Religious coping among ethnic minority groups in south-east London

宗教经常被主流心理学所忽视，尽管世界上大约90%的人口参与某种形式的宗教或精神实践。伦敦东南部是多元文化人口的家园，长期存在健康不平等。宗教应对和宗教顾问在支持信仰社区的心理健康需求方面很重要，特别是在黑人占多数的教堂（BMCs）。在英国少数民族和移民群体中，面对生活中的逆境，宗教是如何应对的，尽管伦敦的bmc显著增加，但人们对这方面的了解却很少。本研究旨在：(1)批判性地回顾有关宗教在心理健康和心理健康服务使用中的作用的科学和政策文献；(2)利用伦敦东南部社区健康研究（SELCoH）的前瞻性数据，探讨伦敦东南部两个BMCs的结构和文化成员如何与神职人员和会众的宗教应对、心理健康和寻求帮助相互作用；(3)检验宗教信仰和宗教应对与心理健康和卫生服务使用结果之间的关系。该研究将采用混合方法来实现这些目标，首先是组建一个由bmc成员组成的咨询小组，作为基于社区的参与性研究方法的一部分。定性方法将解决第二个目标：(i)民族志；然后有目的地从管理委员会抽取神职人员和会友参加（ii）访谈；（iii）使用PhotoVoice方法框架的焦点小组。该研究将同时使用SELCoH研究纵向数据的二次数据分析来解决第三个目标。

Religion is often neglected by mainstream psychology, despite approximately 90% of the world's population participating in some form of religious or spiritual practice. South-east London is home to a multicultural population, with enduring health inequalities. Religious coping and religious advisors are important in supporting mental health needs of faith communities, particularly in Black Majority Churches (BMCs). Less is known about how religious coping functions in the face of adversity over the life course among UK ethnic minority and migrant groups, despite a notable rise in BMCs in London. The study aims to:(1) critically review the scientific and policy literature on the role of religion in relation to mental health and mental health service use;(2 explore how structural and cultural membership within two BMCs in south-east London interplay with religious coping, mental health and help-seeking among clergy and congregants; and(3) examine the association between religiosity and religious coping with mental health and health service use outcomes, using prospective data from the South East London Community Health study (SELCoH).The study will use mixed-methods to address the aims, beginning with forming an advisory group of members from BMCs, as part of a Community Based Participatory Research approach. Qualitative methodology will address the second aim: (i) ethnography; followed by purposively sampling clergy and congregational members from BMCs to participate in (ii) interviews; and (iii) focus groups using a PhotoVoice methodology framework. The study will concurrently address the third aim using secondary data analysis of longitudinal data from the SELCoH study.