Spirituality, Religiousness and Mental Health: Scientific Evidence

Rezende-Pinto, Alexandre; Schumann, Cristiane; Moreira‐Almeida, Alexander

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21221-6_5

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“…In recent years, research on the effect of spirituality on mental health has expanded significantly, with meta-analyses showing positive effects (de Bernardin Gonçalves & Vallada, 2019;de Rezende-Pinto et al, 2019;Gonçalves et al, 2015), areas of risk (Ashouri et al, 2020), and the effects that poor health can have on spirituality (Hvidt et al, 2017). More specifically, spirituality is being discussed as factor in therapeutic dialogue.…”

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confidence: 99%

Religious Sensitivity at Secular Universities – A Cross-Sectional Replication Study among Norwegian Psychology Students

Mandelkow¹,

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2022

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Section: Overarching Researchmentioning

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Religious Sensitivity at Secular Universities – A Cross-Sectional Replication Study among Norwegian Psychology Students

Mandelkow¹,

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2022

NJRS

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“…The association between high spirituality and religiosity with physical and psychosocial well-being has been strongly recommended in the literature. Higher levels of spirituality and religion have been found to be negatively associated with rates of alcohol and drug use, suicide, and depression [28] . Spirituality found to associate with an individual's health through reduced loneliness [29] .…”

Section: Religion Spirituality and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Alcohol Use Treatment and Recovery: An Integrative Review

2021

MLU

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Despite the belief that religion and spirituality considered the most important cultural factors that give meaning to human behaviors and values, religion and spirituality have been equally ignored in the empirical alcohol studies. The purpose of this integrative review paper is to identify the role of religion and spirituality in alcohol use treatment and recovery. An integrative review has been utilized to address the issue. There is a presentation of findings from research examining religion and spirituality and their relationship to alcoholism. Treatment requires awareness of underlying causes to establish effective treatment approaches. Determining these underlying causes requires adequate knowledge of underlying personal beliefs and values that adheres to religions and spirituality. Health professionals across disciplines have an important role in implementing multidisciplinary interventions. Results, controversies, and concerns raised by the reported results are addressed. Implications for future research are delineated.

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“…Moreover, Noriko's religious belonging and belief do not seem to have provided her with emotional resilience. Yet, religiosity and spirituality are known sources of coping strategies for emotional distress in challenging times (Gard et al 2014;Bryce Yaden 2019;Lucchetti et al 2019;de Rezende-Pinto et al 2019;Nita 2019). While the mechanisms underlying the association between spirituality, religiosity, and emotional health outcomes are not yet completely understood (Ano and Vasconcelles 2005;Ivtzan and Papantoniou 2014;Guendelman et al 2017;Büssing 2019), spirituality and religiosity have already been positively correlated with individuals' capacity to adapt and cope with the difficulties and stressors of the pandemic (Lucchetti et al 2020;Ferrell et al 2020;Del Castillo et al 2020;Pirutinsky et al 2020;Edara et al 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Building Emotional Resilience: Japanese Women’s Religious and Spiritual Coping Strategies in the Time of COVID-19

Cavaliere

2021

Religions

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This paper explores the moderating effect of religious and spiritual coping mechanisms on the COVID-19 pandemic-induced emotional distress among a group of Japanese women practising temple meditation and yoga. A growing body of literature identifies religion and spirituality as sources of coping mechanisms for emotional distress during the pandemic, in that they enable individuals to find ways to improve subjective well-being and quality of life. The study uses a descriptive phenomenological approach, drawing upon narratives collected between September 2020 and June 2021 from thirty-two respondents composed of a mix of religious-affiliated and self-identified non-religious women practising temple meditation and yoga. Findings indicate that more women, including religious affiliates, have favoured spiritual coping mechanisms in the forms of meditation and body–mind practices to build emotional resilience. This reflects a quest for greater subjective well-being to compensate for the increased burden of emotional care during the pandemic. Overall, while organised religions have come to appropriate more holistic forms of spirituality to respond to demands of emotional care, body–mind spiritual practices have become more appealing for younger religious and non-religious Japanese women alike, in that they downplay gender-conforming ideas of the care economy with its emphasis on dedication and dependency.

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Spirituality, Religiousness and Mental Health: Scientific Evidence

Cited by 7 publications

References 57 publications

Religious Sensitivity at Secular Universities – A Cross-Sectional Replication Study among Norwegian Psychology Students

Religious Sensitivity at Secular Universities – A Cross-Sectional Replication Study among Norwegian Psychology Students

The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Alcohol Use Treatment and Recovery: An Integrative Review

Building Emotional Resilience: Japanese Women’s Religious and Spiritual Coping Strategies in the Time of COVID-19

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