Praying and coping: The relation between varieties of praying and religious coping styles

Bänziger, S.G.M.; Uden, M.H.F. van; Janssen, J.A.P.J.

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“…Research supports the view that praying serves as a means to regain strength and resources necessary for a successful coping with daily problems and challenges (Ellison & Taylor, 1996;McCullough & Larson, 1999). Indeed, praying evokes feelings of inner strength, rest, and relief (Bänziger, van Uden, & Janssen, 2008;Janssen, Dehart, & Dendraak, 1990), and individuals often pray when demands on personal capacities are particularly high (Ellison & Taylor, 1996;McCullough & Larson, 1999). In a study investigating coping strategies with emotional distress following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, higher levels of negative emotions in response to the attacks were associated with a higher frequency of prayer for coping, which in turn led to less distress (Ai, Tice, Peterson, & Huang, 2005).…”

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Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Friese

Schweizer

Arnoux

et al. 2014

Consciousness and Cognition

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a b s t r a c tPraying over longer time spans can foster self-control. Less is known about the immediate, short-term consequences of praying. Here we investigated the possibility that praying may counteract self-control depletion. Participants suppressed or did not suppress thoughts about a white bear before engaging in a brief period of either personal prayer or free thought. Then, all participants completed a Stroop task. As expected, thought suppression led to poorer Stroop performance in the free thought, but not in the prayer condition. This effect emerged on a dependent variable devoid of any religious or moral associations (Stroop task). Possible mediating mechanisms and directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Friese

Schweizer

Arnoux

et al. 2014

Consciousness and Cognition

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“…Praying over prolonged periods of time strengthens self-control as indicated by reduced alcohol consumption and infidelity Lambert, Fincham, Marks, & Stillman, 2010). The (scarce) research on the short-term effects of praying suggests that it evokes feelings of inner strength and rest (Bänziger, van Uden, & Janssen, 2008;Janssen, Dehart, & Dendraak, 1990) and people turn to prayer as a coping response to high demands in life (Ellison & Taylor, 1996;McCullough & Larson, 1999), presumably because, in the words of William James, praying activates "energy, which otherwise would slumber" (James, 1902(James, /1982.…”

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Personal prayer buffers self-control depletion

Friese

Wänke

2014

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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• Several factors can counteract self-control depletion • Less is known about factors that can prevent depletion effects • We tested the assumption that personal prayer would buffer depletion effects • Participants in the control group showed the regular depletion effect • Participants who had prayed at the beginning of the study did not a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o The strength model of self-control has inspired large amounts of research and contributed to a deeper understanding of the temporal dynamics underlying self-control. Several studies have identified factors that can counteract self-control depletion, but relatively little is known about factors that can prevent depletion effects. Here we tested the hypothesis that a brief period of personal prayer would buffer self-control depletion effects. Participants either briefly prayed or thought freely before engaging (or not engaging) in an emotion suppression task. All participants completed a Stroop task subsequently. Individuals who had thought freely before suppressing emotions showed impaired Stroop performance compared to those who had not suppressed emotions. This effect did not occur in individuals who had prayed at the beginning of the study. These results are consistent with and contribute to a growing body of work attesting to the beneficial effects of praying on self-control.

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“…towards God, a higher power, oneself ) and a desired effect that correlates with the cause for prayer (e.g. the solution to a problem) (Bänziger, 2007;Bänziger, Van Uden & Janssen, 2008). These elements are found in all types of prayer, but they feature more or less prominently in actual prayers.…”

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“…The higher the score, the greater the frequency of the respondent's prayers of that kind. The validity of the scales is inferred from indications of ecclesiastic involvement, religiosity and religious coping (Bänziger, 2007;Bänziger, Van Uden & Janssen, 2008). The reliability coefficients (Cronbach's α) for the subscales for petitionary, religious, meditative and psychological prayer were .83, .74, .77 and .87, respectively.…”

Section: Prayermentioning

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Still Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Narcissism and Prayer

Zondag¹,

Uden²

2011

J Empir Theol

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This article reports on a study of the relationship between narcissism, an important personality trait in individualistic societies, and different varieties of prayer. We distinguish between two kinds of narcissism (overt and covert), and four types of prayer (petitionary, religious, meditative and psychological). The study was carried out by inviting 99 students to complete questionnaires about narcissism and prayer. It revealed a positive correlation between covert narcissism and petitionary and religious prayer. Overt narcissism correlates positively with meditative and psychological prayer. The article discusses in detail the significance of the relationships between narcissism and varieties of prayer.

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Praying and coping: The relation between varieties of praying and religious coping styles

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Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion

Personal prayer buffers self-control depletion

Still Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Narcissism and Prayer

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