Religion

Article Sociology

Religion Protected Mental Health but Constrained Crisis Response During Crucial Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Landon Schnabel, Scott Schieman

Summary: This study shows that religion can protect mental health but hinder support for crisis response during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Highly religious individuals and evangelicals experienced less distress and were less likely to perceive the outbreak as a crisis or support public health restrictions. The conservative politicization of religion in the United States may explain why religious Americans, particularly evangelicals, were less distressed and less supportive of efforts to contain the virus.

JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Religious and Spiritual Struggles and Their Links to Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

Margaret F. Bockrath, Kenneth Pargament, Serena Wong, Valencia A. Harriott, Julie M. Pomerleau, Steffany J. Homolka, Zyad B. Chaudhary, Julie J. Exline

Summary: The study found that religious and spiritual struggles significantly predicted increases in negative psychological adjustment, while there was no significant impact on positive psychological adjustment. These results support a primary model where struggles in religion and spirituality lead to worsening psychological adjustment.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2022)

Article Religion

A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

Suzanne Hoogeveen, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Balazs Aczel, Yonathan Aditya, Alexandra J. Alayan, Peter J. Allen, Sacha Altay, Shilaan Alzahawi, Yulmaida Amir, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Obed Kwame Appiah, Quentin D. Atkinson, Adam Baimel, Merve Balkaya-Ince, Michela Balsamo, Sachin Banker, Frantisek Bartos, Mario Becerra, Bertrand Beffara, Julia Beitner, Theiss Bendixen, Jana B. Berkessel, Renatas Berniunas, Matthew Billet, Joseph Billingsley, Tiago Bortolini, Heiko Breitsohl, Amelie Bret, Faith L. Brown, Jennifer Brown, Claudia C. Brumbaugh, Jacek Buczny, Joseph Bulbulia, Saul Caballero, Leonardo Carlucci, Cheryl L. Carmichael, Marco E. G. Cattaneo, Sarah J. Charles, Scott Claessens, Maxinne C. Panagopoulos, Angelo Brandelli Costa, Damien L. Crone, Stefan Czoschke, Christian Czymara, E. Damiano D'Urso, Orjan Dahlstrom, Anna Dalla Rosa, Henrik Danielsson, Jill De Ron, Ymkje Anna de Vries, Kristy K. Dean, Bryan J. Dik, David J. Disabato, Jaclyn K. Doherty, Tim Draws, Lucas Drouhot, Marin Dujmovic, Yarrow Dunham, Tobias Ebert, Peter A. Edelsbrunner, Anita Eerland, Christian T. Elbaek, Shole Farahmand, Hooman Farahmand, Miguel Farias, Abrey A. Feliccia, Kyle Fischer, Ronald Fischer, Donna Fisher-Thompson, Zoe Francis, Susanne Frick, Lisa K. Frisch, Diogo Geraldes, Emily Gerdin, Linda Geven, Omid Ghasemi, Erwin Gielens, Vukasin Gligoric, Kristin Hagel, Nandor Hajdu, Hannah R. Hamilton, Imaduddin Hamzah, Paul H. P. Hanel, Christopher E. Hawk, Karel K. Himawan, Benjamin C. Holding, Lina E. Homman, Moritz Ingendahl, Hilla Inkila, Mary L. Inman, Chris-Gabriel Islam, Ozan Isler, David Izydorczyk, Bastian Jaeger, Kathryn A. Johnson, Jonathan Jong, Johannes A. Karl, Erikson