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 …

The link between COVID-19, anxiety, and religious beliefs in the United States and the United Kingdom

F Rigoli - Journal of religion and health, 2021 - Springer
Research has shown that stress impacts on people's religious beliefs. However, several
aspects of this effect remain poorly understood, for example regarding the role of prior …

Belongingness is a mediating factor between religious service attendance and reduced psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic

JL Michaels, F Hao, N Ritenour, N Aguilar - Journal of Religion and Health, 2022 - Springer
This study aimed to test whether pre-pandemic religious service attendance relates to both
lesser impact from the COVID-19 pandemic and lower levels of psychological distress …

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 …

Religious coping and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic among Polish Catholics. The mediating effect of coronavirus anxiety

PP Dobrakowski, S Skalski, J Surzykiewicz… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent data have indicated that people may have experienced fear during the COVID-19
pandemic. This study aims to deepen our understanding of the relationship between …

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 …

Psychological distress among a Tunisian community sample during the COVID-19 pandemic: Correlations with religious coping

F Fekih-Romdhane, M Cheour - Journal of Religion and Health, 2021 - Springer
Despite advances in medicine and technology, when facing epidemics people continue to
turn to religion to deal with such unpredictable life-threatening events. We aimed to assess …

Religiosity predicts unreasonable coping with COVID-19.

D Kranz, C Niepel, E Botes, S Greiff - Psychology of Religion and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study explores the impact of religiosity during the time of the COVID-19
pandemic (March 2020). The focus is on associations between religiosity, coronavirus …

A cross-sectional survey of Pakistani Muslims coping with health anxiety through religiosity during the COVID-19 pandemic

QK Mahmood, SR Jafree, MM Sohail… - Journal of religion and …, 2021 - Springer
Investigating the role of religiosity in coping with health anxiety during the outbreak of
COVID-19 assumes significance given the continued onslaught of the pandemic and the …