Do Secular Coping Resources Explain the Link Between Religious Coping and Depressive Symptoms?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don E. Davis ◽  
Jeffrey S. Ashby
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Secular Coping

Religious Coping, Coping Resources, and Depressive Symptoms: Test of a Mediation Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Don E. Davis ◽  
Jeff Ashby ◽  
Stacey McElroy ◽  
Joshua Hook
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Mediation Model

Stress, Religious Coping Resources, and Depressive Symptoms in an Urban Adolescent Sample

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUSSELL A. CARLETON ◽  
PATRICIA ESPARZA ◽  
PETER J. THAXTER ◽  
KATHRYN E. GRANT
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Sample

Do Racial Differences in Coping Resources Explain the Black–White Paradox in Mental Health? A Test of Multiple Mechanisms

2021 ◽  
pp. 002214652110410
Author(s):  
Patricia Louie ◽  
Laura Upenieks ◽  
Christy L. Erving ◽  
Courtney S. Thomas Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Health Study ◽  
White Americans

A central paradox in the mental health literature is the tendency for black Americans to report similar or better mental health than white Americans despite experiencing greater stress exposure. However, black Americans’ higher levels of certain coping resources may explain this finding. Using data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study (n = 1,186), we examine whether black Americans have higher levels of self-esteem, social support, religious attendance, and divine control than white Americans and whether these resources, in turn, explain the black–white paradox in mental health. In adjusted models, the black–white paradox holds for depressive symptoms and any DSM-IV disorder. Findings indicate that black Americans have higher levels of self-esteem, family social support, and religiosity than white Americans. Causal mediation techniques reveal that self-esteem has the largest effect in explaining black–white differences in depressive symptoms, whereas divine control has the largest effect in explaining differences in disorder.

Association of spiritual/religious coping with depressive symptoms in high‐ and low‐risk pregnant women

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano M Vitorino ◽  
Raíssa Chiaradia ◽  
Gail Low ◽  
Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽  
Kenneth I Pargament ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Low Risk

scholarly journals Religious Coping, Religiosity, Depression and Anxiety among Medical Students in a Multi-Religious Setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedict Francis ◽  
Jesjeet Gill ◽  
Ng Yit Han ◽  
Chiara Petrus ◽  
Fatin Azhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Medical students are vulnerable to depression and anxiety due to the nature of their academic life. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms among medical students and the association between religious coping, religiosity and socio-demographic factors with anxiety and depressive symptoms. A cross sectional design was used for this study. Scales used were the Malay version of the Duke Religious Index (DUREL-M), the Malay version of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) and the Malay version Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS-M). 622 students participated in this study. They scored moderately on the organized (mean: 3.51) and non-organized religious (mean: 3.85) subscales of the DUREL, but had high intrinsic religiosity (mean: 12.18). The prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms were 4.7% and 17.4% respectively, which is lower than local as well as international data. Islam, negative religious coping and the presence of depressive symptoms were significantly associated with anxiety symptoms. Only the presence of anxiety symptoms was significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Negative religious coping, rather than positive religious coping, has significant association with depressive and anxiety symptoms. Redirecting focus towards negative religious coping is imperative to boost mental health outcomes among medical students.

Stressors, Coping Resources, and Depressive Symptoms among Rural American Indian Older Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soonhee Roh ◽  
Kathleen A. Brown-Rice ◽  
Kyoung Hag Lee ◽  
Yeon-Shim Lee ◽  
Michael J. Lawler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Coping Resources

Religious coping in adolescents: New evidence and relevance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lluis Oviedo ◽  
Josefa Torralba
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Coping Resource ◽  
Life Crisis ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Secular Coping ◽  
Religious Decline

Adolescence is frequently seen as a troubled age and, in many societies, as a time of sharp religious decline. The question arises to what extent religious faith and practice could still help teenagers to cope with their distress, especially when religion fades away in secularized environments and stops being a common coping resource. A new survey has been conducted in South-East Spain (N=531) to assess coping styles – religious and secular – and how they are related to other variables. The outcomes confirm that religious coping becomes a minority choice; it is related to age – for those older in the sample – and is mixed with secular coping strategies. Secularization implies a confidence lost in religious means to tackle distress and life crisis and the search for alternative coping strategies. The study explores the practical implications of those outcomes.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Positive and Negative Impact of Spiritual Religious Coping on Quality of Life and Depression in Dialysis Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Magalhães Vitorino ◽  
Renata de Castro e Santos Soares ◽  
Ana Eliza Oliveira Santos ◽  
Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti ◽  
Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Two Sides

Background: Studies have shown that spiritual/religious beliefs are associated with mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, few studies evaluated how spiritual/religious coping (SRC) could affect hemodialysis patients. Objectives: The present study investigated the role of SRC behaviors on HRQoL and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients. Design and Participants: This was cross-sectional study with 184 patients. Patients completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Brief SRC Scale, Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and a Sociodemographic and Health Characterization Questionnaire. Results: From 218 patients, 184 (84.4%) were included (53.8% male with a median age of 55.9 years). Negative SRC, but not positive SRC, was associated with depressive symptoms. Positive SRC presented significant effects in SF-36 pain and physical and social functioning. On the other hand, negative SRC exhibited significant effects in SF-36 role emotional, energy/fatigue, pain, and physical functioning. Conclusion: SRC influences the mental health and HRQoL in Brazilian hemodialysis patients in two distinct ways. If used positively, it may have positive outcomes. However, if used negatively, it may lead to dysfunctional consequences such as greater depressive symptomatology and affect HRQoL. Health professionals must be aware of these “two sides of the same coin.”

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