Kaszubowski, Benjamin A. Katz, Lucas A. Keefer, Stijn Kelchtermans, John M. Kelly, Richard A. Klein, Bennett Kleinberg, Megan L. Knowles, Marta Kolczynska, Dave Koller, Julia Krasko, Sarah Kritzler, Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos, Thanos Kyritsis, Todd L. Landes, Ruben Laukenmann, Guy A. Lavender Forsyth, Aryeh Lazar, Barbara J. Lehman, Neil Levy, Ronda F. Lo, Paul Lodder, Jennifer Lorenz, Pawel Lowicki, Albert L. Ly, Esther Maassen, Gina M. Magyar-Russell, Maximilian Maier, Dylan R. Marsh, Nuria Martinez, Marcellin Martinie, Ihan Martoyo, Susan E. Mason, Anne Lundahl Mauritsen, Phil McAleer, Thomas McCauley, Michael McCullough, Ryan McKay, Camilla M. McMahon, Amelia A. McNamara, Kira K. Means, Brett Mercier, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Benoit Monin, Jordan W. Moon, David Moreau, Jonathan Morgan, James Murphy, George Muscatt, Christof Nagel, Tamas Nagy, Ladislas Nalborczyk, Gustav Nilsonne, Pamina Noack, Ara Norenzayan, Michele B. Nuijten, Anton Olsson-Collentine, Lluis Oviedo, Yuri G. Pavlov, James O. Pawelski, Hannah Pearson, Hugo Pedder, Hannah K. Peetz, Michael Pinus, Steven Pirutinsky, Vince Polito, Michaela Porubanova, Michael J. Poulin, Jason M. Prenoveau, Mark A. Prince, John Protzko, Campbell Pryor, Benjamin G. Purzycki, Lin Qiu, Julian Quevedo Putter, Andre Rabelo, Milen L. Radell, Jonathan E. Ramsay, Graham Reid, Andrew J. Roberts, Lindsey M. Root Luna, Robert M. Ross, Piotr Roszak, Nirmal Roy, Suvi-Maria K. Saarelainen, Joni Y. Sasaki, Catherine Schaumans, Bruno Schivinski, Marcel C. Schmitt, Sarah A. Schnitker, Martin Schnuerch, Marcel R. Schreiner, Victoria Schuttengruber, Simone Sebben, Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Berenika Seryczynska, Uffe Shjoedt, Muge Simsek, Willem W. A. Sleegers, Eliot R. Smith, Walter J. Sowden, Marion Spath, Christoph Sporlein, William Stedden, Andrea H. Stoevenbelt, Simon Stuber, Justin Sulik, Christiany Suwartono, Stylianos Syropoulos, Barnabas Szaszi, Peter Szecsi, Ben M. Tappin, Louis Tay, Robert T. Thibault, Burt Thompson, Christian M. Thurn, Josefa Torralba, Shelby D. Tuthill, Ann-Marie Ullein, Robbie C. M. Van Aert, Marcel A. L. M. van Assen, Patty Van Cappellen, Olmo R. van den Akker, Ine Van der Cruyssen, Jolanda Van der Noll, Noah N. N. van Dongen, Caspar J. Van Lissa, Valerie van Mulukom, Don van Ravenzwaaij, Casper J. J. van Zyl, Leigh Ann Vaughn, Bruno Verschuere, Michelangelo Vianello, Felipe Vilanova, Allon Vishkin, Vera Vogel, Leonie V. D. E. Vogelsmeier, Shoko Watanabe, Cindel J. M. White, Kristina Wiebels, Sera Wiechert, Zachary Z. Willett, Maciej Witkowiak, Charlotte V. O. Witvliet, Dylan Wiwad, Robin Wuyts, Dimitris Xygalatas, Xin Yang, Darren J. Yeo, Onurcan Yilmaz, Natalia Zarzeczna, Yitong Zhao, Josjan Zijlmans, Michiel van Elk, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Summary: The relation between religiosity and well-being was investigated using a new cross-cultural dataset, and the results showed that most teams reported a positive relationship, with religiosity being associated with higher levels of well-being. Additionally, the results indicated that the relation between religiosity and well-being varied depending on the cultural norms of religion.

