Religiosity and Perceived Stress: A Community Survey

King, Michael; Schäfer, Walter Ernst

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“…This is incongruent to previous literature in religion and stress perception. For example, King and Schafer suggested that religious experience ameliorate the impact of life's frustrations and difficulties in the Christians, and then they explained the results in terms of attribution and social support theories (60). It suggests this finding related to the societal backgrounds, procedures and practices of different religions in Malaysia.…”

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Workplace Relationships, Stress, Depression and Anxiety in a Malaysian Sample

Khodarahimi¹,

Hashim²,

Zaharim³

2012

IJPBS

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The purpose of this research was to develop the Work Relationships Scale (WRS) and examine its relationships with stress, depression and anxiety in workplace, and also to investigate the roles of demographical factors in these constructs. Participants were 199 employees from different workplaces in Penang, Malaysia. A demographic questionnaire and five self rating inventories were used in this study. Findings indicated that WRS is a multidimensional construct with four factors: Critical and procrustean, satisfactory, supportive and sympathic, and disciplinary. First factor was positive correlated with interpersonal sensitivity, demands and control subscales of work stress, depression and anxiety. Second factor was negative correlated with depression, work stress and its support subscale. Third factor was negative correlated with total work stress. Fourth factor was positive correlated with interpersonal sensitivity, work stress and its demands and control subscales. Results supported the effects of gender, marital status, level of education, and type and classification of job on the work relationships. The WRS and its satisfactory and disciplinary subscales altogether explained 30, 3 and 6 percents of work stress, depression, and anxiety variations respectively.

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Workplace Relationships, Stress, Depression and Anxiety in a Malaysian Sample

Khodarahimi¹,

Hashim²,

Zaharim³

2012

IJPBS

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“…Factors associated with greater religiosity, especially the private aspect of religiosity measured by importance of faith, seem to have the potential to reduce the effects of high stress levels associated with maltreatment experiences and improve psychological well-being among children, at least for girls. As King and Schafer (1992) suggested, religiosity may serve as a buffer to life’s adversities by providing personal meaning, broader perspectives on conflict, and inner resources in the face of stressful events. In the current sample, it appears that the personal aspect of religiosity (faith) provided maltreated girls with resources for inner strength in the face of life stress associated with maltreatment.…”

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The protective effects of religiosity on maladjustment among maltreated and nonmaltreated children

Kim

2008

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objective-The aim of this study was to investigate the role of child religiosity in the development of maladaptation among maltreated children.Methods-Data were collected on 188 maltreated and 196 nonmaltreated children from low-income families (ages 6-12 years). Children were assessed on religiosity and depressive symptoms, and were evaluated by camp counselors on internalizing symptomatology and externalizing symptomatology.Results-Significant interactions indicated protective effects of religiosity. Child reports of the importance of faith were related to lower levels of internalizing symptomatology among maltreated girls (t = −2.81, p < .05). Child reports of attendance at religious services were associated with lower levels of externalizing symptomatology among nonmaltreated boys (t = 1.94, p = .05).Conclusion-These results suggest that child religiosity may largely contribute to stress coping process among maltreated and nonmaltreated children from low-income families. The results also indicate that the protective roles of religiosity varied by risk status and gender.Practical Implications-The results indicate that a range of child religiosity behaviors and practices can be assessed in translational prevention research. It is recommended that healthcare professionals, psychologists, and social workers working with maltreated children and their families assess for salience of religiosity and may encourage them to consider the role religiosity plays in the development of prevention and intervention programs to alleviate distress and enhance stress coping.

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“…Not all studies, however, have demonstrated a positive impact of religiosity on well‐being. For example, King and Schafer (1992) found that higher levels of religiosity were associated with personal distress. Bergin (1991), reviewing the extant literature, concluded that, in general, there is “no correlation between religion and mental health” (Bergin, 1991, p. 399).…”

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Religiosity and psychological well‐being

2009

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being in a sample of Greek Orthodox Christians. Previous research has documented that personal devotion, participation in religious activities, and religious salience are positively associated with different criteria of psychological well-being. The sample (83 men and 280 women) with an age range from 18 to 48 years, was strongly skewed with respect to sex (77% female) and education level (95% were university students or university graduates). Religiosity was operationalized as church attendance, frequency of prayer and belief salience. In addition, a single item referring to beliefs about God was used. Depression, anxiety, loneliness, and general life satisfaction were selected as dependent variables because they reflect important dimensions of psychological well-being. Preliminary analyses showed that sex was significantly related to the three religiosity variables (church attendance, frequency of prayer, belief salience), with women being more religious than men. Consistent with previous research, correlations suggested that church attendance and belief salience were associated with better life satisfaction. The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed a significant positive association between anxiety and frequency of personal prayer. Finally, personal beliefs about God did not seem to relate to any of the psychological well-being measures. The results of the present study partially support the hypothesized association between religiosity and psychological well-being.

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Religiosity and Perceived Stress: A Community Survey

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

Workplace Relationships, Stress, Depression and Anxiety in a Malaysian Sample

Workplace Relationships, Stress, Depression and Anxiety in a Malaysian Sample

The protective effects of religiosity on maladjustment among maltreated and nonmaltreated children

Religiosity and psychological well‐being

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