Differences in Religious Attitudes in Mental Illness

Lowe, C. Marshall; Braaten, Roger O.

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“…Religion centers on existential issues that can have profound psychological importance. Among psychiatric patients, for example, more severe mental illness has been linked with more doubts about God's existence, less certainty of being loved by God, and less likelihood of viewing one's faith as a source of comfort or purpose (Lowe & Braaten, 1966; see also Stark, 1971). Positive religious coping often involves the perception of a close, collaborative relationship with God (Pargament, 1997).…”

Section: The Current Studies: Religious Strain Depression and Suicimentioning

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Guilt, discord, and alienation: The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality

2000

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Section: The Current Studies: Religious Strain Depression and Suicimentioning

confidence: 99%

Guilt, discord, and alienation: The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality

2000

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“…Therefore, our results may serve as an important reference for the understanding of the influences of different intrinsic and extrinsic factors on nurses' attitudes towards spiritual care, which is an important step to the improvement of their spiritual care practice as well as their mental health. Nevertheless, despite our identification of a number of important factors that may influence nurses' spiritual care attitudes, the diverse attitudes towards spirituality among psychiatric patients (Lowe & Braaten, 1966), as well as the cultural difference in perception of spiritual care in those diagnosed with non‐psychiatric illnesses (Lopez‐Sierra, 2019; Schultz et al, 2014) may also affect their openness to spiritual care.…”

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Impacts of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on psychiatric nurses’ spiritual care attitudes

Han

Sun

Cheng

et al. 2022

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Because the definition of spirituality is complex and has cultural and individual dimensions, it is important to be receptive to individual differences in the perception of spirituality during clinical practice of mental health nurses. Although enhancing spiritual care is beneficial to patients diagnosed with mental illnesses, the extrinsic (e.g., education) and intrinsic factors that would affect nurses' attitudes towards spiritual care have not been investigated. Notwithstanding the known impact of certain intrinsic factors (e.g., personality‐related) of mental health nurses on their coping strategies as well as their emotional and mental health, the link to their spiritual care attitudes has received little attention. What this paper adds to existing knowledge? This paper is the first to identify the beneficial impacts of extrinsic factors including postgraduate education, working experience, participation in palliative care education programmes, and spiritual care experience on spiritual care attitudes among mental health nurses. Certain intrinsic factors, including those personality‐related such as “Extraversion,” “Openness/Intellect,” “Conscientiousness,” and “Agreeableness,” were also associated with higher awareness of providing spiritual care among mental health nurses. What are the implications for practice? The finding of an association of certain intrinsic factors with more positive attitudes towards spiritual care could encourage further studies to explore possible links between these factors and attitudes of spiritual care. Those less aware of the patients' spiritual needs may benefit through participating in relevant education and on‐the‐job training programmes that involves actual practice and collaboration in a multidisciplinary team. Abstract IntroductionAlthough enhancing spiritual care can facilitate the communication of mental health nurses with patients diagnosed with mental illnesses, extrinsic and intrinsic factors that may influence their spiritual care attitudes remain unclear. AimTo conduct a questionnaire‐based survey on mental health nurses from eight hospitals. MethodA total of 239 psychiatric nurses were assessed based on (1) “big‐five Mini‐Markers” questionnaire and (2) spiritual care attitudes scale on three components (i.e., core values, growth, and nursing) to investigate the associations of spiritual care attitudes with social/occupational characteristics and personality. ResultsA positive attitude was significantly associated with working experience, higher educational level, previous participation in palliative care education programmes, spiritual care experience, and personality factors including “Extraversion,” “Openness/Intellect,” “Conscientiousness,” and “Agreeableness.” DiscussionDespite demonstrating impacts of intrinsic factors (e.g., personality) on mental health nurses' spiritual care attitudes, other modifiable extrinsic factors (e.g., education) were important in enhancing their awareness towards spiritu...

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“…Levels of emotional distress, rigidity, and antagonism have been linked with more negative images of God (Piedmont, Williams, & Ciarrocchi, 1997) and loneliness may be associated with belief in a wrathful God (Schwab & Petersen, 1990). Adults who have been sexually abused are likely to have representations of God that are more distant, disapproving, and rigid than those of non-sexually abused adults (Kane, Cheston, & Greer, 1993) and people with psychotic disorders may experience God as less close than those with neurotic problems (Lowe & Braaten, 1966).…”

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God as other, God as self, God as beyond: A cognitive analytic perspective on the relationship with God

Marsh¹,

Low²

2006

Psychol Psychother

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A case is made for the importance of working with religious material psychotherapeutically whilst at the same time being attentive to the pitfalls that may arise in doing so. A clinical vignette is presented illustrating some of these difficulties. Connections between constructions of self, other, and God are discussed using reciprocal roles, a concept from cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). A perspective offering a multiple and 'voiced' nature of self is explored; parallels are drawn with descriptions of God; and therapeutic implications are discussed.

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Differences in Religious Attitudes in Mental Illness

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Guilt, discord, and alienation: The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality

Guilt, discord, and alienation: The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality

Impacts of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on psychiatric nurses’ spiritual care attitudes

God as other, God as self, God as beyond: A cognitive analytic perspective on the relationship with God

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