OBJECTIVE This study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (PTG). This study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth. METHOD Participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the University of Shiraz. Participants were recruited in two stages...

While the past several years have witnessed an increase in the amount of research examining the spiritual perspectives of people living with HIV/AIDS, this literature is still insufŽ cient to guide the conceptualization and development of spiritually based interventions to improve the life quality of people living with HIV illness. The present study assessed a community sample of 275 persons li...

The past several years have seen a virtual explosion of research in the area of religion, spirituality, coping, and health. Despite this inundation, most studies have remained at the descriptive level of analysis. It has only been within the past few years that more complex associations, pathways (i.e., mediation), and possible models concerning the influence of religion and/or spirituality on ...

We would like to thank the authors of the letter, ‘‘Depression not related to lower religious involvement in bipolar disorders?’’ (1). They have identified further study analyses that could shed more light on the issue of bipolar affective episodes and religious involvement. The authors of the letter point out that, in contrast to our findings, prior studies have found that a significant propor...

Background Stress as a negative emotional and psychological process, happens when individuals try to adjust to circumstances that disrupt their daily functioning. One of the influential factors on the interaction between people and stress is their ways of coping. One of the most widely used self-assessment inventories of coping is “Ways of Coping”. Two categories of coping, problem-focused and ...

The SpREUK questionnaire (SpREUK is an acronym of the German translation of "Spiritual and Religious Attitudes in Dealing with Illness") was developed to investigate how patients with chronic diseases living in secular societies view the impact of spirituality in their dealing with illness (in terms of reactive coping). The aim was to operationalize and quantify patients’ search for a transcend...

BACKGROUND As a result of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, many people have been affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering that religion plays an important role in both of these countries and that religiosity/spirituality can be a positive coping resource, we were interested in investigating the spiritual needs of PTSD patients in these countries. Also, we aimed ...

BACKGROUND Research indicates that religion may have a positive effect on coping and possibly enhance clinical outcomes. This study aims to determine the level of religious interest of psychiatric inpatients and to assess whether religious commitment has an impact on selected outcome variables. METHODS There were 88 consecutive adult patients (50% men) who were admitted to a Canadian tertiary...

INTRODUCTION We made an adaptation of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) to the Spanish population. This measure, the most used in its scope, was developed by Rosenstiel and Keefe in 1983. METHOD 205 participants coming from Primary Health Care and pain clinics made up the sample. More than half suffered migraine and chronic tension-type headache; the rest, fibromyalgia, low back pain,...