Abstract:For understanding the role of culture in coping in different cultural settings, we have conducted studies among cancer patients in 10 countries, within the framework of an international study on meaning-making coping. This article reports on part of the results we obtained from a study in Portugal; specifically, the reported findings are restricted to nonreligious/spiritual coping methods, methods we call secular existential meaning-making coping. The main aim is to identify the diversity of coping methods usi… Show more
“…The findings of several studies (Ahmadi & Ahmadi, 2018;Cetrez et al, 2020;Ahmadi et al, 2018a;Ahmadi et al, 2018b;Ahmadi et al, 2017;Ahmadi et al, 2016a;Ahmadi et al, 2016b;Ahmadi et al, 2019a;Ahmadi et al, 2019b) confirm the third way, i.e. "culture affects selection of the strategies that an individual uses in any given situation."…”
Sanctification is an important phenomenon and should be of keen interest to those studying religious and spiritually oriented coping. Oddly enough, this phenomenon has not received a great deal of attention. One reason may be that sanctification does not directly apply to institutional religious involvement. Moreover, the sacred cannot easily be discerned in people’s coping experience. On important issue is also the lack of attention to the role of culture in coping. One of the researchers who has paid considerable attention to the concept of sanctification and has developed it from different perspectives is Kenneth Pargament. The aim of this article is give rise to a vital discussion on the role of sanctification in coping from a cultural perspective. In doing this, we will first introduce Pargament’s approach to religion and spirituality and then his view on sanctification and then we will put forward our own critique of some discussions on this subject, concluding with our own view.
“…The findings of several studies (Ahmadi & Ahmadi, 2018;Cetrez et al, 2020;Ahmadi et al, 2018a;Ahmadi et al, 2018b;Ahmadi et al, 2017;Ahmadi et al, 2016a;Ahmadi et al, 2016b;Ahmadi et al, 2019a;Ahmadi et al, 2019b) confirm the third way, i.e. "culture affects selection of the strategies that an individual uses in any given situation."…”
Sanctification is an important phenomenon and should be of keen interest to those studying religious and spiritually oriented coping. Oddly enough, this phenomenon has not received a great deal of attention. One reason may be that sanctification does not directly apply to institutional religious involvement. Moreover, the sacred cannot easily be discerned in people’s coping experience. On important issue is also the lack of attention to the role of culture in coping. One of the researchers who has paid considerable attention to the concept of sanctification and has developed it from different perspectives is Kenneth Pargament. The aim of this article is give rise to a vital discussion on the role of sanctification in coping from a cultural perspective. In doing this, we will first introduce Pargament’s approach to religion and spirituality and then his view on sanctification and then we will put forward our own critique of some discussions on this subject, concluding with our own view.
“…The application of the four core items was theoretically founded on the concept of existential meaning-making, particularly the Meaning Making Matrix framework developed by la Cour and Hvidt in 2010 ( Figure 1 ). The concept, as well as the framework, have been used specifically in other studies in health and maternity sciences ( Ahmadi et al, 2022 ; Hansen et al, 2020 ; Kjørven Haug et al, 2016 ; Prinds et al, 2018 ) Figure 1 Meaning Making Matrix (copied with permission from authors) …”
“…Nevertheless, a single-item measure of job satisfaction can yield reliable and valid results [35]. The methods of coping included in the questionnaire were adapted from our extensive international research on coping in times of crisis [21,[37][38][39][40][41], the revised Brief RCOPE questionnaire [40], and the budding research on COVID-19 that was available at the time. In addition, we borrowed from the Demand-Control model [27,28] and it's later versions, with focus on possible resources necessary to reduce work stress in the context of working from home.…”
In this paper, we examined how university staff and students coped with challenges related to working or studying from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the level of satisfaction with working from home. An online survey was conducted among faculty, staff, and students at universities in 24 countries (n = 674). The results show that over 80% of the respondents used multiple coping methods. Three clusters of coping methods were generated through factor analysis: (1) social and health factor, with focus on personal health and the social surrounding, (2) activity factor, i.e., being busy with work or studies, finding up-to-date information about COVID-19, while thinking about what one could do rather than what one could not do, and (3) public health factor, which meant trusting health authorities while avoiding misinformation from sources such as social media. Furthermore, 56% of the respondents were very or somewhat satisfied with working from home. Differences in the methods of coping and satisfaction with working from home highlight the need for employers to prepare for working from home beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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