Medicine for the soul:(Non) religious identity, coping, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Peneycad, R Ysseldyk, E Tippins, H Anisman - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Although the threat and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant
source of distress, using religion to cope may be associated with more positive health. Given …

Religious coping amidst a pandemic: Impact on COVID-19-related anxiety

T DeRossett, DJ LaVoie, D Brooks - Journal of religion and health, 2021 - Springer
Religious coping is one potential strategy to manage stressors. Positive religious coping has
been linked to better physical and mental health outcomes, while negative religious coping …

Religious/spiritual struggles and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does “talking religion” help or hurt?

L Upenieks - Review of Religious Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Research to date has suggested that religion might be a source of comfort and
strength in times of crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it may also be a …

A meta-analytic review of the associations between dimensions of religious coping and psychological symptoms during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

C Cheng, W Ying - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unknown etiology and treatment
of the highly transmissible coronavirus posed considerable threats to public mental health …

Turning toward or away from God: COVID-19 and changes in religious devotion

ND Leonhardt, S Fahmi, JE Stellar, EA Impett - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Major stressors can influence religiosity, making some people more religious, while making
others less religious. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a mixed …

Positive religious coping and mental health among Christians and Muslims in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

J Thomas, M Barbato - Religions, 2020 - mdpi.com
Positive religious coping has frequently been associated with better mental health outcomes
when dealing with stressful life events (eg, natural disasters, domestic abuse, divorce). The …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between pre-pandemic measures of religiosity and psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis of data from a …

RP Rajkumar - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The uncertainty and socioeconomic disruption caused by the COVID-19
pandemic have been frequently associated with negative affective responses, particularly …

COVID-19, mental health, and religious coping among American Orthodox Jews

S Pirutinsky, AD Cherniak, DH Rosmarin - Journal of religion and health, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic presents potential mental health challenges, and the American
Orthodox Jewish population has been particularly affected by the virus. The current study …

Changes in religiosity and reliance on God during the COVID-19 pandemic: A protective role under conditions of financial strain?

L Upenieks, CG Ellison - Review of Religious Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most devastating disasters of the
twenty-first century and has exacted a steep health and economic toll. During times of …

Coping with COVID-19: An examination of the role of (non) religiousness/(non) spirituality

DM Abbott, AS Franks - Journal of religion and health, 2021 - Springer
Psychological distress and coping strategies employed during collective trauma events may
vary for theists and atheists, as well as others along the (non) religious spectrum. The …