Negative Life Events, Patterns of Positive and Negative Religious Coping, and Psychological Functioning

Religious coping may or may not be adaptive depending upon whether such coping is positive or negative. We investigated the potential moderating effects of positive and negative religious coping patterns on the relationship between negative life events and psychological functioning. Questionnaires i...

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Published in:Journal for the scientific study of religion 2007-06, Vol.46 (2), p.159-167
Main Authors: BJORCK, JEFFREY P., THURMAN, JOHN W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Christianity
Churches
Contemporary period
Coping
Depression
Depression (Psychology)
Depressive disorders
Discontent
General subjects
History and sciences of religions
Life Events
Mental health
Protestantism
Protestants
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Psychology of religion
Psychometrics
Qualitative analysis
Questionnaires
Religion
Religious beliefs
Religious coping
Religious participation
Religious studies
Spiritual belief systems
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Summary:Religious coping may or may not be adaptive depending upon whether such coping is positive or negative. We investigated the potential moderating effects of positive and negative religious coping patterns on the relationship between negative life events and psychological functioning. Questionnaires included measures of negative life events, positive and negative religious coping, and psychological functioning, and were completed by 336 adult, Protestant church members. Even after controlling for religious participation, negative events were related to increased use of positive and negative religious coping and decreased psychological functioning. Moreover, negative events and positive religious coping produced an interaction effect on depression, such that the high use of positive religious coping buffered the deleterious effects of negative events.
ISSN:0021-8294
1468-5906
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00348.x