Sad Eyes, Crooked Crosses: Religious Struggles, Psychological Distress and the Mediating Role of Psychosocial Resources

Autor: Liwen Zeng, Simone Rambotti, Terrence D. Hill, Krysia N. Mossakowski, Robert J. Johnson
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Religion and Health. 60:2573-2591
ISSN: 1573-6571
0022-4197
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01273-y
Popis: In this paper, we employed data from the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to formally test whether the association between religious struggles and psychological distress is mediated by psychosocial resources. We found that religious struggles were associated with lower levels of social support, self-esteem, the sense of control, and self-control. We also observed that religious struggles were associated with higher levels of non-specific emotional distress, depression, and anxiety, but not somatization. Our mediation analyses revealed significant indirect effects of religious struggles on emotional distress (not somatization) through social support, self-esteem, and the sense of control, but not self-control.
Databáze: OpenAIRE