RELIGION BRAIN & BEHAVIOR (2023)

Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Does Religiosity/Spirituality Play a Role in Function, Pain-Related Beliefs, and Coping in Patients with Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review

Alexandra Ferreira-Valente, Saurab Sharma, Sandra Torres, Zachary Smothers, Jose Pais-Ribeiro, J. Haxby Abbott, Mark P. Jensen

Summary: This systematic review examined the association between religiosity/spirituality and pain, function, and psychological adjustment in people with chronic pain. The findings suggest that religiosity/spirituality is associated with pain and psychological function, and viewing oneself as being spiritual may contribute to positive psychological adjustment. More research is needed to confirm the reliability of these findings.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey

Arzu Karabag Aydin, Hursit Fidan

Summary: The study found that death anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their life satisfaction. It was recommended to provide more psychological and communication support to nurses and implement systematic physical and psychological evaluations for early intervention.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Religion

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL BRIDGING IN RELATION TO POST-COVID SOCIETY POLARIZATION IN SLOVAKIA

Viliam Judak, Amantius Akimjak, Jan Zimny, Viktoriya B. Kurilenko, Miroslav Tvrdon

Summary: The societal atomization in Slovakia has negatively impacted vaccination and pandemic management. Building social bridges is crucial for healing the social atmosphere and requires coherence in social policy, economics, and ethics. The challenges faced in Slovakia necessitate a focus on values, ethics, and soft skills, not just from social work professionals, but also from citizens.

ACTA MISSIOLOGICA (2022)

Article History

Variation in the Use of Diacritics in Modern Typeset Standard Arabic: A Theoretical and Descriptive Framework

Andreas Hallberg

Summary: This article presents a theoretical account of the variation in the use of diacritics in modern typeset Standard Arabic, identifying three basic functions and six modes of diacritization. Further research based on this framework is suggested.

ARABICA (2022)

Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

A Divine Infection: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19

Mikyung Lee, Heejun Lim, Merin Shobhana Xavier, Eun-Young Lee

Summary: This systematic review summarized the roles of religious communities during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the dual influences of religion as both detrimental and beneficial in response to the crisis. The study highlights the critical need for collaboration among religious communities, health science, and government to combat the COVID-19 crisis and future pandemics/epidemics.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Religion

COVID-19 and two sides of the coin of religiosity

Sergei Kolganov, Balachandran Vadivel, Mark Treve, Dono Kalandarova, Natalia Fedorova

Summary: This article discusses the dual attitude of people towards religiosity during COVID-19, with some turning to religious teachings and others distancing themselves from religion, highlighting the duality of science and religion.

HTS TEOLOGIESE STUDIES-THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (2022)

Article Sociology

Jitters on the Eve of the Great Recession: Is the Belief in Divine Control a Protective Resource?

Laura Upenieks, Scott Schieman, Alex Bierman

Summary: This study finds that increased job insecurity and financial strain are associated with higher levels of depression during the financial crisis. However, individuals who simultaneously increase their sense of divine control experience less severe depression, while those who decrease in their sense of divine control experience more severe depression. Additionally, the effects of divine control are particularly significant among workers with lower levels of education.

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Religiosity Predicts Unreasonable Coping With COVID-19

Dirk Kranz, Christoph Niepel, Elouise Botes, Samuel Greiff

Summary: This study investigates the impact of religiosity on coronavirus anxiety and preventive behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highly religious individuals tend to have higher somatic anxiety but lower cognitive anxiety. They also engage in more unreasonable behaviors in terms of prevention. Emotionality partially mediates the association between religiosity and unreasonable behavior, while worry mediates the association between religiosity and reasonable behavior.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2023)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Trust in God and/or Science? Sociodemographic Differences in the Effects of Beliefs in an Engaged God and Mistrust of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Laura Upenieks, Joanne Ford-Robertson, James E. Robertson

Summary: Beliefs in an engaged God are associated with greater mistrust in the COVID-19 vaccine, particularly among Hispanic and lower educated Americans. This could reduce motivation to get vaccinated.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Transcendent Indebtedness to God: A New Construct in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Jenae M. Nelson, Sam A. Hardy, Philip Watkins

