Religiousness and Mental Health: Systematic Review Study

AbdAleati, Naziha S.; Zaharim, Norzarina Mohd; Mydin, Yasmin Othman

doi:10.1007/s10943-014-9896-1

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“…In addition, factors such as addicted friends, psychological stress, referring to the former locations or hangouts, unpleasant situations, being rejected by the family and society, and seeing the tools and objects of drug use are other factors in this regard [14]. Studies have shown that religion and its related variables decrease suicidal behaviors [15] and drug use [16]. Unfortunately, numerous studies have shown that there is a high likelihood of relapse into substance use after stopping it.…”

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Ups and downs of drug rehab among women: a qualitative study

2020

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Background: According to recent studies, the number of women drug users is dramatically increasing. However, the information on the issue of drug rehab in women is not sufficient, and there are numerous traditional, organizational, political and cultural barriers to the provision of relevant information in this regard in Iran. This study, thus, aimed to explain the factors influencing the decision of these women to stop drug use. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in two rehab camps of Isfahan (in Iran) on July to October 2017. Thirty participants (women drug users) were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling until data saturation was reached. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Results: Based on the analysis of the obtained results, the women's experience of the ups and downs of stopping drug use yielded two themes and nine sub-themes. The themes were "the need for emancipation (the deviated path, being abused, compulsive drug use, acquaintance with God, a supportive family)" and "Sinking factors (non-assisting mates, proaddictive family, unawareness of assisting official organization and non-government organization, woman's lack of authority, ineffective opportunities)". Conclusions: It was concluded that addiction rehab strategies can lead to a brighter life for women drug users only when they are coupled with open-hearted assistance of the families and women specific rehab centers are established to help them meet their specific needs.

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Ups and downs of drug rehab among women: a qualitative study

2020

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“…Finally, participants who identified as religious, spiritual or both religious and spiritual were significantly more likely to feel a sense of peace than participants who identified as neither religious nor spiritual. These results are not surprising given that several studies have reported a positive correlation between religious practices and indicators of psychological well‐being, including life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect and higher morale (AbdAleati, Mohd Zaharim, & Mydin, ; Moreira‐Almeida, Lotufo Neto, & Koenig Harold, ).…”

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An Australian study on the benefits of pastoral care to aged care residents in Christian affiliated homes

Gordon¹,

Jones²,

Taylor³

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This study aimed to understand the experience of pastoral care (PC), that is, the provision of support, comfort and spiritual counselling, from the perspective of Australian aged care residents. A survey research design captured feedback on participants' PC experience. Outcomes were reported by 575 residents (aged 53-102) across 41 sites.The majority perceived that they received a high quality of care (92%) and benefited from their meeting with the pastoral practitioner (80%), 'often' or 'all of the time'.A few significant differences were found based on participants' gender, spirituality (i.e. connection and meaning), religiosity (i.e. faith beliefs and religious practices) and well-being. Females and participants who identified as both religious and spiritual were more likely to feel that their faiths/beliefs were valued. Those with greater psychological well-being, as defined by the World Health Organisation (1998), were more likely to report receiving a high quality of care and greater benefits from receiving PC than those with poorer well-being. Three overarching themes and eight subthemes were identified from the open-ended responses: 1) personal qualities of the pastoral practitioner; caring, supportive, understanding and empathetic; 2) pastoral practitioner met specific needs; spiritual and religious, friendship and company and assistance, advice and help; and 3) positive impact on the participant; feeling listened to, peaceful and valued, accepted and respected. The qualitative findings resonate with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, to feel safe, belong and have self-esteem.There was a synergy between what participants desire in the care they receive, asexpressed in the open-ended questions, and what the pastoral practitioners provide, as indicated in the quantitative findings. A study strength was its mixed-method, multi-site and cross-organisational context, enabling PC to be explored across a diverse sample. Future research should consider a pre-and post-test survey to more comprehensively capture the impact and benefits of PC. K E Y W O R D Saged care, chaplaincy, pastoral care, spiritual care | 367 GORDON et al.

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“…Study had proven that elements of psychological capital, including resiliency, are good predictor of mental health [41]. Some reviews showed that higher level of religiosity and spirituality were associated with better mental health [42]; [43], even though some research showed the contradiction, that spirituality, but not religiosity, associated with better health and life satisfaction [44]; [45].…”

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Religious Resilient School: A Mental Health School Study

Faturachman¹,

Latifa²,

Bastari³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Religion and Mental Health, ICRMH 2019, 18 - 19 September

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This study aims to find the correlation between religiosity, resilience, and mental health. We conducted a survey to 115 samples of public high school students at Depok, Indonesia (Mage=16.23, Male=31) to prove our hypothesis that high resilience and high religiosity positively correlate with positive mental health. We used Indonesian Version MHI-38 (Veit & Ware, 1983) (α=0.658), Psychological Capital Resilience dimension (Luthans, 2002) (α=0.636), and adapted scale for religiosity from National Study of Youth and Religion (Pearce, 2016) (α=0.676). The result is that mental health well-being significantly correlated with resilience and religiosity (p<0.05), mental health personality distress negatively correlated with resilience (p<0.5) and negatively correlated with religiosity (p<0.5). Resilience and religiosity were highly correlated (p<0.001). We proposed a model for relationship between resilience, the five dimension of religiosity and mental health. This lead us to further discussion and research about the relationship between mental health, resilience, and religiosity at school.

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Religiousness and Mental Health: Systematic Review Study

Cited by 128 publications

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Ups and downs of drug rehab among women: a qualitative study

Ups and downs of drug rehab among women: a qualitative study

An Australian study on the benefits of pastoral care to aged care residents in Christian affiliated homes

Religious Resilient School: A Mental Health School Study

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