Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

De-dong, Wei; Liu, Eric Y.

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“…Weber and Pargament () summarized evidence on religiosity and health by saying that, overall, positive associations between religiosity and general mental health have been demonstrated and these effects are pervasive across different types of mental disorders. This notion has been confirmed in some global studies, for example, in Pakistan (Nadeem, Ali, & Buzdar, ) and China (Wei & Liu, ). In his review, Koenig () reports that general religious affiliation, service attendance, prayer, and other indicators of dispositional religiosity are associated with lower levels of mental disorders and better remission.…”

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Religiosity and the psychological outcomes of trauma: A systematic review of quantitative studies

Kucharska

2019

J Clin Psychol

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Objective This is a broad review examining the relationships between religiosity and the psychological outcomes of trauma. Previous studies showed that some constructs of religiosity are associated with lower severity of symptoms of mental disorders, whereas others, for instance, negative religious coping, predict deteriorated mental health. Method A systematic review of peer‐reviewed quantitative studies was conducted to examine the patterns of relationships between religiosity and psychological outcomes of trauma, potential causal relationships, and specific effect of religiosity on the outcomes on trauma. Results A total of 79 quantitative studies were included. The majority focused on military trauma or various types of traumatic exposure in the general population. Most of the studies employed a cross‐sectional design. Conclusions The associations between religiosity and psychological outcomes of trauma depend on the concept of religion used in a study, type of trauma. There is not enough evidence to support the causal effect of religiosity.

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Religiosity and the psychological outcomes of trauma: A systematic review of quantitative studies

Kucharska

2019

J Clin Psychol

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“…inverse association with depression [9]- [11], suicide [12] or eating disorder [13]. For instance, a research of Asian Americans conducted by Ai and her colleagues showed that religious attendance significantly predicted a lower chance of major depression, even after controlling for other possible predictors [9].…”

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Religiosity/Spirituality and Mental Health: Psychiatric Staff’s Attitudes and Behaviors

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Zahn²,

Baumann³

2014

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Along with the bio-psycho-social model in patient-centered care, religiosity/spirituality (ReS) receives increasing attention from medical communities. Correspondingly, healthcare professionals' perspectives and their attitudes towards ReS receive increased attention, as their attitudes play a crucial role in the therapeutic process. In this context a nationwide study was conducted at German university hospitals and confessional clinics to find out what kind of attitudes psychiatrists and nurses have towards ReS in clinical settings. The respondents generally regarded dealing with religious/spiritual issues as appropriate, and also rated themselves to be ready to integrate ReS into therapies. Otherwise, most of the respondents underlined professional neutrality as preventing factor for an integration.

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“…A relatively rarer dynamic than stress-buffering is stress exacerbation, which would be noted when the negative impact of stressors on mental well-being is most severe for those attending religious services relatively frequently and under high-stress conditions. Although rare, stress exacerbation is a public health concern and a dynamic that researchers should routinely attempt to detect (Branco 2001;Brown, Caldwell, and Antonucci 2008;Mayo Clinic 2016;Strawbridge et al 1998;Wei and Liu 2013).…”

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“…Finally, a set of other observations may or may not bear on the stress-support matching hypothesis framework at all. For instance, it could be argued that the stress-support matching hypothesis is buttressed by finding significant stress exacerbation in models involving the other nondiscontinuity stressors (as in Branco 2001;Brown, Caldwell, and Antonucci 2008;Strawbridge et al 1998;Wei and Liu 2013). What may be said, if anything, about findings related to multistressor measures (denoted by an X) that contain a mix of discontinuity and other types of stressors?…”

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Religious Service Attendance Aids Coping by Providing a Sense of Continuity: A Test of the Stress‐Support Matching Hypothesis Using Mental Health Outcome Measures

Rainville

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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We propose that religious service attendance (RSA) serves as a coping resource by providing a sense of continuity. As a source of continuity, and per the stress‐support matching hypothesis, RSA should consistently buffer the negative mental well‐being impacts of stressors related to discontinuity—the disruption of regular routines and relationships. Most, but not all, of the relevant previous studies we reviewed found that RSA served as an effective buffer for the negative mental health impacts of discontinuity stressors (such as unemployment, terminated relationships, etc.). This variability in previous findings warranted a formal exploration of the relationship between RSA and specific stressors. To that end, we conducted a series of OLS regression path analyses on a sample of Americans age 40 and older (N = 2,579). RSA was found to consistently buffer the negative impact of discontinuity stressors on mental well‐being but failed to do so for other stressors. Overall, our observations are (a) consistent with the stress‐support matching hypothesis, (b) suggest that RSA is particularly effective for reducing the negative impacts of discontinuity stressors, and (c) found no instance in which RSA exacerbated (i.e., made more severe) the effects of life event stressors on mental well‐being.

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Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

Cited by 34 publications

References 108 publications

Religiosity and the psychological outcomes of trauma: A systematic review of quantitative studies

Religiosity and the psychological outcomes of trauma: A systematic review of quantitative studies

Religiosity/Spirituality and Mental Health: Psychiatric Staff’s Attitudes and Behaviors

Religious Service Attendance Aids Coping by Providing a Sense of Continuity: A Test of the Stress‐Support Matching Hypothesis Using Mental Health Outcome Measures

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