Praying as a Form of Religious Coping in Dutch Highly Educated Muslim Women of Moroccan Descent

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 141-162
Author(s):  
Joseph Z. T. Pieper ◽  
Marinus H. F. van Uden ◽  
Leonie van der Valk
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Qualitative Part

This article addresses the research question: “How do Dutch highly educated Muslim women of Moroccan descent use prayer in dealing with problems?” The theoretical framework was mainly based on the work of Pargament et al. regarding religious coping. The empirical part of the study consisted of a quantitative and a qualitative part. This article presents results of the quantitative part. For the quantitative part of our research, 177 questionnaires were collected using snowball sampling. We asked respondents about their praying practices and their ways of religious coping, using the Brief RCOPE. The connection and communication in their prayer with a loving, caring, benevolent God is the main religious way in which these Muslim women of Moroccan descent cope with all kinds of problems. This use of prayer as a way of coping can be clarified through the psychological functions of religiosity and prayer that are suggested by Pargament, Koenig, and Perez (2000). Prayer could help them in: (1) finding meaning, (2) being master over their circumstances and controlling their emotions, (3) finding comfort and closeness to God, (4) experiencing intimacy with others and closeness to God, and (5) transforming their way of life. We did find few negative religious coping strategies, such as negative feelings towards God or alienation. This is in line with research results of Abu Raiya and Pargament (2010). As Islam implies surrender to God, it may be difficult for Muslims to admit their religious distress, doubts, and struggles.

scholarly journals Religious coping in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic in India and Nigeria: Finding of a cross-national community survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 002076402098451
Author(s):  
Huma Fatima ◽  
Tosin Philip Oyetunji ◽  
Sudha Mishra ◽  
Krittika Sinha ◽  
Olorunyomi Felix Olorunsogbon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Coping ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Indian Population ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Nigerian Population ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
Positive Religious Coping ◽  
Cross National

Background: Religious and spiritual coping strategies is one of the possible tools that can be used to deal with stress and the negative consequences of life problems and illnesses. The study aims to assess religious coping in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: It was an online survey. The sample was collected using a snowball sampling technique as the data were collected through Google forms. The survey started on 22 April 2020 and was closed on 28 May 2020. The participants were from two countries, India and Nigeria. The inclusion criteria were age between 18 and 60 years, having completed at least 10 years of formal education, and have internet access. For data collection, Semi-structured proforma (demographic and personal characteristics) and Brief RCOPE was used to see the extent to which individuals engage in positive and negative forms of religious coping. Results: A total of 647 individuals (360 from Nigeria and 287 from India) participated in the survey. A total of 188 (65.5%) participants in India reported no change in their religious activities since they heard about COVID-19, while, 160 (44.4%) in Nigeria reported a decrease in religious activities. Positive religious coping in the Nigerian population was significantly higher than the Indian population. Similarly, negative religious coping was significantly higher (for most of the items in the brief RCOPE) in the Indian population than the Nigerian population. Conclusion: Significant percentages of people after the COVID-19 pandemic took religious coping steps to overcome their problems. During this pandemic, positive religious coping among the Indian and Nigerian communities is more prevalent than negative religious coping. There is a substantial cross-national difference between Indians and Nigerians in the religious coping modes.

The relationship between defense mechanisms and religious coping using a new two-factor solution for the Defense Style Questionnaire-40

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy A. Prout ◽  
William H. Gottdiener ◽  
Alexander Camargo ◽  
Sean Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Defense Style ◽  
Defense Styles ◽  
Defense Style Questionnaire ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
Principal Axis Factoring ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the factor structure of the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40) and explored the relationships between defense mechanisms and religious coping in a diverse sample of 380 college students. In contrast with the three-factor model of defenses proposed by the developers of the DSQ-40, principal axis factoring yielded two internally consistent components: adaptive and maladaptive defense styles. Endorsement of adaptive defenses was positively correlated with the use of positive religious coping strategies and negatively correlated with negative religious coping. Maladaptive defenses were associated with the endorsement of negative religious coping strategies. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations are made for future use of the DSQ-40.

scholarly journals NEUROTICISM AND NEGATIVE RELIGIOUS COPING: THE MEDIATING AND MODERATING ROLES OF RELIGIOSITY AND THE IMAGE OF GOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 189-204
Author(s):  
Ingrīda Trups-Kalne ◽  
Viktorija Perepjolkina ◽  
Inese Lietaviete
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
The Image Of God

