Values and psychotherapy: A comment on "Psychotherapy and religious values."

Walls, Gary B.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.48.5.640

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“…The topic is not "dead," as was once lamented (Beit-Hallahmi, 1974), and a new National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) bibliography on the subject is now available (Summerlin, 1980). The present review considers the assertion by critics (Ellis, 1980;Walls, 1980) that religiosity is antithectical to emotional health and rationality, a view widely held in the clinical professions. Ellis (1980)…”

Section: Religiosity and Mental Health: A Critical Reevaluation And Mmentioning

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Religiosity and mental health: A critical reevaluation and meta-analysis.

Bergin¹

1983

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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For many decades, lassitude and malaise have afflicted the relationship between psychology and religion. Interest and activity in this relationship are now being renewed, and old controversies wi(h new terms are resurfacing. This article reviews the extensive empirical literature on the topic and shows that religiosity is a complex phenomenon with numerous correlates and consequences that defy simple interpretations. A meta-analysis of 24 pertinent studies revealed no support for the preconception that religiousness is necessarily correlated with psychopathology; but it also showed only slightly positive correlates of religion. Sociological and psychiatric reports were more favorable to religion. The data's ambiguities compare with those ambiguities that formerly characterized psychotherapy research. Better specification of concepts and methods of measuring religiosity are alleviating this problem, which suggests that ambiguous results reflect a multidimensional phenomenon that has mixed positive and negative aspects. Averaging such diverse factors generally yields unimpressive findings, whereas using specificity promises clearer and more powerful results. Clinical education, practice, and research need revision so that professionals will be better informed of the evidence, more open to the study of such variables, and more efficacious in their work with persons who approach life from a religious perspective.

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Section: Religiosity and Mental Health: A Critical Reevaluation And Mmentioning

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Religiosity and mental health: A critical reevaluation and meta-analysis.

Bergin¹

1983

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Bergin, 1980;Ellis, 1980;Walls, 1980). This conflict could lead to unintended and unfortunate consequences.…”

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Examining the Relationship between Religious Spirituality and Psychological Science

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Nebeker³

1999

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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CAROLEN HOPE is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Brigham Young University. She received her master's degree in culture and spirituality at Holy Names College. Her dissertation, a qualitative study, focuses on the perceived gap between research and practice.R. SCOTT NEBEKER has just completed the academic and internship requirements as a doctoral candidate at Brigham Young University. His dissertation, currently in the analysis stage, is a qualitative phenomenology of moral responsiveness in the therapeutic encounter. He resides in Chicago with his wife and three sons.

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“…First, this study utilizes a helpful qualitative methodology in a time of growing interest in the psychology of religion. In previous decades, some psychologists have argued that religious beliefs detract from mental health (e.g., Ellis 1971Ellis , 1980Walls 1980). More recently, psychologists have become increasingly open to ways that religion and mental health are compatible and synergistic (Ellis 2000;Miller 1999;Miller and Delaney 2005;Miller and Thoresen 2003;Richards and Bergin 1997, 2000Shafranske 1996;Sperry and Shafranske 2004), but it is sometimes challenging to study religious phenomena because they do not always lend themselves to quantification.…”

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Positive Coping among Wives of Male Christian Clergy

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Clergy spouses experience various life stressors, yet many cope and function effectively in the midst of their daily challenges. Mental health professionals were asked to identify wives of male clergy who exemplify emotional and spiritual health. Nominees were contacted and interviews conducted with 25 women. Each interviewee was asked about coping with normal life stressors, stressors associated with being married to a minister, and catastrophic life events. All interviews were transcribed and coded, using grounded theory. Participants emphasized the importance of spirituality, social support, limit-setting, and healthy lifestyle choices. Implications are discussed.Today's trend toward a more positive psychology has heightened psychologists' awareness of human strength, potential, and resilience. Some of the constructs within positive psychology can be described and experienced without assuming any contrasting negative experience. For example, people can experience gratitude, optimism, wisdom, hope, creativity, and self-esteem whether or not their lives are relatively free of troubles. Other constructs in the burgeoning positive psychology literature are implicitly coupled with life's challenges and difficulties. For example, forgiveness requires that some sort of distressing offense has first occurred. Similarly, problem-solving abilities presume that there is a problem to be solved. Moreover, positive coping can only be understood when considered alongside the struggles, challenges, and stresses of life. Thus, research on the positive psychology of coping (Schwarzer and Knoll 2003) also requires some awareness of issues such as stress, loss, and conflict.Clergy and clergy families provide an intriguing population for coping research because they face a good deal of stress on a daily basis (

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Values and psychotherapy: A comment on "Psychotherapy and religious values."

Cited by 50 publications

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Religiosity and mental health: A critical reevaluation and meta-analysis.

Religiosity and mental health: A critical reevaluation and meta-analysis.

Examining the Relationship between Religious Spirituality and Psychological Science

Positive Coping among Wives of Male Christian Clergy

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