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Religiousness and Religious Coping as Determinants of Stress-Related Growth

Religiousness and Religious Coping as Determinants of Stress-Related Growth RELIGIOUSNESS AND RELIGIOUS COPING AS DETERMINANTS OF STRESS - RELATED GROWTH Crystal L. Park ABSTRACT As research focusing on stress-related growth proliferates, links between religion and growth are increasingly reported. However, little research has focused on the role that religious coping plays in subsequent growth from major stressful life events. Findings from three longitudinal studies that examined aspects of religiousness as determinants of stress-related growth, as well as the potential mediation by religious coping, are pre- sented. Results suggest that the in fl uences of religiousness on growth vary by sample and by type of stressor. Further, religious coping was found to mediate in fl uences of religious orientations on growth for students and for older adults dealing with a variety of problems, but was unrelated to growth following bereavement in a second sample of students. Together, these studies provide support for the notion that religiousness in fl uences growth in complex ways, only some of which are mediated through religious coping. Future research considerations are discussed. Stress-related growth, the positive life changes that occur in the con- text of stressful events and their aftermath, has been attracting increas- ing research attention in recent years (see Calhoun & http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for the Psychology of Religion Brill

Religiousness and Religious Coping as Determinants of Stress-Related Growth

Archive for the Psychology of Religion , Volume 28 (1): 287 – Jan 1, 2006

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Brill
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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0084-6724
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1573-6121
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10.1163/008467206777832517
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RELIGIOUSNESS AND RELIGIOUS COPING AS DETERMINANTS OF STRESS - RELATED GROWTH Crystal L. Park ABSTRACT As research focusing on stress-related growth proliferates, links between religion and growth are increasingly reported. However, little research has focused on the role that religious coping plays in subsequent growth from major stressful life events. Findings from three longitudinal studies that examined aspects of religiousness as determinants of stress-related growth, as well as the potential mediation by religious coping, are pre- sented. Results suggest that the in fl uences of religiousness on growth vary by sample and by type of stressor. Further, religious coping was found to mediate in fl uences of religious orientations on growth for students and for older adults dealing with a variety of problems, but was unrelated to growth following bereavement in a second sample of students. Together, these studies provide support for the notion that religiousness in fl uences growth in complex ways, only some of which are mediated through religious coping. Future research considerations are discussed. Stress-related growth, the positive life changes that occur in the con- text of stressful events and their aftermath, has been attracting increas- ing research attention in recent years (see Calhoun &

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Published: Jan 1, 2006

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