Religious coping in adolescents: new evidence and relevance

Torralba, Josefa; Oviedo, Lluís; Canteras, Manuel

doi:10.1057/s41599-021-00797-8

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“…Additionally, participation in religious activities when young people consider religion to be salient, can offer support during this developmental phase. These measures should be combined with guidance about having clear goals in life and promoting self-reliance [ 121 ]. There is a pressing need for research in regions where religion and spirituality are an integral part of life for young people.…”

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Religiosity and spirituality in the prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aggarwal,

Wright,

Morgan

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Historically, religion has had a central role in shaping the psychosocial and moral development of young people. While religiosity and spirituality have been linked to positive mental health outcomes in adults, their role during the developmental context of adolescence, and the mechanisms through which such beliefs might operate, is less well understood. Moreover, there is some evidence that negative aspects of religiosity are associated with poor mental health outcomes. Guided by lived experience consultants, we undertook a systematic review and quality appraisal of 45 longitudinal studies and 29 intervention studies identified from three electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO and Scopus) exploring the role of religiosity and spiritual involvement (formal and informal) in prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people aged 10 to 24 years. Most studies were from high-income countries and of low to moderate quality. Meta-analysis of high-quality longitudinal studies (assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools, n = 25) showed a trend towards association of negative religious coping (i.e., feeling abandoned by or blaming God) with greater depressive symptoms over time (Pearson’s r = 0.09, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.009, 0.188) whereas spiritual wellbeing was protective against depression (Pearson’s r = -0.153, CI -0.187, -0.118). Personal importance of religion was not associated with depressive symptoms overall (Pearson’s r = -0.024, CI-0.053, 0.004). Interventions that involved religious and spiritual practices for depression and anxiety in young people were mostly effective, although the study quality was typically low and the heterogeneity in study designs did not allow for a meta-analysis. The lived experience consultants described spirituality and religious involvement as central to their way of life and greatly valued feeling watched over during difficult times. While we require more evidence from low- and middle-income countries, in younger adolescents and for anxiety disorders, the review provides insight into how spirituality and religious involvement could be harnessed to design novel psychological interventions for depression and anxiety in young people.Review RegistrationThe systematic review was funded by Wellcome Trust Mental Health Priority Area 'Active Ingredients' 2021 commission and registered with PROSPERO 2021 (CRD42021281912).

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Religiosity and spirituality in the prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aggarwal,

Wright,

Morgan

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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“…It certainly makes sense, from a theological and spiritual point of view, to speak of faith, ritual and prayer as means that help people to get through their crises, to carry their crosses, or to feel God's mercy and closeness. The point is that, in addition to the many testimonies that we can collect from believers, this relationship is now being investigated more accurately, often with obvious practical interests: if religion helps and has a therapeutic and palliative effect, then it must be considered within the framework of health strategies to promote well-being (Pargament 2010;Torralba et al 2021).…”

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Theology’s Concern for Wellbeing and Human Flourishing: A Research Program

Torró

2023

J. Empir. Theol.

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This article proposes a new perspective for theology calling for fresh studies on religion and coping, resilience, wellbeing and flourishing. These studies have grown far from theological areas and could be seen as quite strange to that tradition, its methods, and views. However, theology can learn a lot from these new studies when trying to update its message of salvation, endowing it with a more explicit content and can offer interesting points to other treaties, like Christian Anthropology and Practical Theology. To that end the article reports and briefly reviews those relevant developments, tries to address several doubts and to connect better theology with that research, after assuming a more pragmatic and empirical stance.

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“…The understanding and realization of the aforementioned developmental tasks are influenced by the circumstances of the culture, society, social environment and time in which adolescents live. Some empirical research shows that adolescents today are more exposed to various psychological and social pathologies such as anxiety, depression and stress than previous generations (Poljak & Begić, 2016 ; Torralba et al, 2021 ). A UNICEF study conducted in 2019 among nine million adolescents aged 10–19 shows that 16.3% of adolescents in Europe and 13.2% worldwide suffer from a mental disorder.…”

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Religiosity as a factor of social-emotional resilience and personal growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatian adolescents

Filipović

Rihtar²

2023

j. relig. educ.

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The coronavirus pandemic and measures to protect against the spread of infection have had a specific effect on individual age groups. This research is focused on adolescents (from 13 to 19 years old) because young people at that age are already going through a developmental crisis, which is further intensified by pandemic circumstances. The survey, conducted in Croatia from December 2020 to February 2021 (N = 857), sought to identify the possible personalizing of faith in adolescents as well as the impact of religiosity on their coping with the pandemic, especially in terms of social-emotional resilience and personal growth. In addition to descriptive indicators, the analysis used inferential procedures to check the statistical significance of differences (t-test, ANOVA), as well as connections and determinations between variables (correlation and regression analysis). The hypotheses were confirmed that the faith of religious adolescents became more personal and that it had a positive effect on psycho-social resilience and personal growth, but in combination with family cohesion, which on the one hand was stimulated by religiosity, and on the other, influenced personal growth.

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Religious coping in adolescents: new evidence and relevance

Cited by 18 publications

References 42 publications

Religiosity and spirituality in the prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Religiosity and spirituality in the prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Theology’s Concern for Wellbeing and Human Flourishing: A Research Program

Religiosity as a factor of social-emotional resilience and personal growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatian adolescents

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