2006
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-006-1533-9
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Religious Belief as a Coping Strategy

Abstract: Religious faith seems to play an important role in coping strategies of radiotherapy patients. More research in this area would be worthwhile.

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“…Religious coping reduced the effect of role ambiguity, role conflict and leadership practices toward job stress, but religious coping was not a moderator for job insecurity. A possible explanation how religious coping can buffer the negative effect of work stressors is that religion can provide a way of creating meaning in the world and therefore a way to accept, treat and cope with suffering and illness with more positive manners (Becker et al, 2006). Underwood and Teresi (2002) identified several promising theoretical connections.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Religious coping reduced the effect of role ambiguity, role conflict and leadership practices toward job stress, but religious coping was not a moderator for job insecurity. A possible explanation how religious coping can buffer the negative effect of work stressors is that religion can provide a way of creating meaning in the world and therefore a way to accept, treat and cope with suffering and illness with more positive manners (Becker et al, 2006). Underwood and Teresi (2002) identified several promising theoretical connections.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Por otro lado, en los últimos 50 años se han venido realizando un sin número de investigaciones donde se ha estudiado la relevancia de las creencias y el afrontamiento espiritual-religioso tanto a nivel de la salud física como mental (238). Estos dos constructos han sido estudiados especialmente en enfermedades crónicas como: enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, asma, diabetes, insuficiencia renal crónica, artritis reumatoide, fibromialgia, esclerosis múltiple, dolor lumbar y crónico, migraña, VIH/Sida, enfermedad coronaria, infarto al miocardio, hipertensión, colon irritable, cánceres de pulmón, próstata, mama, colo-rectal y cuello (239)(240)(241)(242). Igualmente hay algunos estudios que hacen referencia a las creencias y al afrontamiento espiritual-religioso como variables que promueven la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en diferentes tipos de enfermedades crónicas como: cáncer (243), enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (244), insuficiencia renal crónica (245), artritis reumatoide (246), esclerosis (247), VIH/Sida (248), leucemia (249), epilepsia (250).…”
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