The use of religious coping during stressful life events: Main effects, moderation, and mediation.

Abstract

The effects of religious coping, the potential moderation of such effects by religious affiliation (i.e., Catholic, Protestant), and the potential mediation of such effects by various factors (i.e., cognitive restructuring, social support, perceived control) were investigated in patients and significant others coping with the stress of kidney transplant surgery. At 3 and 12 months after transplantation, results showed that the use of religious coping was generally associated with better adjustment both concurrently and over time in both patients and significant others. These effects were moderated by religious affiliation, such that religious coping was more effective in promoting adjustment for Protestants than for Catholics. Religious coping was related to adjustment beyond the effects of the proposed mediators. Implications of these results for future research and practice are discussed.

Cultural Understanding of Health and Adjustment to Cardiovascular Disease among the Greek Elderly

“…It was noted by Pargament et al (2004) that methods of positive religious coping, such as the search for religious support among elderly patients, were linked to improvements in health. The significance of religious coping was also elucidated by Tix and Frazier (1998) who found that religious coping was associated with improved adjustment to the stress of kidney transplant surgery.…”

Religiousness and mental health: a review

“…[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] Most of these studies showed an association between religiosity and wellbeing even after controlling for age, gender and socioeconomic status. Some studies have shown that the positive impact of religious involvement on well-being is more robust among the elderly, disabled, and medically ill people.…”

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“…Epidemiological studies indicate people frequently rely on religion to cope with life stresses, with meta-analyses demonstrating positive impacts of religious coping on wellbeing (Ano & Vasconcelles, 2005;Harrison, Koenig, Hays, Eme-Akwari, & Pargament, 2001). Additionally, a smaller number of studies has found religious coping to moderate the relationship between stress and wellbeing, providing support for the buffering hypothesis (Aydin, Fischer, & Frey, 2010;Carpenter, Laney, & Mezulis, 2012;Fernandez & Loukas, 2014;Tix & Frazier, 1998). These findings elucidate the two mechanisms by which coping can affect adaptation outcomes (Ensel & Lin, 1991).…”

“…This line of research indicates that disempowered and deprived groups, including women and ethnic minorities, not only tend to use religious coping more often, but also derive a greater sense of efficacy from it (Harrison et al, 2001). In addition, religious coping has been shown to be utilized more heavily at times when situations are appraised as uncontrollable or perceived as greatly exceeding one's resources (Pargament, 1997;Tix & Frazier, 1998), thus providing an outlet for those at a social disadvantage and with limited access to external resources.…”