Spirituality and psychological pain: the mediating role of social support

Dangel, Trever; Webb, Jon R.

doi:10.1080/13674676.2017.1345880

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“…Hayes empirically demonstrated that ordinary least squares will produce the same results as maximum likelihood procedures using structural equation modeling packages for Mplus and LISREL. Hayes's parallel mediation analysis is well established in the literature, and previous researchers have tested mediation models using ordinary least squares similarly to how we tested for mediation in the current investigation (e.g., Carvalho, ; Dangel & Webb, ; Goodall et al, ; Homan, ; Lorem, Schirmer, Wang, & Emaus, ; Van Tongeren, Hook, & Davis, ).…”

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“…Hayes's () PROCESS macro use of bootstrap confidence intervals using 1,000 random data sets for parallel mediation reduces the likelihood of committing a Type I error. The ordinary least squares regression will also produce the same results as structural equation modeling regardless of whether multiple outcome variables are modeled individually or simultaneously (Dangel & Webb, ; Hayes, ; Homan, ). Type II statistical error in mediation analysis refers to the erroneous finding that no mediation effect exists when in fact there is one.…”

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The Mediating Effects of Spiritual Bypass on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Fox

Picciotto

2019

Counseling and Values

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Spiritual bypass is a defensive psychological posture that prevents people from feeling the pain of difficult emotions or experiences through 2 primary pathways: (a) Psychological Avoidance and (b) Spiritualizing. The authors collected a sample (783 participants) from the general population and tested a parallel mediation model in which 2 factors of spiritual bypass mediated the effect of spirituality on depression, anxiety, and stress. The results demonstrated that Psychological Avoidance and Spiritualizing partially mediated the effect of spirituality on depression and anxiety, whereas they completely mediated the effect of spirituality on stress. The findings are presented in the context of the study's limitations, and implications for clinical practice and research are provided.

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The Mediating Effects of Spiritual Bypass on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Fox

Picciotto

2019

Counseling and Values

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“…Research has only just begun to examine potential protective factors against psychache; however, initial evidence has suggested religion and spirituality may serve protective functions (Dangel & Webb, 2017). Specifically, Dangel and Webb (2017) found that ritualistic (e.g., regularly attending worship services) and existential (e.g., seeing life as a journey toward fulfillment) spirituality were both directly, negatively related to psychache in a general sample of almost 2,000 undergraduate students. The relation between religion and psychache may be more complicated among LGB individuals, however.…”

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Internalized heterosexism, religious coping, and psychache in LGB young adults who identify as religious.

Bourn¹,

Frantell²,

Miles³

2018

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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We examined psychache, or intolerable emotional suffering, in a sample of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) young adults who identified as religious. Using a minority stress framework, we hypothesized internalized heterosexism (IH) would positively relate to psychache. We also hypothesized that positive religious coping (PRC) would moderate or lessen this association. Finally, we examined whether negative religious coping (NRC) moderated or mediated the relation between IH and psychache. A sample of 617 LGB young adults who identified as religious completed an online survey assessing IH, religious coping, and psychache. Consistent with our hypothesis, IH was significantly related to psychache. IH was also significantly, positively correlated with both PRC and NRC, suggesting that individuals use both forms of religious coping in relation to experiencing IH. Results suggested that NRC, but not PRC, was correlated with psychache. Contrary to our hypotheses, neither PRC nor NRC moderated the relation between IH and psychache. NRC did, however, mediate the relation between IH and psychache. Results suggest clinicians working with LGB individuals may want to attend psychache, in addition to other types of psychological distress, and that they may target their interventions toward reducing the use of NRC. Public Significance StatementThis study found that internalized heterosexism was related to psychache, or intense emotional pain that has been found to predict suicidality. This relation was mediated by negative religious coping. Practitioners may seek to help clients reduce their use of negative religious coping to help reduce psychache.

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“…Webb et al (2014) suggested the intentional framing of spirituality as having those different dimensions as useful in reducing the problem of having a religious versus spiritual dichotomy. They also suggested that using the term “ritualistic spirituality” instead of “religious spirituality” helped separate negative feelings toward the term “religion.” This multidimensional assessment of spirituality has been utilized in multiple studies in the U.S. (Chang et al, 2016; Dangel & Webb, 2017; Hall et al, 2020). For example, Chang et al (2016) found that higher ritualistic, theistic, and existential spirituality were associated with lower depressive symptoms in college students.…”

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The relationship among spirituality, self-compassion, and body satisfaction in college students.

Stauber¹,

Stutts²

2023

Spirituality in Clinical Practice

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Body dissatisfaction is a notable concern among college students. Spirituality and selfcompassion have been associated with body satisfaction, but minimal research has examined all three of those relationships. Therefore, we examined the relationship among spirituality, self-compassion, and body satisfaction. Participants included 307 college students (70.4% women; 71.3% White; 50.2% Christian) who completed online questionnaires on three types of spirituality (ritualistic, theistic, and existential), selfcompassion, body satisfaction, and other related variables to spirituality (participating in intensive outdoor programs and/or as an athlete). Ritualistic spirituality was correlated with higher self-compassion, but there was not a significant correlation among theistic/ existential spirituality and self-compassion. There was also not a significant correlation among the three types of spirituality and body satisfaction, but self-compassion was strongly correlated with body satisfaction. However, individuals who had high ritualistic spirituality had significantly higher levels of self-compassion and body satisfaction than individuals with low ritualistic spirituality. Individuals who participated in at least one intensive outdoor program had significantly higher existential spirituality and selfcompassion than those who did not participate. Athletes had significantly higher selfcompassion and body satisfaction than nonathletes. Men had higher self-compassion than women, but there were no other gender differences. Spirituality and self-compassion could be potential targets for improving body satisfaction; however, further research is needed to examine the causality of those relationships.

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Spirituality and psychological pain: the mediating role of social support

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

The Mediating Effects of Spiritual Bypass on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

The Mediating Effects of Spiritual Bypass on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Internalized heterosexism, religious coping, and psychache in LGB young adults who identify as religious.

The relationship among spirituality, self-compassion, and body satisfaction in college students.

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