RESEARCH: Parental Global Religiousness, Sanctification of Parenting, and Positive and Negative Religious Coping as Predictors of Parental and Child Functioning

Dumas, Jean E.; Nissley-Tsiopinis, Jenelle

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“…In a study of 15 parents of children with CF, similar to those who participated in this study, 33% were found to have spiritual struggle (Grossoehme, Ragsdale, Wooldridge, Cotton, & Seid, 2010). Spiritual struggle has also been reported for parents of children with autism (Tarakeshwar & Pargament, 2001), sickle cell disease (Cotton et al, 2009) and other conditions (Dumas & Nissley-Tsiopinis, 2006). There are also reports of spiritual struggle among caregivers of adults with conditions such as dementia (Herrara, Lee, Nanyonjo, Laufman, & Torres-Vigil, 2009), cancer (Pearce, Singer, & Prigerson, 2006), and patients in hospice (Mickley, Pargament, Brant, & Hipp, 1998).…”

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“…Additionally, mothers of adolescents with sickle cell disease reported negative religious coping styles associated with potential spiritual struggle in 10–12% of the sample (N=26; Cotton et al, 2009). Families may engage in styles of religious coping associated with poorer health outcomes when their child or their family functioning does not fulfill their normative expectations of a healthy family (Dumas & Nissley-Tsiopinis, 2006). …”

Section: Association Of Spiritual Struggle With Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Testing the Validity of a Protocol to Screen for Spiritual Struggle among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Grossoehme¹,

Fitchett²

2013

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 24

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Spirituality is important to many Americans and is used to cope with adverse events. Some forms of spiritual coping are maladaptive or troubling, and are known as negative spiritual coping or spiritual struggle. These forms of spirituality are often associated with poorer physical and mental health outcomes. Thus, in clinical contexts there is a need to identify persons who may be experiencing spiritual struggle and, if indicated, offer spiritual care that may address that struggle. Twenty-two parents of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) completed semi-structured interviews and questionnaires exploring spirituality’s role in their child’s illness. Interviews included oral administration of a protocol to screen for spiritual struggle. The parents also completed the negative religious coping subscale of the Brief RCOPE, a commonly used measure of spiritual struggle. Descriptive statistics were obtained. The screening protocol identified 18% of the parents as potentially having spiritual struggle. Thirty-two percent had negative religious coping scores suggestive of spiritual struggle. Comparison of results with both measures found the screening protocol had good specificity (87%) but relatively low sensitivity (29%). Using either measure, indications of spiritual struggle were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. The screener’s administration was acceptable and feasible. The low sensitivity may be due in part to differences between the focus of the screener and that of the negative religious coping subscale, which focuses on struggle with the Divine. Further work is needed to establish the best approach to screening for spiritual struggle.

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Section: Association Of Spiritual Struggle With Healthmentioning

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Testing the Validity of a Protocol to Screen for Spiritual Struggle among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Grossoehme¹,

Fitchett²

2013

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 24

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“…Likewise, the attribution of divine significance to aspects of the material world has been associated with greater personal investment, including greater care for one's body (Mahoney et al, 2005a) and the natural environment (Tarakeshwar, Swank, Pargament, & Mahoney, 2001). Furthermore, people who describe relational aspects of life as sacred exhibit similar patterns of increased personal investment in the domains of parenting (Dumas & Nissley-Tsiopinis, 2006;Murray-Swank, Mahoney, & Pargament, 2006;Volling, Mahoney, & Rauer, 2009), marriage (DeMaris, Mahoney, & Pargament, 2010;Lichter & Carmalt, 2009;Mahoney et al, 1999;Mahoney, Pargament, & DeMaris, 2009), and sexuality (Murray-Swank, . The aforementioned list is certainly not exhaustive.…”

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Trauma, Religion, and Spirituality: Pathways to Healing

Harper

Pargäment

2015

Traumatic Stress and Long-Term Recovery

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“…Stressors or behaviors that are counter to one's religious values, such as family conflict (Francis, 1992) or children's problem behavior, may be particularly troubling for highly religious individuals (Ellison, 1994), with negative consequences for parent-child attachment security. Mothers raising children with significant behavioral and adjustment problems may become disheartened by the challenges of their parenting role, and experience spiritual struggles about parenting, leading to lower parental investment and satisfaction (Dumas & Nissley-Tsiopinis 2006). …”

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Maternal Religiosity, Family Resources and Stressors, and Parent–Child Attachment Security in Northern Ireland

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This study explores the associations between mothers' religiosity, and families' and children's functioning in a stratified random sample of 695 Catholic and Protestant mother-child dyads in socially deprived areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a region which has experienced centuries of sectarian conflict between Protestant Unionists and Catholics Nationalists. Findings based on mother and child surveys indicated that even in this context of historical political violence associated with religious affiliation, mothers' religiosity played a consistently positive role, including associations with multiple indicators of better family functioning (i.e., more cohesion and behavioral control and less conflict, psychological distress, and adjustment problems) and greater parent-child attachment security. Mothers' religiosity also moderated the association between parent-child attachment security and family resources and family stressors, enhancing positive effects of cohesion and mother behavioral control on mother-child attachment security, and providing protection against risks associated with mothers' psychological distress. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for understanding the role of religiosity in serving as a protective or risk factor for children and families.

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RESEARCH: Parental Global Religiousness, Sanctification of Parenting, and Positive and Negative Religious Coping as Predictors of Parental and Child Functioning

Cited by 47 publications

References 13 publications

Testing the Validity of a Protocol to Screen for Spiritual Struggle among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Testing the Validity of a Protocol to Screen for Spiritual Struggle among Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Trauma, Religion, and Spirituality: Pathways to Healing

Maternal Religiosity, Family Resources and Stressors, and Parent–Child Attachment Security in Northern Ireland

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