Mental Health and the Role of Religious Context among Inmates in State and Federal Prisons: Results from a Multilevel Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Drakeford
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Federal Prisons ◽  
Using Data

Inmates confined to correctional institutions are exposed to stressors that induce psychological distress. One factor that may be important for inmate mental health is religion. Accordingly, scholars have examined the role of participation in religious activities on inmate mental health. Yet, the role of the religious concentration of prisons on inmate mental health remains unexamined, in spite of research showing that religious contexts impact adjustment to prison. Using data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, this paper presents a multilevel analysis of mental health and religion. The results indicated a mostly positive yet slightly inconsistent relationship between individual religious practice and mental distress. Findings regarding the religious context of prisons indicated a curvilinear relationship whereby inmates in highly religious and highly nonreligious prisons were less likely to report mental distress, while inmates in facilities more evenly mixed between religious and irreligious inmates were most likely to report distress. These findings yield insight into the operation of religion within total institutions.

scholarly journals DAKWAH COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN EMPOWERING THE LABOR COMMUNITY IN PANJANG DISTRICT BANDAR LAMPUNG CITY TO IMPROVE THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
Aliyandi Aliyandi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Inhibiting Factor ◽  
Savings And Loan ◽  
The Government ◽  
Taking Care

This research is to explain about the role of Dakwah communication strategy in the empowerment of the labor community in Panjang Sub-District, Bandar Lampung in improving the practice of the implementation of sharia. This is descriptive qualitative research, where the data were collected throuh interviews, observation, and documentation. The data were then analyzed qualitatively using inductive thinking approach. The result of this research shows that the communication strategy used by  the preacher in Panjang Sub-district was by giving motivation through the message of dawah conveyed to the community, Providing religious guidance, including religious activities such as five-time prayer, memorizing prayers, taking care of the corps and protecting the environment, establishing good relations with  the community, either through regular recitation at the ta’lim assembly or taking the advantage of Arisan for savings and loan activities, interacting and seeing firsthand situation and conditions that exist in the community, then cooperate with the government by providing assistance in the form of funds and food. The most inhibiting factor is mad’u, especially in terms of understanding the message (somatic), closed to change (self-image), and motivation, marked by the passiveness  communicant in receiving da’wah from the preacher because the preacher can not fully know the limits of somatic knowledge from the community.

scholarly journals Gezond of ongezond geloof: standaard, context, normativiteit

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-333
Author(s):  
Hetty Zock
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life History ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Role Of Religion

Summary This contribution considers the functionality of religious beliefs and practices from the angle of the psychology of religion. The role of religion in the main standard for mental health (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is discussed and research findings about the relation between religion and mental health are summarized. It is argued that to determine if a specific religious belief or practice is healthy or unhealthy, we need a fundamentally contextual approach, which takes into account not only the cultural and religious context but also the life-history and personal stance (normativity) of religious authorities, care professionals, patients and believers. The case of depression serves as an example.

Restraint and the Question of Validity

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brodie Paterson ◽  
Joy Duxbury
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Weak Support ◽  
Psychopolitical Validity

Restraint as an intervention in the management of acute mental distress has a long history that predates the existence of psychiatry. However, it remains a source of controversy with an ongoing debate as to its role. This article critically explores what to date has seemingly been only implicit in the debate surrounding the role of restraint: how should the concept of validity be interpreted when applied to restraint as an intervention? The practice of restraint in mental health is critically examined using two post-positivist constructions of validity, the pragmatic and the psychopolitical, by means of a critical examination of the literature. The current literature provides only weak support for the pragmatic validity of restraint as an intervention and no support to date for its psychopolitical validity. Judgements regarding the validity of any intervention that is coercive must include reference to the psychopolitical dimensions of both practice and policy.

scholarly journals College Selectivity, Subjective Social Status, and Mental Health in Young Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy E. Uecker ◽  
Lindsay R. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Status ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Selective College ◽  
College Selectivity ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Using Data

Research on education and mental health has focused primarily on the benefits of higher levels of educational attainment. Other aspects of education, such as college selectivity, may also be associated with mental health, and higher subjective social status (SSS) is a potential pathway through which college selectivity and mental health could be linked. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, this study (a) examines whether college selectivity influences mental health independent of objective measures of socioeconomic status and (b) assesses the role of SSS in this relationship. Among college graduates, attending a more selective college is associated with higher ratings of SSS, which in turn are associated with fewer depressive symptoms and lower perceived stress and anxiety. These findings contribute to our understanding of the role of college selectivity and SSS in the mental health of young adults.

