Religious coping, religious support, and psychological functioning among short-term missionaries

Bjorck, Jeff P.; Kim, Jean-Woo

doi:10.1080/13674670903014932

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“…Orthogonalization allows unique variance to be assessed for all effects while conserving all shared variance. As in previous studies (e.g., Bjorck & Kim, 2009;Lazar & Bjorck, 2008;Maynard, Gorsuch, & Bjorck, 2001), this statistical technique produced strong correlations between the original variables and the corresponding orthogonalized variables (all rs ranging between .88 and .97), supporting these transformations. The orthogonalized versions of RLS, AS, RPS, Depression, and Life Satisfaction were used in the remaining analyses.…”

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“…This technique (Gorsuch, 1983) is less widely known than confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) but has been used in multiple studies (e.g., Bjorck & Kim, 2009;Lazar & Bjorck, 2008;Fiala et al, 2002;Lucente, Fals-Stewart, Richards, & Goscha, 2001;Rodenburg & Fantuzzo, 1993). Gorsuch (1997) noted that, compared to CFA, CMFGA more explicitly links to item analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, until more recently, support from one's religious community was measured primarily by implying it from one-item church attendance measures (Bjorck & Kim, 2009). Clearly, more sophisticated scales provide a better assessment of variance regarding any construct (Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994).…”

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The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

Bjorck

Maslim

2011

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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The Religious Support Scale (RSS; Fiala, Bjorck, & Gorsuch, 2002) includes Christian terminology (e.g., church, congregation), limiting its generalizability. We modified the RSS and assessed the reliability and validity of our new Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale (MFRSS) with 539 Muslim women in the United States. The MFRSS replicated the RSS's three-factor structure and subscale reliabilities. The three subscales respectively assess perceived support from religious peers (fellow adherents), from religious leaders, and from Allah. Moreover, even after controlling for social support, support from religious leaders and from Allah were both related to more life satisfaction. Support from Allah was also associated with less depression. Religious support's value among Muslim women is discussed, and the generalizability of the MFRSS is addressed.

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Section: Religious Support Among Muslim Women In the United Statesmentioning

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The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

Bjorck

Maslim

2011

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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“…The median alpha for the PRC scale was 0.92. The lowest alpha values were found among a sample of Nazarene university students returning from a 2-month mission trip (0.67) [38], for whom a sevenpoint rather than fourpoint Likert scale was used, and a sample of Muslim Pakistani University students (0.75) [26], for whom the scale had been translated into Urdu. The highest alpha for PRC was 0.94 (27) [37].…”

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“…Of course, researchers could use the complete RCOPE or select subscales of the full RCOPE to assess those specific religious coping methods that are most relevant to a particular sample, stressor, and question of interest. They could also select other instruments that assess specific types of religious coping in greater detail, such as Bjorck's [38] religious support measure or the religious problem solving scales [19]. However, in spite of its brevity, Brief RCOPE appears to be a good instrument that does what it was intended to do: assess religious methods of coping in an efficient, psychometrically sound, and theoretically meaningful manner.…”

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The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

2011

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Abstract:The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transition. This paper reports on the development of the Brief RCOPE and its psychometric status. The scale developed out of Pargament's (1997) program of theory and research on religious coping. The items themselves were generated through interviews with people experiencing major life stressors. Two overarching forms of religious coping, positive and negative, were articulated through factor analysis of the full RCOPE. Positive religious coping methods reflect a secure relationship with a transcendent force, a sense of spiritual connectedness with others, and a benevolent world view. Negative religious coping methods reflect underlying spiritual tensions and struggles within oneself, with others, and with the divine. Empirical studies document the internal consistency of the positive and negative subscales of the Brief RCOPE. Moreover, empirical studies provide support for the construct validity, predictive validity, and incremental validity of the subscales. The Negative Religious Coping subscale, in particular, has emerged as a robust predictor of health-related outcomes. Initial evidence suggests that the Brief RCOPE may be useful as an evaluative tool that is sensitive to the effects of psychological interventions. In short, the Brief RCOPE has demonstrated its utility as an instrument for research and practice in the psychology of religion and spirituality.

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Struggling and enduring with God, religious support, and recovery from severe mental illness

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Religious coping, religious support, and psychological functioning among short-term missionaries

Cited by 26 publications

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The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

The Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale: Validation with a Sample of Muslim Women

The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

Struggling and enduring with God, religious support, and recovery from severe mental illness

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