Coping with chronic stress during COVID-19 and beyond–A faith perspective

S le Roux, RA Denton, L Malan… - In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, 2022 - journals.co.za
Spiritual coping has been defined as an individual's ability to utilise faith in God combined
with certain Christian beliefs and religious practices to appraise, understand, and effectively …

Religious and spiritual struggles and coping amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

H Zhang, JN Hook, AS Hodge, SP Coomes… - Spirituality in Clinical …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect countless individuals. Traumatic events like
COVID-19 can often lead to significant resource loss and negatively affect mental health. As …

Effects of a Brief Spiritual Intervention on Perceived Stress During COVID-19

S Wang, P Nooteboom… - Journal of Humanistic …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
There is an increased need for self-administered coping strategies to combat the threat to
mental health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. The current study …

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 …

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 …

Using spiritual connections to cope with stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

FD Algahtani, B Alsaif, AA Ahmed… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, stress and anxiety were pervasive
among the masses due to high morbidity and mortality. Besides the fear of coronavirus was …

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 …

Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: a cross-cultural qualitative analysis

K Waila, N Lindsay - Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2019 brought widespread
disruptions to normal daily functioning. The current qualitative phenomenological study …

The role of religious coping to overcome mental distress and anxiety during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An integrative review

MH Imran, Z Zhai, M Iqbal - … of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article aims to investigate how religious coping can help religious believers overcome
mental distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic. An integrative review was conducted by …

The relationship between religious beliefs and coping with the stress of COVID-19

A Petrov, A Poltarykhin, N Alekhina, S Nikiforov… - HTS Teologiese Studies …, 2021 - ajol.info
Recently, we have faced the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the
world, which has attracted the attention of all people. Stress has become a word familiar to …