Prayers, spiritual support, and positive attitudes in coping with the September 11 national crisis
Prayers, spiritual support, and positive attitudes in coping with the September 11 national crisis
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2005.00328.x
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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5
通讯作者：
Huang, B
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作者：
Ai, AL;Tice, TN;Huang, B
这项研究旨在帮助填补与信仰相关的积极心理学研究的空白。心理学家呼吁对精神体验中固有的有效信仰因素进行精确评估，这些因素可以解释其有益的影响。积极心理学家建议，有必要研究乐观的社会和信仰相关的起源。基于以前的研究，我们重新定义了精神支持，并开发了一个新的评估。这项研究是在2001年9月11日恐怖袭击发生3个月后对453名研究生和本科生进行的调查。结果表明，相信不同精神实体的参与者使用各种类型的祈祷来应对。结构方程模型显示，精神支持和积极的态度的联系介导的影响，基于信仰和世俗的因素后，9月11日的困扰。较高水平的初始负面情绪反应与使用祈祷应对，这是，反过来，通过上述联系的途径与较少的痛苦。
This study was designed to help fill gaps in faith-related and positive psychology research. Psychologists have called for precise assessment of effective faith factors inherent within spiritual experiences that may explain their beneficial effects. Positive psychologists suggest the need to examine social and faith-related origins of optimism. Based on previous research, we redefined spiritual support and developed a new assessment. The study is a survey of 453 graduate and undergraduate students 3 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The results showed that participants, who believed in diverse spiritual entities, used various types of prayer for coping. A structural equation model showed that a linkage of spiritual support and positive attitudes mediated the effect of faith-based and secular factors on post-September 11 distress. Higher levels of initial negative emotional response were associated with the use of prayer for coping, which was, in turn, related to less distress through the pathway of the above linkage.