The pain and gain of religious/spiritual struggles: a longitudinal study of South African adults

被引:6
作者
Jung, Jong Hyun [1 ]
Pargament, Kenneth I. [2 ]
Joynt, Shaun [3 ]
De Kock, Johannes H. [4 ,5 ]
Cowden, Richard G. [6 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Social Sci, Sociol, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Psychol, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
[3] Univ Free State, Fac Theol & Relig, Bloemfontein, South Africa
[4] Univ Highlands & Isl, Inst Hlth Res & Innovat, Inverness, Scotland
[5] NHS Highland, New Craigs Hosp, Dept Clin Psychol, Inverness, Scotland
[6] Harvard Univ, Human Flourishing Program, Inst Quantitat Social Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
Posttraumatic growth; psychological distress; religion/spirituality; religious coping; transgression; South Africa; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES; PERCEIVED GROWTH; ADJUSTMENT; STRESS; PREDICTORS; DISTRESS; PATTERNS; RELIGION; SAMPLE;
D O I
10.1080/13674676.2021.2003312
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
We used two waves of longitudinal data from a sample of South Africans (n = 274) to examine whether religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles following an interpersonal transgression might lead to both pain (i.e., depression) and gain (i.e., perceived posttraumatic growth) six months later. We also explored the role of positive R/S coping in modifying each of these associations. After adjusting for a variety of covariates and prior values of the respective outcome assessed at baseline, the results indicated that R/S struggles were associated with a small increase in depression and perceived posttraumatic growth six months later. Positive R/S coping moderated the association between R/S struggles and perceived posttraumatic growth (but not depression), with R/S struggles yielding a stronger positive association with perceived posttraumatic growth at lower levels of positive R/S coping. We discuss some implications of our findings for supporting people who encounter R/S struggles in the aftermath of interpersonal transgressions.
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页码:305 / 319
页数:15
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