The relationship between religious beliefs and coping with the stress of COVID-19

Петров, А. М.; Poltarykhin, Andrey L.; Alekhina, Natalia A.; Nikiforov, Sergey A.; Gayazova, Sarbinaz

doi:10.4102/hts.v77i1.6487

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“…Other studies have also shown that those with strong religious beliefs were able to cope better. For instance, communities that followed the Islamic faith showed a higher ability to cope with stressors relating to COVID-19 [37,38]. Ribeiro et al [39] further indicated that religion and faith can counter the negative effects of various stressors.…”

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Exploring the Lived Experiences of Vulnerable Females from a Low-Resource Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Haffejee,

Maharajh,

Sibiya

2023

IJERPH

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The onset of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the mental health and well-being of women in vulnerable settings. Currently, there is limited evidence that explores the wellness of elderly women under the associated restrictions. This study explores the lived experiences of elderly women in a vulnerable community in Durban, South Africa. A face-to-face, in-depth qualitative approach was implemented to interview 12 women aged 50 years and over. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The findings suggest that social interactions, the effect of a high death rate, and financial strain predominantly affect stress and anxiety levels. Despite the women being in receipt of pensions and/or other grants, their supplementary income was reduced. This, together with the additional expenses incurred during the lockdown, resulted in anxiety over finances. The lack of social interaction, with limits on visiting family and other loved ones when they were ill, along with the limit on the number of people attending the funerals of loved ones were also stressful. This study also reports on the resulting coping mechanisms, which included using hobbies such as baking and sewing as a means of self-care. Religious beliefs also relieved stress while home remedies were used as preventative measures during the lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19.

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Exploring the Lived Experiences of Vulnerable Females from a Low-Resource Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Haffejee,

Maharajh,

Sibiya

2023

IJERPH

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“…With the spread of COVID-19, waves of fear, stress and anxiety were created among the people of the world. The intensity of these problems was reduced with the help of religion and religious beliefs (Petrov et al 2021). This is because the positive emotions that people have in the divine religions reduce their anxiety (Ilyashenko et al 2021).…”

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COVID-19 and two sides of the coin of religiosity

Kolganov

Vadivel

Treve

et al. 2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first appeared in China in late 2019 and since then it has become a pandemic. Various countries, in accordance with their cultures, have adopted different approaches to deal with the spread of this disease. The dimensions of this disease and its global spread are such that it will certainly have enormous effects on various aspects of human life for many years. One of these issues is examining the approach of religious countries in dealing with this crisis. The issue of science and religion is one of the main issues in the philosophy of religion. A historical event that human society is struggling with today is the COVID-19 crisis. The issues of religion and science were intertwined during the COVID-19 outbreak, contrary to what some thought. This shows that the opposition between religion and science is not real but aims to attack religion without a valid reason. Given the importance of the subject, this article addresses two aspects of people’s exposure to religion during the COVID-19 period. On the one hand, the researchers’ field observations indicate that group of citizens has turned towards religious teachings since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. On the other hand, another group of citizens have distanced themselves from religiosity, raising the duality of science and religion.Contribution: This article describes the dual attitude of citizens towards religiosity due to the occurrence of COVID-19, which has not been previously considered in research.

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“…Hebert, Dang and Schulz (2007) said that the presence of religion has a positive impact on patient care regarding mental health. During the COVID-19 era, religion can be used as a tool to beat stress in dealing with the pandemic (Petrov et al 2021).…”

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Understanding Islamic law in the context of vaccination: Reducing the doubt cast on COVID-19 vaccines

Kosim

2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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One solution to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is getting vaccinated. The promotion of vaccines through religion helps to control the pandemic. One of the causes of doubts about vaccination in society is religious understanding. Vaccination has an important correlation with Islamic law or Islamic jurisprudence. This research aims to analyse the effect of understanding Islamic law on doubts about vaccination. This research used quantitative pre-experimental designs. The research sample consisted of 160 people who were not vaccinated. The sampling technique involved a non-random sampling method. The data analysis is descriptive and inferential. The results of this research showed the following: (1) the understanding of Islamic law related to the status of halal and haram has a positive influence on the Muslim community’s willingness to vaccinate, (2) the understanding of the emergency concept can increase confidence in vaccines and (3) the education related to understanding Islamic law can effectively reduce doubts about vaccination.Contribution: This research provides knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine from the perspective of Islamic law. This research provides a new strategy to reduce public doubts about vaccination.

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The relationship between religious beliefs and coping with the stress of COVID-19

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Vulnerable Females from a Low-Resource Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring the Lived Experiences of Vulnerable Females from a Low-Resource Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 and two sides of the coin of religiosity

Understanding Islamic law in the context of vaccination: Reducing the doubt cast on COVID-19 vaccines

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