Moral Communities and Institutional Misconduct: A Reassessment of Religious Contextual Influences on Inmate Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 1137-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Drakeford
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Inmate Misconduct ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Federal Prisons ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
Moral Communities ◽  
Inmate Behavior ◽  
Nationally Representative

Most of the research into religious influences on inmate misconduct has been undertaken with respect to personal religious participation. However, the religious environment of prisons offers potential influences on inmate behavior by providing social control and support. Currently, the literature is mixed regarding the association between religious context and inmate behavior. This article reconciles the divergent findings regarding religious contexts, and integrates recently emergent directions in religious contextual research. Using nationally representative data of inmates in state and federal prisons, I estimate multilevel models of several different forms of misconduct. The results indicate a relationship between religious context and each form of misconduct, highlighting the role of cultural contexts on inmate behavior.

scholarly journals Jinn and mental health: looking at jinn possession in modern psychiatric practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 290-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Dein ◽  
Abdool Samad Illaiee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Religious Professionals ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
The Uk

SummaryThis article focuses on jinn possession and mental illness in Islam. After discussing spirit possession generally and its classification in DSM-5, we present an overview of several studies examining the role of jinn in mental distress in Muslims in the UK. A case study which exemplifies jinn possession is presented and the clinical implications of the findings are discussed. We argue for collaborative working relationships between Islamic religious professionals and mental health professionals. Finally, we discuss potential areas for future research.

scholarly journals Territories of Faith: 1000 Years of Landscape Multifunctionality in Santa Mariña de Augas Santas (NW Spain)

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 992
Author(s):  
Cruz Ferro-Vázquez ◽  
Rebeca Blanco-Rotea ◽  
Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez ◽  
Sonia García-Rodríguez ◽  
Marco V. García Quintela
Keyword(s):  
Religious Practice ◽  
Landscape Configuration ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Northwestern Spain ◽  
Multifunctional Landscape ◽  
Productive Systems

Landscape multifunctionality is increasingly recognized as an important aspect in sustainability and developmental debates. Yet, how and why a multifunctional landscape configuration develops over time has not been sufficiently studied. Here we present the geoarchaeological investigation of the Santa Mariña de Augas Santas site, in northwestern Spain. We focus on the role of religious practice, and of its interplay with productive strategies, in landscape transformation. A geochemical, mineralogical, and geochronological characterization of the pedo-sedimentary record (including XRF, EA-IRMS, XRD, OSL and 14C measurements) allowed to characterize catchment scale sedimentation processes in relation to agricultural activities. The geographical and chronological coincidence of production functions with documented religious activities demonstrate that both aspects shared geographical spaces during the last millennium. Current landscape multifunctionality at Santa Mariña is thus not the final outcome of a specific evolution, but an essential aspect of traditional land use strategies through history and a driver of change. This work highlights the need of a long-term study of the processes of landscape configuration when assessing the sustainability of traditional productive systems.

scholarly journals Sacred Medicine: Indigenous Healing and Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Lucana ◽  
John Elfers
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
The Us ◽  
Generational Trauma

This participatory action research was designed to create guidelines and strategies to improve the delivery of mental health services to immigrants from Central and South America to the US. The demand for appropriate strategies for addressing the mental health needs of this population is increasing. This study recruited 17 traditional healers and their clients in the US and Peru to share their understanding of mental health needs, the conditions for which someone might seek treatment, and those aspects of traditional cosmology and practice that could inform modern approaches. The findings identified patterns of generational trauma still evident from colonialism, the need to respect the traditional worldview of immigrants in relation to diagnosis of mental distress, connection to nature and place, and the role of community and ancestors to the process of healing and recovery. Recommendations for practitioners to be a bridge between traditional and modern approaches to mental health are offered.

RELIGION AND PARTICIPATION IN PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN CHINA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (SI) ◽  
pp. 729-744
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Yi ◽  
Geping Qiu ◽  
Tao Liang
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Actual Participation

This article examines the relationship between religion and protest movements. Based on the data from China World Values Survey (2010–2014), we analyze the role of religious beliefs and religious practice on protest participation. We find that holding religious beliefs has a significantly positive effect on respondents’ reported inclination or willingness to participate in protest movements—their propensity to protest—but no influence on their actual participation. In contrast, taking part in religious activities—actual religious practice—has a significantly positive effect not only on one’s propensity for participation in protest movements but also on the actual protest participation. These findings seem to help explain the regime’s wariness on organized religions in China in general, and the tight control of unauthorized religious groups in particular.

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