Summary: The study developed the Transcendent Indebtedness Scale (TIS) to measure positive indebtedness to God, and found that transcendent indebtedness is a unique predictor of higher secure attachment with God, positive well-being, and prosocial behavior.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2023)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Pulling Away From Religion: Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Religious Disengagement Among College Students

Julie J. Exline, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, David F. Bradley, Joshua A. Wilt, Nick Stauner, Kenneth Pargament, C. Nathan DeWall

Summary: When people disengage from religion, they experience religious and spiritual struggles including the search for ultimate meaning, interpersonal confusion, doubt, and emotional struggles related to the divine. The level of struggles varies among different types of disengaged individuals, but overall, those who disengage from religion tend to experience more struggles.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2022)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Muslims and Mental Health Services: A Concept Map and a Theoretical Framework

Ahmet Tanhan, J. Scott Young

Summary: Muslim populations in Western countries are facing various challenges, with a tendency to underutilize mental health services. Mental health professionals have the potential to address biopsychosocial and spiritual issues faced by Muslims and improve their quality of life. Researchers have developed a theoretical framework based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Theory of Reasoned Action in the context of a Social Ecological Model to better understand Muslim's approach to mental health services.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Education & Educational Research

The pandemic and the feminisation of the Church? How male and female churchgoers experienced the Church of England's response to Covid-19

Leslie J. Francis, Andrew Village

Summary: The Church of England's response to the pandemic showed differences in evaluation between men and women, with men being more critical of national leadership, church policy, and online future. These findings suggest that men may have become more marginalized in the Church as a result of the pandemic.

JOURNAL OF BELIEFS & VALUES-STUDIES IN RELIGION & EDUCATION (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Religiousness and Minority Stress in Conservatively Religious Sexual Minorities: Lessons from Latter-day Saints

G. Tyler Lefevor, Samuel J. Skidmore, James S. McGraw, Edward B. Davis, Ty R. Mansfield

Summary: The study found that sexual minorities within the LDS community reported higher levels of religiousness/spirituality and experienced more minority stress compared to nonLDS sexual minorities. Internalized homonegativity was more strongly associated with depression for LDS sexual minorities. The study suggests that aspects of religion/spirituality may help buffer the effects of minority stress experienced by sexual minorities within conservative religious traditions.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION (2022)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

The Dead with No Wake, Grieving with No Closure: Illness and Death in the Days of Coronavirus in Spain

Oscar Fernandez, Miguel Gonzalez-Gonzalez

Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an exceptional social situation with rapid spread of the illness and high mortality rates. The lockdown measures in Spain have prohibited wakes and limited funerals, depriving people of final farewells and worsening grief. This article investigates the social and cultural impact using critical dialogue analysis and highlights the importance of rituals and social support systems, emphasizing the difficulties faced during the epidemic.

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Religiosity and Positive Religious Coping as Predictors of Indonesian Muslim Adolescents' Externalizing Behavior and Loneliness

Doran C. French, Urip Purwono, Menqqian Shen

Summary: This study found that religiosity and positive religious coping were related to loneliness and externalizing behavior in Indonesian Muslim adolescents. Religiosity significantly predicted externalizing behavior in concurrent analyses and marginally predicted it in longitudinal analyses. In contrast, positive religious coping predicted loneliness both concurrently and longitudinally.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2022)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

At Its Core, Islam Is About Standing With the Oppressed: Exploring Transgender Muslims' Religious Resilience

Chana Etengoff, Eric M. Rodriguez

Summary: Inquiries into positive transgender development are important given gender-based victimization and limited mental health resources. This study explored the religious and mental health experiences of 15 transgender Muslims using mixed methods. Results showed that most participants had challenging coming-out experiences, but their depression levels were moderate and self-esteem scores were normal. Qualitative analysis suggested that religion and spirituality served as important coping tools for some participants. This exploratory study contributes to a better understanding of the role of religiosity and spirituality in transgender Muslim lives, and highlights the need for more complex analyses of religious resilience and identity development experiences of gender minorities.

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY (2022)