Religious coping among the religious: The relationships between religious coping and well-being in a national sample of Presbyterian clergy, elders, and members
Religious coping among the religious: The relationships between religious coping and well-being in a national sample of Presbyterian clergy, elders, and members
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DOI：
10.1111/0021-8294.00073
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Wulff, KM
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作者：
Pargament, KI;Tarakeshwar, N;Wulff, KM
本研究探讨宗教应对与幸福感之间的关系是否受到宗教对个体身份和社会角色的显著性的调节。作为全国长老会调查的一部分，1,260名神职人员，823名长老和735名成员完成了人口统计变量，全球宗教，生活压力，积极和消极的宗教应对和幸福感（积极影响，抑郁影响，宗教满意度）的测量。我们的预测基本上得到了证实。首先，神职人员报告的积极的宗教应对比长者，谁，反过来，表示更积极的宗教应对比成员更高的水平。第二，积极和消极的宗教应对分别与较高和较低水平的幸福感。最后，积极和消极的宗教应对更密切相关的福祉神职人员比成员。此外，消极的宗教应对的弊端，神职人员并没有完全抵消积极的宗教应对的好处。对积极和消极宗教应对的长期影响的纵向研究显然是必要的。研究结果还表明，需要支持和教育服务，以帮助神职人员利用他们的宗教应对资源，并与他们的精神斗争达成协议。
This study, examined whether the relationships between religious coping and well-being are moderated by the salience of religion to the individual's identity and social roles. As part of a national survey of Presbyterians, 1,260 clergy, 823 elders, and 735 members completed measures of demographic variables, global religiousness, life stressors, positive and negative religious coping, and well-being (positive affect, depressive affect, religious satisfaction). Our predictions were largely, confirmed. First, clergy reported higher levels of positive religious coping than elders, who, in turn, indicated more positive religious coping than members. Second, positive and negative religious coping were associated with higher and lower levels of well-being respectively. Finally, positive and negative religious coping were more strongly related to well-being for clergy than for members. Furthermore, the drawbacks of negative religious coping for the clergy were not offset completely by the benefits of positive religious coping. Longitudinal studies of the longer term implications of positive and negative religious coping are clearly warranted. The results also suggest the need for supportive and educational services to help clergy draw on their religious coping resources and come to terms with their spiritual struggles.