Religiosity, Religious Coping and Distress Among Outpatients with Psychosis in Singapore

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of religious coping and explore the association between religious coping, religiosity, and distress symptoms amongst 364 outpatients diagnosed with psychosis in Singapore. Positive and Negative Religious Coping (PRC and NRC), religiosity (measuring the constructs of Organised Religious Activity (ORA), Non-Organised Religious Activity (NORA), and Intrinsic Religiosity (IR)) and severity of distress symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) were self-reported by the participants. The majority of participants (68.9%) reported religion to be important in coping with their illness. Additionally, multiple linear regression analyses found that NRC was significantly associated with higher symptoms of distress. In contrast, ORA was significantly associated with lower anxiety symptom scores. Overall, the study indicates the importance of religion in coping with psychosis and the potential value in incorporating religious interventions in mental health care.

Is There Anybody Out There? Coping and Belonging Strategies: Correlations with Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Latinx Undergraduates

“…The present study results also found that negative religious coping predicted higher scores on all three mental health outcomes: depression, anxiety, and stress. The present study supports related research demonstrating that negative religious coping predicted depression and stress (Cetty et al, 2022). Generally speaking, coping strategies are meant to reduce suffering and provide techniques to reframe cognitions about stressful experiences (Pearlin, 1989).…”

“…The present study supports prior research on Latinx individuals that found correlations between lower depression and suicidal ideation rates among those who implemented positive religious coping (Hovey, 2000). The current study also supports related research identifying positive religious coping’s predictive power in reducing symptoms of depression (Cetty et al, 2022; Mahamid & Bdier, 2021), anxiety (Cetty et al, 2022; Rosmarin et al, 2013) and perceived stress (Mahamid & Bdier, 2021) among diverse participants.…”

“…depression and suicidal ideation rates among those who implemented positive religious coping (Hovey, 2000). The current study also supports related research identifying positive religious coping's predictive power in reducing symptoms of depression (Cetty et al, 2022;Mahamid & Bdier, 2021), anxiety (Cetty et al, 2022;Rosmarin et al, 2013) and perceived stress (Mahamid & Bdier, 2021) among diverse participants. The present study results also found that negative religious coping predicted higher scores on all three mental health outcomes: depression, anxiety, and stress.…”

“…It forms through a misunderstanding of one’s relationship with God, which ties one’s performance to the circumstances experienced (Da Silva et al, 2017; Pargament et al, 2011). Studies using Pargament’s religious coping scale found that negative religious coping predicted decreased well-being and increased depression and anxiety (Cetty et al, 2022; Kim et al, 2015). Other studies using Pargament’s scale highlight associations between negative religious coping, acculturative stress, and increased distress among immigrant Latinx college students and young adult Latina women (Da Silva et al, 2017; Sanchez et al, 2015).…”

Percepciones, maltrato y religión como predictores del impacto psicoemocional en enfermeros durante la pandemia COVID-19

“…Por otra parte, investigaciones realizadas durante la pandemia covid-19 destacan que uno de los factores protectores de problemas psicoemocionales es la religión. Al respecto, un estudio realizado en Singapur señala que la práctica de actividades religiosas como rezos, meditación estuvo asociada a niveles bajos de ansiedad en pacientes con psicosis (14) . Así mismo, otro estudio realizado en pobladores de Malasia reveló que tanto las formas externas como internas de religiosidad están asociadas con niveles más bajos de estrés y que la religiosidad también podría moderar el estrés derivado de diversas percepciones sobre la covid-19 (15) .…”