Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being
Background:The purpose of the study was to examine more thoroughly the relationship between trait resilience and mental well-being. Although research demonstrates that this relationship is partially mediated by stress-related variables, no study has taken into account the mediating role of religious...
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| author | Janusz Surzykiewicz Janusz Surzykiewicz Sebastian Binyamin Skalski Sebastian Binyamin Skalski Małgorzata Niesiobędzka Karol Konaszewski |
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| description | Background:The purpose of the study was to examine more thoroughly the relationship between trait resilience and mental well-being. Although research demonstrates that this relationship is partially mediated by stress-related variables, no study has taken into account the mediating role of religious coping. We examined the mediating role of both variants of religious coping, positive and negative, along with specific strategies within the scope of religious coping strategies in a group of practicing Catholics.Method:Participants were 317 people aged 19–60 years (M = 24.34; SD = 6.30). The respondents indicated their gender and age, and then completed the RS-14 (trait resilience), RCOPE (religious coping), and WEMWBS (mental well-being) scales.Results:The results displayed a significant relationship between resilience and mental well-being (r = 0.67; p < 0.001). The relationship between resilience and positive religious coping was negligible (r = 0.09; p = 0.74), contrary to the relationship between resilience and negative coping that was significant but weak (r = −0.29; p < 0.001). Although the relationships between overall negative and positive religious coping with mental well-being were irrelevant, we found significant relationships between some strategies and mental well-being. The mediation analysis has demonstrated that the general negative religious coping and the strategies of demonic reappraisal, passive religious deferral, and spiritual discontent have enhanced the positive relationship between resilience and mental well-being. Contrary to expectation, positive strategies did not mediate the relationship between resilience and mental well-being, except religious practices (c′path totaled β = 0.66; t = 15.74, p < 0.001). The insignificant mediation effect can stem from the fact that the relationship between positive religious coping and stress is noticeable only in the long term. We controlled age and sex as statistically significant covariates so that the mediation effects obtained were devoid of the influence of those critical variables on the models.Conclusion:This is the first study to investigate the role of religious coping as a mediator in the relationship between resilience and mental well-being. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcb218e4fb334169bbe63423e17678dc2022-12-22T04:08:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532022-10-011610.3389/fnbeh.2022.954382954382Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-beingJanusz Surzykiewicz0Janusz Surzykiewicz1Sebastian Binyamin Skalski2Sebastian Binyamin Skalski3Małgorzata Niesiobędzka4Karol Konaszewski5Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, GermanyFaculty of Education, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Philosophy and Education, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, GermanyFaculty of Education, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Education, University of Białystok, Białystok, PolandFaculty of Education, University of Białystok, Białystok, PolandBackground:The purpose of the study was to examine more thoroughly the relationship between trait resilience and mental well-being. Although research demonstrates that this relationship is partially mediated by stress-related variables, no study has taken into account the mediating role of religious coping. We examined the mediating role of both variants of religious coping, positive and negative, along with specific strategies within the scope of religious coping strategies in a group of practicing Catholics.Method:Participants were 317 people aged 19–60 years (M = 24.34; SD = 6.30). The respondents indicated their gender and age, and then completed the RS-14 (trait resilience), RCOPE (religious coping), and WEMWBS (mental well-being) scales.Results:The results displayed a significant relationship between resilience and mental well-being (r = 0.67; p < 0.001). The relationship between resilience and positive religious coping was negligible (r = 0.09; p = 0.74), contrary to the relationship between resilience and negative coping that was significant but weak (r = −0.29; p < 0.001). Although the relationships between overall negative and positive religious coping with mental well-being were irrelevant, we found significant relationships between some strategies and mental well-being. The mediation analysis has demonstrated that the general negative religious coping and the strategies of demonic reappraisal, passive religious deferral, and spiritual discontent have enhanced the positive relationship between resilience and mental well-being. Contrary to expectation, positive strategies did not mediate the relationship between resilience and mental well-being, except religious practices (c′path totaled β = 0.66; t = 15.74, p < 0.001). The insignificant mediation effect can stem from the fact that the relationship between positive religious coping and stress is noticeable only in the long term. We controlled age and sex as statistically significant covariates so that the mediation effects obtained were devoid of the influence of those critical variables on the models.Conclusion:This is the first study to investigate the role of religious coping as a mediator in the relationship between resilience and mental well-being.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.954382/fullwellbeingresiliencereligious copingcatholicsmental health |
| spellingShingle | Janusz Surzykiewicz Janusz Surzykiewicz Sebastian Binyamin Skalski Sebastian Binyamin Skalski Małgorzata Niesiobędzka Karol Konaszewski Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience wellbeing resilience religious coping catholics mental health |
| title | Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being |
| title_full | Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being |
| title_short | Exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well-being |
| title_sort | exploring the mediating effects of negative and positive religious coping between resilience and mental well being |
| topic | wellbeing resilience religious coping catholics mental health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.954382/full |
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