Several studies have found correlations between neuroticism as one of personality traits and used negative religious coping strategies in difficult life situations, which in turn has a negative impact on physical and mental health outcomes. Therefore, it is important to explore the explanatory factors for the association between neuroticism and negative religious coping. This study aims at investigating whether there is a mediator effect of the image of God and a moderator effect of religiosity on the relation between neuroticism and the use of negative religious coping strategies. The group of respondents consisted of 336 Latvian-speaking Roman Catholic adults aged 18 to 86 (M = 44.42; SD = 12.90, 74.9 % women). The data was collected by an online survey with the following instruments: the Brief RCOPE, the God Image Scale, the Latvian Personality Inventory LPAv-3, the Centrality of Religiosity Scale CRS-5 and the Socio-demographic Inventory. The results of this study revealed that the image of God has a partial mediating effect on the relation between neuroticism and negative religious coping. The study also indicated that religiosity is a moderator in relationship between neuroticism and negative religious coping – the higher the degree of religiosity the closer the relation between neuroticism and negative religious coping. The outcomes of the study can be used as basis for religious interventions in psychotherapy, as well as health-care consulting and pastoral counselling aimed at reducing the negative impact of negative religious coping on physical and psychological health.

The Use of Religious Coping Strategies for African-Americans Following Residential Fires

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Moore ◽  
Michael Knepp ◽  
Christopher Immel ◽  
Russell Jones ◽  
Thomas Ollendick
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Residential Fires

Brief RCOPE Scale--Negative Religious Coping Subscale; Czech Version

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Janu ◽  
Klara Malinakova ◽  
Alice Kosarkova ◽  
Jana Furstova ◽  
Peter Tavel
Keyword(s):  
Religious Coping ◽  
Negative Religious Coping

scholarly journals Preference for Religious Coping Strategies and Passive versus Active Coping Styles among Seniors Exhibiting Aggressive Behaviors

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 553
Author(s):  
Iwona Niewiadomska ◽  
Leon Szot
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
Displaced Aggression ◽  
Instrumental Aggression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Difficult Situations

This article is theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part presents issues related to experiencing stress (including ways of coping with experienced problems) and the relationships between preference for various coping strategies and human behavior. The empirical part presents the results of research on the relationship between the frequency of seniors (n = 329) using 13 different ways to deal with experienced difficulties (including the strategy of turning to religion/religious coping) and 11 categories of aggressive behavior (retaliation tendencies, self-destructive tendencies, aggression control disorders, displaced aggression, unconscious aggressive tendencies, indirect aggression, instrumental aggression, self-hostility, physical aggression towards the environment, hostility towards the environment, and reactive aggression). The last part is devoted to a discussion on the obtained research results and the practical implications of using the strategy of turning to religion/religious coping in difficult situations as a factor protecting the elderly from aggressive behavior.

Sanctification of marriage, religious coping and marital adjustment of Iranian couples

2021 ◽  
pp. 008467242199682
Author(s):  
Reza Fallahchai ◽  
Maryam Fallahi ◽  
Arefeh Moazenjami ◽  
Annette Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
Religious Coping ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hierarchical Regression Model ◽  
Negative Religious Coping ◽  
Global Indicators

This study examined cross-sectional links of the theistic and non-theistic sanctification of marriage and positive and negative religious coping with marital adjustment for 316 married Muslims (women = 157, men = 159) from Iran. Perceiving marriage to be a manifestation of God (i.e. theistic sanctification) and reflective of sacred qualities (i.e. non-theistic sanctification) as well as engaging in positive and negative religious/spiritual (r/s) coping strategies each uniquely contributed variance to marital adjustment, after controlling for each other and global indicators of devotion to Islam (e.g. frequency of prayer, religious pilgrimages, fasting, reciting the Quran), and demographic variables (e.g. education level). Specifically, theistic sanctification (β = .40), non-theistic sanctification (β = .29), and positive r/s coping (β = .56) were uniquely tied to higher marital adjustment whereas negative r/s coping was uniquely tied to lower marital adjustment theistic (β =-15) in a hierarchical regression model with all primary variables and controls entered. These findings replicate and extend prior findings on the perceived sanctity of marriage with US samples of predominantly Christians to Muslims living in the Middle East, and offer novel cross-cultural insights into the possible roles that sanctification of marriage and r/s coping may play for marital well-being for non-distressed married Muslims.

Living with Heart Failure during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 105477382110166
Author(s):  
Alessia Martina Trenta ◽  
Davide Ausili ◽  
Rosario Caruso ◽  
Cristina Arrigoni ◽  
Massimo Moro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Hospital Organization ◽  
Challenging Situation ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Negative Feelings

This study aimed to explore lived experience of patients with heart failure (HF) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Data collection performed in March-May 2020, using in-depth, semi-structured interviews on a purposive sample. Data were analyzed according to the IPA methodology, and triangulation, bracketing, journaling, and member checking were used to assure rigor. 14 patients with HF were enrolled, and three main themes described their lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: Vulnerability, Hanging in the balance, and Coping strategies. These people felt particularly vulnerable to the novel virus and experienced uncertainty due to hospital organization changes. Because of this, they felt like they were hanging in the balance, experiencing various negative feelings. Nevertheless, they managed to deal with this challenging situation by implementing some peculiar coping strategies. The COVID-19 represents a significant challenge for patients with HF, impacting significantly on their lives.

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