Secular and religious coping strategiesin women: the age-related aspect

The Use of Religious Coping Methods in a Secular Society

In the present article, based on results from a survey study in Sweden among 2,355 cancer patients, the role of religion in coping is discussed. The survey study, in turn, was based on earlier findings from a qualitative study of cancer patients in Sweden. The purpose of the present survey study was to determine to what extent results obtained in the qualitative study can be applied to a wider ...

Religious Coping and Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Iranian Infertile Women

Background: Infertility is recognized as a stressful and critical experience worldwide and across cultures and disrupts individual, marital, family, and social stability. Religion is a source of support in dealing with health-related problems. This study aimed to examine the relationship between religious coping and health-promoting lifestyle (HPL) among Iranian infertile women. Methods: A cro...

Psychological health and religious coping of Ghanaian women with infertility

BACKGROUND Infertility has been shown to have considerable psychological effects on the well-being of couples, especially women. Religion has been found as a resource used by infertile women to cope with their distress. Little research has examined the influence of religious coping on psychological distress among infertile women in Ghana. This study examines the relationship between positive an...

Religious-Secular Cleavage and Political Stability in Israel

Due to its artificial and unnatural structure, Israeli society has since the beginning of its establishment, been a context for the emergence of different kinds of cleavages and tensions. This state of affairs has endangered the political stability of the Israeli regime. The present research is trying to answer this question: what is the effect of religious-secular cleavages in Israel on the fu...

The Secular Benefits of Comparative Religious Education