负面的宗教应对与精神斗争:主持人还是主要影响?
1Graduate School of Social Work, Touro University, New York, New York, USA.
Journal of clinical psychology
|April 16, 2024
概括
负面的宗教应对,虽然通常是稳定的,但在压力期间可能会增加. 更高的负面应对与更大的抑郁症状有关,特别是在困难的生活事件期间,这表明精神斗争.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 宗教研究是宗教研究.
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 以前的研究将负面的宗教应对与痛苦联系在一起.
- 目前尚不清楚这是否反映了普遍的精神斗争或特定事件的脆弱性.
- 应对通常被认为是稳定的,但它可能会波动.
研究的目的:
- 纵向测试精神斗争和负面应对模式.
- 为了检查应对和痛苦之间的关系随着时间的推移.
- 为了区分普遍的精神斗争与特定事件的应对脆弱性.
主要方法:
- 从3年来对397名参与者的纵向数据进行了二次分析.
- 在线收集的数据,评估生活事件,负面的宗教应对和抑郁症状六次.
- 用于数据分析的线性混合效应模型.
主要成果:
- 负面的宗教应对表现出稳定性,在压力时期增加.
- 较高的平均负面应对与抑郁症状增加相关,无论生活事件 (主要影响).
- 增加负面应对能力,特别是在特定时间,在负面生活事件 (适度效应) 后加剧抑郁症状.
结论:
- 研究结果表明,精神斗争和负面应对是不同的现象,往往在先前的研究中合并.
- 这种区别具有重要的理论和研究意义.
- 将灵性和宗教融入心理健康治疗可能是有益的.
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