Trauma, Substance Dependence and Religious Coping: A Narrative Spiritual Appraisal in Faith-Based Recovery Programs

Gandy-Guedes

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social T

2022

Personal religion and spirituality can be sources of strength during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from a larger study of LGBTQ+ wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article reports on the faith and spirituality of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States. Nearly 700 diverse LGBTQ+ individuals were recruited via Qualtrics Panel. Analysis showed that those who prayed more and who were religious or spiritual prior to the pandemic were more likely to rely on their religion or spirituality to understand and cope with the pandemic. This study has implications for social workers, helping professionals, and faith leaders, including avoiding assumptions, utilizing a person-centered approach, and being familiar with community resources.

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LGBTQ+ people’s religious and spiritual experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic

Gandy-Guedes

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social T

2022

“…There are various types of appraisal, and the common types are negative appraisal (Barlow et al, 2017); accepting or facing the consequences of the dysfunctional or negative appraisal can avoid stressful events (Woud et al, 2019). There are various appraisals, such as spiritual appraisal, associated with meanings about God or religion (Sremac, 2018), self-appraisal (Kao et al, 2020), and other appraisals. However, self-appraisal works as a coping mechanism after traumatic or stressful events in life (Alhurani et al, 2018).…”

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Neuroticism and Psychosocial Stressors of Trauma in University Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Self-Appraisal of Trauma

Rani¹,

Saleem²,

Zahra³

2022

PJPR

The current study aimed to find out the mediating role of anxious self-esteem and self-appraisal of trauma in the relationship of neuroticism and psycho-social stressors of trauma in a sample of 213 (men =31%, women = 68%) between the ages of 18 to 26 (M = 20.78, SD = 2.46). Participants were selected by using a purposive sampling strategy studying in private and government universities of Lahore, Pakistan. Neuroticism vs. Emotional Stability Scale (John et al., 1991), Anxious/ Withdrawn Self-esteem Scale for University Population (Zafar et al., 2012), Psychosocial Stressors of Trauma scale (PSST) (Rani et al., 2021), and Self-Appraisal Scale (Rani et al., 2021) were used to assess the neuroticism vs. emotional stability, anxious self-esteem, self-appraisal of trauma and psycho-social stressors of trauma in university students. Findings of correlation analysis depicted the interrelatedness of neuroticism, anxious self-esteem, self-appraisal of trauma, and psycho-social stressors. Mediation analysis suggested the serial mediating role of anxious self-esteem and self-appraisal of trauma in the association of neuroticism vs. emotional stability and PSST in university students. These findings might be used to overcome the adverse outcomes of trauma in University students.

Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery

“…While the relationship between religious conversion and homelessness, imprisonment, and substance dependence has received some attention by sociologists, religious studies scholars and psychologists (e.g. Kerley 2014; Kerley and Copes 2009;Smilde 2007;Sremac 2015Sremac , 2018Sremac and Ganzevoort 2013), more research in this area is certainly needed. At the same time, conversion as lived, performed, narrated, embodied and practiced in recovery settings still remained under-studied.…”

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Negotiating of Self, the Social, and the Sacred in Recovery: A Lived Religion Perspective

Sremac¹

2020

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