Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics
Previous studies indicate that perceptions of nature and thought-provoking silence can have positive consequences for individual functioning. The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationships between religious coping (assessed with the Brief RCOPE), perceptions of nature and silence (...
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| author | Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz Karol Konaszewski Loren L. Toussaint Arndt Büssing Janusz Surzykiewicz Janusz Surzykiewicz |
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| description | Previous studies indicate that perceptions of nature and thought-provoking silence can have positive consequences for individual functioning. The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationships between religious coping (assessed with the Brief RCOPE), perceptions of nature and silence (a subscale of the Perception of Change Questionnaire), well-being (the World Health Organization's five-item Well-Being Index) and life satisfaction (the Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale). An online questionnaire was completed between 2021–2022 by 1,010 Polish Catholics ages 18 to 73, 61% of whom were women. Structural equation modeling showed that positive religious coping was positively related to well-being (β = 0.08, p = 0.011) and life satisfaction (β = 0.22, p < 0.001). In contrast, negative religious coping was related to reduced well-being (β = −0.07, p = 0.040) and life satisfaction (β = −0.25). In addition, more frequent perceptions of nature and reflective times of silence partially mediated the associations of positive religious coping with well-being (β = 0.04, p = 0.011) and life satisfaction (β = 0.04, p = 0.008). The data might suggest that interventions that help people develop an ability or awareness for nature as an exceptional encounter and may help to strengthen the ways they can utilize their religiosity as a resource and thus contribute to well-being and life satisfaction among Catholics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c06498fef6914487a5a0bc1bf6d90c472022-12-22T02:46:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-11-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10200071020007Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish CatholicsSebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz0Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz1Karol Konaszewski2Loren L. Toussaint3Arndt Büssing4Janusz Surzykiewicz5Janusz Surzykiewicz6Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, GermanyFaculty of Education, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Education, University of Białystok, Białystok, PolandDepartment of Psychology, Luther College, Decorah, IA, United StatesProfessorship Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Witten/Herdecke University, Herdecke, GermanyFaculty of Philosophy and Education, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, GermanyFaculty of Education, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandPrevious studies indicate that perceptions of nature and thought-provoking silence can have positive consequences for individual functioning. The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationships between religious coping (assessed with the Brief RCOPE), perceptions of nature and silence (a subscale of the Perception of Change Questionnaire), well-being (the World Health Organization's five-item Well-Being Index) and life satisfaction (the Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale). An online questionnaire was completed between 2021–2022 by 1,010 Polish Catholics ages 18 to 73, 61% of whom were women. Structural equation modeling showed that positive religious coping was positively related to well-being (β = 0.08, p = 0.011) and life satisfaction (β = 0.22, p < 0.001). In contrast, negative religious coping was related to reduced well-being (β = −0.07, p = 0.040) and life satisfaction (β = −0.25). In addition, more frequent perceptions of nature and reflective times of silence partially mediated the associations of positive religious coping with well-being (β = 0.04, p = 0.011) and life satisfaction (β = 0.04, p = 0.008). The data might suggest that interventions that help people develop an ability or awareness for nature as an exceptional encounter and may help to strengthen the ways they can utilize their religiosity as a resource and thus contribute to well-being and life satisfaction among Catholics.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1020007/fullreligious copingperception of nature and silencewell-beinglife satisfactionCatholics |
| spellingShingle | Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz Sebastian Binyamin Skalski-Bednarz Karol Konaszewski Loren L. Toussaint Arndt Büssing Janusz Surzykiewicz Janusz Surzykiewicz Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics Frontiers in Public Health religious coping perception of nature and silence well-being life satisfaction Catholics |
| title | Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics |
| title_full | Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics |
| title_fullStr | Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics |
| title_short | Positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well-being and life satisfaction among Polish Catholics |
| title_sort | positive religious coping acts through perception of nature and silence in its association with well being and life satisfaction among polish catholics |
| topic | religious coping perception of nature and silence well-being life satisfaction Catholics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1020007/full |
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