and easy” and can be associated with weak personal adjustment, poorer psychological well-being, and lower satisfaction. Yet, besides the direct relationship between these variables, some researchers postulate the existence of an indirect association that has not been fully explained by various psychosocial mediators. The aim of the present study was to verify whether self-esteem could be a potential mediator between religious strain and life satisfaction. The sample consisted of 607 adult Christians (49.6% women) aged between 18 and 79. We used the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Consistent with our hypotheses, life satisfaction positively correlated with religious comfort and was negatively associated with fear/guilt, negative emotions toward God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion. The same pattern of results was shown in the case of self-esteem. Moreover, the outcomes obtained from bootstrap sampling (5000) with a 95% confidence interval indicated a significant role of self-esteem as a mediator in all of the relationships between: (1) religious comfort and life satisfaction; (2) fear/guilt and life satisfaction; (3) negative emotions toward God and life satisfaction; and (4) negative social interactions surrounding religion and life satisfaction.

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“…Fourth, based on our previous work examining the differential effects of positive and negative religious coping (Park, Holt, Le, Christice, & Williams, In Press), we expected that negative religious coping would have stronger associations with the health behaviors than would positive religious coping. Fifth, we anticipated that both positive and negative religious coping would serve as mediators of the association between religious involvement and change in a number of the health behaviors over time in our longitudinal data.…”

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Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans

Holt

Roth

Huang

et al. 2017

Social Science & Medicine

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Many studies have examined associations between religious involvement and health, linking various dimensions of religion with a range of physical health outcomes and often hypothesizing influences on health behaviors. However, far fewer studies have examined explanatory mechanisms of the religion-health connection, and most have overwhelmingly relied on cross-sectional analyses. Given the relatively high levels of religious involvement among African Americans and the important role that religious coping styles may play in health, the present study tested a longitudinal model of religious coping as a potential mediator of a multidimensional religious involvement construct (beliefs; behaviors) on multiple health behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity, alcohol use, cancer screening). A national probability sample of African Americans was enrolled in the RHIAA (Religion and Health In African Americans) study and three waves of telephone interviews were conducted over a 5-year period (N=565). Measurement models were fit followed by longitudinal structural models. Positive religious coping decreased modestly over time in the sample, but these reductions were attenuated for participants with stronger religious beliefs and behaviors. Decreases in negative religious coping were negligible and were not associated with either religious beliefs or religious behaviors. Religious coping was not associated with change in any of the health behaviors over time, precluding the possibility of a longitudinal mediational effect. Thus, mediation observed in previous cross-sectional analyses was not confirmed in this more rigorous longitudinal model over a 5-year period. However, findings do point to the role that religious beliefs have in protecting against declines in positive religious coping over time, which may have implications for pastoral counseling and other faith-based interventions.

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Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans.

Cited by 110 publications

References 44 publications

The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies on Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction

The Mediating Effect of Coping Strategies on Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction

Religious Struggle and Life Satisfaction Among Adult Christians: Self-esteem as a Mediator

Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans

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