Religious and Spiritual Struggles as Concerns for Health and Well-Being
People struggle with religion and spirituality in several ways, including challenges in trusting God, confronting supernatural evil, tolerating other perspectives on religion, maintaining moral propriety, finding existential meaning, and managing religious doubt. These religious and spiritual (R/S)...
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2016-03-01
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| description | People struggle with religion and spirituality in several ways, including challenges in trusting God, confronting supernatural evil, tolerating other perspectives on religion, maintaining moral propriety, finding existential meaning, and managing religious doubt. These religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles relate to both physical and mental health independently of other religious and distress factors. Causality in this connection needs further study, but evidence supports many potential causes and moderators of the link between R/S struggle and health. These include personality, social, and environmental influences, including traumatic experiences and subcultural differences. Many theoretical questions remain unresolved, including how change in R/S struggle can predict or be predicted by change in health and other connected constructs, and how one might intervene to aid those who struggle with religious or spiritual challenges. Nonetheless, research momentum has grown, having already produced a wealth of information that underscores the need for greater attention to this domain. R/S struggle poses an important exception to generally positive overall associations between religion and well-being, though even R/S struggle may promote growth. This review offers a brief introduction to emerging psychological theory and research on R/S struggle with an emphasis on its relevance to wellness and illness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e8c1cebfc954a3daf2a8eb419c2b2af2022-12-21T23:22:32ZengPontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas GeraisHorizonte2175-58412016-03-011441487510.5752/P.2175-5841.2016v14n41p486831Religious and Spiritual Struggles as Concerns for Health and Well-BeingNick Stauner0Julie J. Exline1Kenneth I. Pargament2Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityBowling Green State UniversityPeople struggle with religion and spirituality in several ways, including challenges in trusting God, confronting supernatural evil, tolerating other perspectives on religion, maintaining moral propriety, finding existential meaning, and managing religious doubt. These religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles relate to both physical and mental health independently of other religious and distress factors. Causality in this connection needs further study, but evidence supports many potential causes and moderators of the link between R/S struggle and health. These include personality, social, and environmental influences, including traumatic experiences and subcultural differences. Many theoretical questions remain unresolved, including how change in R/S struggle can predict or be predicted by change in health and other connected constructs, and how one might intervene to aid those who struggle with religious or spiritual challenges. Nonetheless, research momentum has grown, having already produced a wealth of information that underscores the need for greater attention to this domain. R/S struggle poses an important exception to generally positive overall associations between religion and well-being, though even R/S struggle may promote growth. This review offers a brief introduction to emerging psychological theory and research on R/S struggle with an emphasis on its relevance to wellness and illness.http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/10892religionspiritualitystrugglestresswell-beinghealth |
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| title | Religious and Spiritual Struggles as Concerns for Health and Well-Being |
| title_full | Religious and Spiritual Struggles as Concerns for Health and Well-Being |
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| title_short | Religious and Spiritual Struggles as Concerns for Health and Well-Being |
| title_sort | religious and spiritual struggles as concerns for health and well being |
| topic | religion spirituality struggle stress well-being health |
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