Associations of general religiousness and specific religious beliefs with coping appraisals in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Autor:	A. Taylor Newton, Daniel N. McIntosh
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Coping (psychology) Perception media_common.quotation_subject Judaism Coping resources Stressor Coping behavior Psychology Social psychology Active season media_common
Zdroj:	Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 12:129-146
ISSN:	1469-9737 1367-4676
Popis:	Are specific religious beliefs related to interpretations of stressful events and available coping resources? The present study addressed this by assessing appraisals, general religiousness, and two specific beliefs—verticality (deity-centered vs. person-focused approach to religion) and God image—in 63 Christian and Jewish undergraduates coping with the 2005 hurricane season. Primary appraisals (interpretation of the stressor as a challenge, threat, loss, and benefit) and secondary appraisals (perception of whether self, others, and God have control over the stressor) were related to religion. By controlling for general religiousness, unique associations of specific beliefs with appraisals were identified. General religiousness was positively associated with interpreting hurricane-related events as a loss for the Christian participants and as a benefit for the Jewish participants. For both groups, general religiousness and God image were related positively to perception that God was in control, and verti...
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