Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19.

This issue of JORH presents a broad range of articles that consider spirituality and spiritual care from various international perspectives. It also looks at a diverse range of articles relating to me…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Carey, L. B., Koenig, H. G., Hill, T., Drummond, D., Gabbay, E., Cohen, J., Aiken, C., & Carey, J. R. (2024). Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19.. J Relig Health, 63(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02000-z

What's your religious coping profile? Differences in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States.

OBJECTIVES: To determine various profiles/subgroups of religious copers based on indices of positive and negative religious coping; and to determine whether religious copers differ in their religious …

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Dubar, R. T., Watkins, N. K., & Hope, M. O. (2024). What's your religious coping profile? Differences in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States.. Sleep Health, 10(1), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2023.10.001

"God was with me": A qualitative study of Christian meaning-making among refugees.

In this consensual qualitative research study, we investigated the role of refugees' Christian faith in meaning-making coping. High percentages of religiosity in refugee populations support the need t…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Shannonhouse, L., Dosal-Terminel, D., Kwag, D., Hall, M. E. L., Park, C. L., McMartin, J., Silverman, E. J., Aten, J., O'Connor, M. H., & Kapic, K. (2024). "God was with me": A qualitative study of Christian meaning-making among refugees.. J Trauma Stress, 37(1), 166-177. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22997

Exploring Lithuanian social workers' attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems.

Social workers are at the front line of helping individuals experiencing alcohol usage, due to their professional duties, ideology and values that underpin it. In Lithuania, where social work still c…

Influence sociale et crédibilité en entreprise
Kievišienė, J. (2024). Exploring Lithuanian social workers' attitudes towards individuals with alcohol usage problems.. Nordisk Alkohol Nark, 41(1), 75-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/14550725231202070

Stress Responses Among Individuals with Spiritual Struggles in Hungary: An Experimental Study.

Individuals with a Religious or Spiritual Problem (RSP), as defined in the DSM-5, experience distress associated with faith-related moral dilemmas, existential meaning, and transpersonal attitudes tow…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Kéri, S. (2024). Stress Responses Among Individuals with Spiritual Struggles in Hungary: An Experimental Study.. J Relig Health, 63(1), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01819-2

Preliminary Effectiveness of an In-Hospital Peer Support Program, Adolescent and Young Adult Hiroba, on Anxiety in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Cancer.

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer have few opportunities to connect with patients of the same generation while hospitalized. Although anxiety is frequently reported by them, there…

Soutien par les pairs en ligne et transitions religieuses chez les adolescents
Hirayama, T., Kojima, R., Udagawa, R., Mashiko, Y., Matsumoto, K., Ogata, K., Shindo, A., Mizuta, T., Ogawa, Y., Kayano, A., Yanai, Y., Ishiki, H., & Satomi, E. (2024). Preliminary Effectiveness of an In-Hospital Peer Support Program, Adolescent and Young Adult Hiroba, on Anxiety in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Cancer.. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol, 13(1), 224-232. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2023.0065

A Narrative Commentary on the Use of a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy-Informed Group to Address Irrational Beliefs, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Comorbidities.

Irrational beliefs of Demandingness, Catastrophizing, Low Frustration Tolerance, and Depreciation have demonstrated prevalence in disparate areas of life, including psychopathology, the military, poli…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Grove, A. B., Green, B. A., Kaye, S. M., & Sheerin, C. M. (2024). A Narrative Commentary on the Use of a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy-Informed Group to Address Irrational Beliefs, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Comorbidities.. Brain Sci, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14020129

Impact of participation as a peer change agent on peer change agents themselves: a quantitative study of a peer-led, social media-based PrEP promotion intervention.

Despite the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a crucial HIV intervention, uptake remains suboptimal among men who have sex with men, a sexual minority group, due to barriers like cost and…

Soutien par les pairs en ligne et transitions religieuses chez les adolescents
Cooper, S. C., Santella, A. J., Caines, M., Rojanaworarit, C., & Hernandez, A. (2024). Impact of participation as a peer change agent on peer change agents themselves: a quantitative study of a peer-led, social media-based PrEP promotion intervention.. Health Educ Res, 39(1), 84-98. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyad042

A mobile healthy lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in adolescence: a mixed-methods evaluation.

BACKGROUND: A healthy lifestyle may improve mental health. It is yet not known whether and how a mobile intervention can be of help in achieving this in adolescents. This study investigated the effect…

Soutien par les pairs en ligne et transitions religieuses chez les adolescents
Peuters, C., Maenhout, L., Cardon, G., De, P. a. e. p. e. . A., DeSmet, A., Lauwerier, E., Leta, K., & Crombez, G. (2024). A mobile healthy lifestyle intervention to promote mental health in adolescence: a mixed-methods evaluation.. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17260-9

Religion and flourishing among Afro-Trinidadians: the influence of proneness to guilt/shame and forgiveness by God on the relationship between religious commitment and health.

BACKGROUND: Religiousness has been consistently linked to positive health outcomes and flourishing, yet the underlying mechanisms are complex and not well-understood. The forgiveness and relational sp…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Skalski-Bednarz, S. B., Toussaint, L. L., Webb, J. R., Wilson, C. M., Worthington, E. L., Williams, D. R., Reid, S. D., & Surzykiewicz, J. (2024). Religion and flourishing among Afro-Trinidadians: the influence of proneness to guilt/shame and forgiveness by God on the relationship between religious commitment and health.. Front Public Health, 12, 1443960. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1443960

How Western Buddhist climate activists negotiate climate emotions.

Understanding the underpinnings of pro-environmental behavior is key to mitigating the socio-ecological crisis. Climate emotions have a critical albeit complex role in modulating pro-environmental beh…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Cairns, J., & Pihkala, P. (2024). How Western Buddhist climate activists negotiate climate emotions.. Front Psychol, 15, 1487258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1487258

Evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy with religious content to control obsessive-compulsive disorder, dysfunctional beliefs, feeling guilty, scrupulosity, and thought control among Muslims in Iran.

BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to develop an integrated protocol by combining religious content and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and evaluate its effectiveness in controlling obsessive…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Dehaghi, A. A., Dolatshahi, B., Taremian, F., Pourshahbaz, A., & Ansar, H. (2024). Evaluation of an acceptance and commitment therapy with religious content to control obsessive-compulsive disorder, dysfunctional beliefs, feeling guilty, scrupulosity, and thought control among Muslims in Iran.. J Educ Health Promot, 13, 272. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_760_23