The relation of religious belief and practices, depression, and hopelessness in persons with clinical depression.

Murphy, Patricia E.; Ciarrocchi, Joseph W.; Piedmont, Ralph L.; Cheston, Sharon E.; Peyrot, Mark; Fitchett, George

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.68.6.1102

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“…Pargament (1996) suggested that certain spiritual factors, such as religious coping methods, have been found to predict adjustment over and above the effects of non-religious coping. Ellison (1991) and others (Flaherty 1992;Lawson et al 1998;Murphy et al 2000;Ross 1990;Young et al 2000) found consistent indications in their studies that spirituality plays a vital role as a coping mechanism, against negative life events. Results from the path analysis suggest two things: first, that abuse had no direct effect on spirituality, and second, that spirituality had a direct impact on positive affect, but not on negative affect.…”

Section: Spirituality As a Therapeutic Resourcementioning

confidence: 67%

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The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Galea

2008

Pastoral Psychol

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This correlational study examined the potential effects of child abuse history on the psycho-spiritual status of Maltese college students. Data collected from 312 subjects indicated that 10.9% of the sample qualified as "severely" abused. Furthermore, in examining the correlations noted above, a sequential pattern of relationships appeared to emerge, which was clarified through a path analysis. Child abuse seems to impact more selectively closer to the traumatic experience. Results also point at spirituality as a potential resource in treating child abuse. The social and pastoral implications of these findings were discussed.Keywords Child abuse . Psychology of religion . Spirituality Child abuse is an important reality that can seriously inhibit children's normal development and their psycho-spiritual status (Doehring 1993;Flaherty 1992;Hall 1995). This could be particularly true in cultures where abuse is not given appropriate and immediate attention, as in Malta. A recent United Nations (UN) report on children's well-being highlighted the situation in Malta and called for the proper appraisal of this reality to fight maltreatment successfully. This study is aimed at evaluating the prevalence and impact of child abuse on the psycho-spiritual, religious and personality status of a sample of Maltese college students. In particular, childhood maltreatment was found to have a complex array of relationships to these key variables, with varied implications for the adjustment and well-being of victims.

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Section: Spirituality As a Therapeutic Resourcementioning

confidence: 67%

“…It could be speculated that beliefs that counter hopelessness, such as religious beliefs, form an important part in this equation. Murphy et al (2000) indicated such a pattern based on their findings that religious belief related to emotional well-being.…”

Section: Spirituality Religiosity and Child Abusementioning

confidence: 90%

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Galea

2008

Pastoral Psychol

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“…Several of these strategies may be important to affect regulation and adjustment. For example, religious beliefs and use of religious thoughts (though not necessarily religious behavior) have been related to healthy adjustment (e.g., Koenig, George, & Siegler, 1988;Murphy et al, 2000; but see Carver & Scheier, 1994;Park & Cohen, 1993 for contrasting findings). In addition, mindfulness (including mindful observation) has long been viewed as an adaptive affect-regulation strategy within Eastern traditions and Western psychology alike (cf.…”

Section: Comparison To the Cerqmentioning

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Identification and Evaluation of Cognitive Affect-Regulation Strategies: Development of a Self-Report Measure

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The ability to regulate emotions is important to mental health and well-being. However, relatively little is known about the cognitive strategies people use when faced with negative affect and the extent to which these strategies reduce such affect. This may be due, in part, to the lack of a comprehensive measure of cognitive affectregulation strategies. Three studies were conducted to develop a broad-based selfreport inventory of 15 specific strategies, called the Inventory of Cognitive Affect Regulation Strategies (ICARUS). This instrument assesses strategies that are oriented toward avoidance of the feelings (e.g., mental disengagement, thoughts of suicide) or diverting attention (e.g., self-criticism/self-blame, blaming others), as well as strategies that are oriented toward approach or engagement (e.g., reframing and growth, acceptance, mindful observation). Results provide preliminary support for the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity of the measure.

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“…94 Murphy and colleagues investigated hopelessness with a similar intention of identifying it as a mediator. 95 They found that religious belief, as measured with the Religious Well-Being Scale, was negatively associated with hopelessness, as measured with the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Also, greater hopelessness predicted more depressive symptoms.…”

Section: Potential Mediators Of the Health Benefits Of Religiousnessmentioning

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Religion, Senescence, and Mental Health: The End of Life Is Not the End of Hope

Ness

Larson

2002

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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The authors review epidemiological and survey research relevant to the relationships between religiousness/spirituality and mental health in people at the end of life, with the end of helping psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals dealing with older Americans. They give special attention to well-being, religious coping, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, depression, and suicide, and consider the extent to which hope is a mediator of the purported salutary effects of religiousness. Studies were selected from the comprehensive and systematic review of 20th-century scientific literature concerning religion and health. Authors also review current studies relevant to religion and end-of-life issues. Religious persons reported generally higher levels of well-being. The review also found fairly consistent inverse associations of religiousness with rates of depression and suicide. There was some negative association between religious participation and cognitive dysfunction, but the association with anxiety was inconsistent, with some studies showing a correlation between higher levels of religion and anxiety. Religion's effects on mental health are generally protective in direction but modest in strength.Public opinion polls suggest that the United States is a very religious nation. The 1999 Gallup Poll reports that 94% of Americans believe in God or a higher power; an almost equal proportion of the population says that religion is very or fairly important in their lives. 1 Less than a majority of these respondents report weekly attendance at religious services, but American rates of religious service attendance are still higher than for almost all other developed countries. 2 Most Americans believe that religion and health are intimately related. A 1996 Time/CNN poll conducted by Yankelovich Partners reports that 77% of respondents believe that God sometimes intervenes to cure people who have serious illnesses. 3 Furthermore, people act upon such beliefs. This same poll reports that 82% of Americans profess belief in the healing power of prayer. Also, research by Eisenberg and colleagues 4 shows that Americans spend billions of dollars annually on "alternative" medical therapies, and many of these therapies have spiritual meanings associated with them. 4,5

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The relation of religious belief and practices, depression, and hopelessness in persons with clinical depression.

Cited by 118 publications

References 35 publications

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Identification and Evaluation of Cognitive Affect-Regulation Strategies: Development of a Self-Report Measure

Religion, Senescence, and Mental Health: The End of Life Is Not the End of Hope

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