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Ng, Ho-Yee; Shek, Daniel T. L.

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“…Moreover, these respondents showed approximately a four-times higher risk of worse MH than stable non-religious respondents. These findings contrast with those of other authors, who, for example, associated conversion with a decrease in symptoms of depression and hopelessness [40] and positive personality changes [41]. Nevertheless, as 70% of our respondents reported that a difficult life situation played an important role in their conversion, our results are consistent with the idea of conversion as a search for security in a difficult time [20].…”

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Religiosity and Mental Health: A Contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings

Maliňáková

Tavel

Meier

et al. 2020

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Most studies report positive associations between religiosity and spirituality and aspects of mental health, while a small proportion report mixed or fully negative associations. The aim of this study was to assess the associations of religiosity measured more specifically, with mental health in a secular environment, using a nationally representative sample of Czech adults (n = 1795). We measured religious affiliation, conversion experience, non-religious attitudes and the stability of these attitudes, mental health problems, and anxiety levels. Compared to stable non-religious respondents, unstable non-religious and converted respondents who perceived God as distant were more likely to experience anxiety in close relationships, and had higher risks of worse mental health. Our findings support the idea that the heterogeneity of findings in associations between religiosity/spirituality and mental health could be due to measurement problems and variation in the degree of secularity. A shift towards religiosity could be expected to be seen in a substantial part of non-religious respondents in problematic times.

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Religiosity and Mental Health: A Contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings

Maliňáková

Tavel

Meier

et al. 2020

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“…Experiences of spiritual transformation, including religious conversion, can be an important element in the coping process that is inherent to recovery (cf. Benda & McGovern, 2006;Ng & Shek, 2001). In post-traumatic growth research, spiritual transformation proves to be one of the key dimensions, offering a form of healing for troubled persons (cf.…”

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

Sremac

2018

J. Empir. Theol.

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The purpose of this article is to understand how people with substance dependence problems employ testimonies of spiritual transformation to develop, cope and sustain a sense of personal identity and create meaning from conflicting (traumatic) life experiences. The quest to undo the struggling with substance dependence is seen as a spiritual attempt to reconfigure the person’s ‘spoiled identity’. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of people who recovered from substance dependence problems I analyzed their conversion testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). It draws on the observation that substance dependence often (though certainly not always) develops in response to life crises or trauma and identity confusion, while spiritual transformation, including religious conversion, can foster recovery. The study focuses specifically of the role of testimony in reconstructing a viable narrative of the self, accounting for trauma, substance dependence experience, and conversion and embedding in different social, cultural, and spiritual contexts. Finally, suggestions for the helping professions and care providers of substance dependence service will be offered.

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Substance Abuse, Recovery and Closeness to God: Insights from the Retrospective Interview Technique

Walker

Creaser

VanCleave

2020

Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery

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Cited by 16 publications

References 43 publications

Religiosity and Mental Health: A Contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings

Religiosity and Mental Health: A Contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings

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

Substance Abuse, Recovery and Closeness to God: Insights from the Retrospective Interview Technique

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