Positive and Negative Religious Coping in German Breast Cancer Patients

Zwingmann, Christian; Wirtz, Markus; Müller, Cláudia Janaína Torres; Körber, Jürgen; Murken, Sebastian

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“…Zwingmann et al [126] presented data that suggested that the effects of religious coping on psychosocial adjustment in breast cancer patients were fully mediated by non-religious coping strategies, and Pérez et al [127] found that spiritual striving and depressive symptoms was mediated by acceptance. Burker et al [128], on the other hand, reported findings that religious coping strategies do not appear to be functionally redundant when predicting stress in lung transplant candidates, as did Schottenbauer et al [17] in a large survey of respondents self-identifying as Christian.…”

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Krägeloh

2011

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Abstract:Religion is generally recognized as a major resource for dealing with stressful events, but its relationship with secular coping strategies continues to be debated. The present article provides a systematic review of the way in which analyses of the sub-scale turning to religion of the widely used Brief COPE [1] instrument are presented in peer-reviewed research articles, in order to investigate how the wealth of data published using this instrument can inform how religious coping relates to other coping strategies. Of the 212 identified articles that included turning to religion in their analyses, 80 combined sub-scale scores to form higher-order coping factors, 38 of which based on exploratory factor analyses of their own datasets. When factor analyses had used individual items as indicators, religious coping was more likely to load together with maladaptive coping strategies, and more likely with adaptive coping strategies when analyses were conducted at sub-scale level. To a large extent, the variation in the results from exploratory factor analyses appears to be due to the diverse and often inappropriate factor analytic techniques used to determine the factor structure of the Brief COPE instrument. Reports from factor analyses of the Brief COPE therefore have very little value when trying to make general conclusions about the role of religious coping in relation to secular coping methods.

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Krägeloh

2011

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“…A review of research on prayer also confirmed that prayer is negatively related to depression [60]. Spiritual transformation and faith in God have been identified as additional possible predictors of lower depression [26,61], and German breast cancer patients who said they used positive religious coping indicated being less depressed [51]. Koenig [62] conducted a longitudinal study of 1000 medical inpatients with either congestive heart failure or chronic pulmonary disease who were also diagnosed with depression.…”

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“…Multiple studies have not found relationships between religious coping and active coping [49][50][51]. Further, some studies indicate that religious coping may be negatively related to desirable responses to ill health.…”

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“…HIV-positive African American women who were more engaged in public and private religious activities tended to have more stressors in their life but nevertheless said they experienced less psychological distress [41]. Spiritual transformation and positive religious coping have also shown negative relationships with distress and anxiety [26,51]. Hollywell and Walker's [60] review of research on prayer suggested that studies typically find negative relationships between prayer and anxiety.…”

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“…Zwingmann et al [51] found that it was related to higher levels of depression and anxiety in German breast cancer patients. Studies of patients with HIV/AIDS [9] and other life-threatening illnesses [31] also reported positive relationships between negative religious coping and depression, and spiritually struggling cardiac patients indicated greater anxiety [10].…”

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Medicine for the Spirit: Religious Coping in Individuals with Medical Conditions

2010

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Abstract:Religious coping now represents a key variable of interest in research on health outcomes, not only because many individuals turn to their faith in times of illness, but also because studies have frequently found that religious coping is associated with desirable health outcomes. The purpose of this article is to familiarize readers with recent investigations of religious coping in samples with medical conditions. The present article will begin by describing a conceptual model of religious coping. The article will then provide data on the prevalence of religious coping in a range of samples. After presenting findings that illustrate the general relationship between religious coping and health outcomes, the article will review more specific pathways through which religious coping is thought to impact health. These pathways include shaping individuals' active coping with health problems, influencing patients' emotional responses to illness, fostering social support, and facilitating meaning making. This article will also address the darker side of religious coping, describing forms of coping that are linked to negative outcomes. Examples of religious coping interventions will also be reviewed. Finally, we will close with suggestions for future work in this important field of research.

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Factors associated with distress among female cancer survivors at the workplace: A cross-sectional study

Jin

Lee

2022

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objectives This study aimed to investigate the levels of fatigue, social support, spiritual well‐being, and distress of female cancer survivors at the workplace, and identify factors associated with distress. Methods One hundred and eighty‐two working female cancer survivors participated from the outpatient ward in two medical institutions in South Korea and they completed questionnaires assessing their general characteristics, fatigue, social support (colleagues and superiors), and spiritual well‐being distress (existential and religious well‐being). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, T‐test, one‐way ANOVA, correlation, and multiple linear regression with SPSS /WIN18 version. Results Most of the participants were breast and thyroid cancer (78.5%), married (46.2%), working periods below 10 years (62.7%) and the average age was 49.7 years. Distress positively correlated with fatigue and significant predictors of distress were “type of work” and “main source of household income” among general characteristics, fatigue, religious well‐being, and existential well‐being. Conclusions Our findings suggest that integrated program including educational and practical factors to reduce fatigue and increase spiritual well‐being (i.e., peace, faith, meaning, et al.) can decrease distress. Whereas, the “ambivalence” of God accompanied by high religious well‐being (i.e., punishment, abandon, blame, and so on) can rather increase distress. The development of an integrated management system of distress at work can be applied as a practical factor to improve job satisfaction, organizational performance, and quality of life.

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Positive and Negative Religious Coping in German Breast Cancer Patients

Cited by 156 publications

References 62 publications

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Medicine for the Spirit: Religious Coping in Individuals with Medical Conditions

Factors associated with distress among female cancer survivors at the workplace: A cross-sectional study

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