Religious and spiritual struggles alter God representations.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl R. Van Tongeren ◽  
Mark Sanders ◽  
Megan Edwards ◽  
Edward B. Davis ◽  
Jamie D. Aten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
God Representations ◽  
Spiritual Struggles

From vice to virtue: Evaluating a manualized intervention for moral spiritual struggles.

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene G. Ano ◽  
Kenneth I. Pargament ◽  
Serena Wong ◽  
Julie Pomerleau
Keyword(s):  
Manualized Intervention ◽  
Spiritual Struggles

Adoption and the Image of God

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-260
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Nydam
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Heinz Kohut ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
God Representations ◽  
Ontological Foundation ◽  
The Image Of God

Presents some of the basic struggles that may surround extrafamilial adoption. Examines both psychologically and theologically the possible effects of the process on a child's view of God. Draws on the works of Ana-Maria Rizzuto and Heinz Kohut to offer a way of understanding the God-representations that adopted children may employ. Presents Paul Tillich's existential-theological perspective as an ontological foundation for the various conceptions of God of adoptees. Suggests that adoption, as one of many human dilemmas, may deeply influence both psychological and spiritual development.

scholarly journals Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Life Satisfaction among Young Roman Catholics: The Mediating Role of Gratitude

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Szcześniak ◽  
Grażyna Bielecka ◽  
Iga Bajkowska ◽  
Anna Czaprowska ◽  
Daria Madej
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Dispositional Gratitude ◽  
Spiritual Struggles ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Roman Catholics

An extensive review of the psychological literature shows that interactions between religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles and other aspects of human functioning are complex and affected by “third” factors. Still, we have only a few studies that confirm R/S struggles as a source of well-being and indicate the ways in which it happens. In the present study, we aimed to verify whether the relationship between R/S struggles and life satisfaction was mediated by dispositional gratitude that seems to offer protection in times of adversity and turmoil. The sample consisted of 440 Roman Catholics (331 women) from Poland aged between 18 and 40. We applied the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Gratitude Questionnaire. In line with our hypotheses, it was confirmed that respondents with higher life satisfaction were more likely to display a higher sense of trust in God. They also declared a lower fear/guilt and perception of God as abandoning people. Gratitude correlated positively and significantly with religious comfort, and negatively with emotions towards God and social interactions surrounding religion. Moreover, it can be affirmed that dispositional gratitude mediated the relationship between three of four dimensions of religious strain and life satisfaction: religious comfort, negative emotions towards God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion.

scholarly journals Open-Ended Descriptions of Religious/Spiritual Struggles: Salient Themes and Associations with the Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS) Scale and Religiousness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Wilt ◽  
Joyce T. Takahashi ◽  
Peter Jeong ◽  
Julie J. Exline ◽  
Kenneth I. Pargament
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Spiritual Struggles ◽  
Valid Information ◽  
Qualitative Coding

Religious and spiritual struggles are typically assessed by self-report scales using closed-ended items, yet nascent research suggests that using open-ended items may complement and advance assessment. In the current study, undergraduate participants (N = 976) completed open-ended descriptions of their religious and spiritual struggles, the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS), and a standardized measures of religious belief salience. Qualitative coding showed that the themes emerging from open-ended descriptions generally fell within the broad domains of the RSS though some descriptions reflected more contextualized struggles. Scores derived from the open-ended responses to assess RSS domains achieved evidence of reliability as well as convergent and discriminant validity with the RSS . Correlations revealed a mix of similar and divergent associations between methods of assessing religious and spiritual struggles and religious belief salience. Open-ended descriptions of religious and spiritual struggles may yield reliable and valid information that is related to but distinct from assessments relying on closed-ended items.

scholarly journals Disbelief, Disengagement, Discontinuance, and Disaffiliation An Integrative Framework for the Study of Religious Deidentification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl R. Van Tongeren ◽  
C. Nathan DeWall
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Spiritual Struggles

Religion offers a powerful social identity. However, religious change is common across the lifespan, including some who leave religion altogether. Research on leaving religion has mostly been fragmented and failed to embrace a unified theory that captures the breadth of the extant research and appreciates the crucial nuances revealed by empirical findings. Toward that end, we adopt Saroglou’s (2011) classification of four dimensions of religiousness to introduce a conceptual model to explain the varieties of different research strands that have examined those leaving religion and integrate them into a unified theory of religious change. We explain how religious deidentification describes how one no longer identifies as religious, and this process can occur via disbelief, disengagement, discontinuance, and disaffiliation. We contend that religious and spiritual struggles are potential pathways by which deidentification may occur. Finally, we situate the work on religious deidentification among other related constructs and provide a brief framework for future research on the nonreligious experience.

Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie J. Exline ◽  
Kenneth I. Pargament ◽  
Joshua B. Grubbs ◽  
Ann Marie Yali
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Struggles
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