Spirituality and Homelessness: Implications for Pastoral Counseling

Snodgrass, Jill L.

doi:10.1007/s11089-013-0550-8

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“…Previous research identifies that those who are experiencing homelessness use spiritual occupations, such as prayer, as a way of coping with this experience (Snodgrass, 2014). In the present study, some participants characterized their engagement in spiritual occupations as a way of coping with the life and context transition of leaving homelessness.…”

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Occupational transition in the process of becoming housed following chronic homelessness

Marshall¹,

Lysaght²,

Krupa³

2018

Can J Occup Ther

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Occupational transition in the process of becoming housed following chronic homelessness

Marshall¹,

Lysaght²,

Krupa³

2018

Can J Occup Ther

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“…Moreover, many African Americans believe God plays a significant role in diabetes treatment, and supports individual self-management practices (Polzer & Miles, 2007). Spirituality, therefore, helps maintain hope, motivation, and cope with stigma associated with psychological well-being (Belcher, 2003; Snodgrass, 2014).…”

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Religion, spirituality, coping, and resilience among African Americans with diabetes

Choi

Hastings

2018

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social T

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Study aims were to explore how religion and spirituality impacted attitudes about self-management practices among African Americans with homelessness histories and to understand resilience in diabetes care practices. Qualitative semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with 42 African Americans older than 18 years. All audio-taped interviews lasted between 1–1.5 hr, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using ATLAS.ti (version 7.0). Five resilience themes emerged. While participants recognized diabetes as an illness requiring professional treatment, the context of balancing treatment with religion and spiritual practices mattered. The study findings highlight the importance of spirituality, religious beliefs, and coping strategies in diabetes self-care activities.

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“…In fact, the instructors of BrainWise at the facility frequently used Bible stories, in addition to problems in the men's own daily lives, as examples for applying the 10 Wise Ways of BrainWise. Religiosity has been investigated as a coping strategy for homeless individuals, though research on spirituality among homeless populations is scarce (Snodgrass, 2014). Torchalla and colleagues (2014) found that homeless individuals who regularly participated in religious service reported significantly lower rates of alcohol and substance abuse, and Snodgrass (2014) found a relationship between spirituality and expressions of hope and increased ability to manage the negative stereotypes associated with homelessness.…”

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Homeless Men Living in Transitional Housing: The BrainWise Program and Improvements in Executive Functions and Coping Self-Efficacy

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We describe an innovative approach to teaching homeless men the critical thinking skills underlying adaptive decision making and self-regulation needed to bolster resilience in the face of multiple and complex personal challenges. Single men living in a transitional housing facility for the homeless were taught the BrainWise curriculum (n = 210) along with other educational, career, and life skills programs, and tested 4 months later. This group was compared with a smaller control group (n = 61) of men from the same and similar facilities. Outcomes were measured through self-reports of executive functions (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function [BRIEF]), problem solving (Wasik Problem Solving Rating Scale [WPSRS]), coping (Coping Self-Efficacy [CSE]), and knowledge of the thinking skills taught through BrainWise (BrainWise Knowledge Survey [BKS]). All measures showed adequate internal consistency reliability and less strong, but significant, test-retest stability. As expected, self-reported skills in executive function, coping self-efficacy, problem solving, and BrainWise knowledge covaried in predictable ways. The attrition between the pretest and posttest was not predicted by any of the major outcome measures. The sample of 108 men in the Treatment Group who were still in the program 4 months later exhibited significant improvements on all BRIEF composites and subscales, CSE, and the BKS, but not on the WPSRS. In contrast, the remaining 37 Control Group men showed many fewer improvements in the BRIEF scores and a decrease in the WPSRS score. The results suggest the efficacy of BrainWise and measurement of these skills in the vulnerable population of homeless individuals; however, challenges of this type of research and limitations of this study are discussed.

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Spirituality and Homelessness: Implications for Pastoral Counseling

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Occupational transition in the process of becoming housed following chronic homelessness

Occupational transition in the process of becoming housed following chronic homelessness

Religion, spirituality, coping, and resilience among African Americans with diabetes

Homeless Men Living in Transitional Housing: The BrainWise Program and Improvements in Executive Functions and Coping Self-Efficacy

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