Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness
In this prospective study of US adults with chronic illness (n = 302), we examined the associations of subjective suffering and religious/spiritual (R/S) resources (i.e., religious coping, religious commitment, and spiritual fortitude) with the subsequent experience of R/S struggles. Using a rigorou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 642-662 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Chronically ill person
/ Suffering
/ Religiosity
/ Resources
/ Religious doubt (motif)
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Coping
B religious and spiritual struggles B spiritual fortitude B Suffering B Religious Commitment |
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| Summary: | In this prospective study of US adults with chronic illness (n = 302), we examined the associations of subjective suffering and religious/spiritual (R/S) resources (i.e., religious coping, religious commitment, and spiritual fortitude) with the subsequent experience of R/S struggles. Using a rigorous analytic approach that involved adjusting for numerous covariates and prior values of all exposures and the outcome assessed in Wave 1, we found that suffering assessed in Wave 2 was associated with an increase in subsequent R/S struggles assessed 3 months later (Wave 3). There was modest evidence suggesting that religious commitment and spiritual fortitude (but not religious coping) moderated the association between suffering and subsequent R/S struggles, such that there was a stronger positive association between suffering and R/S struggles at higher levels of each moderator. This study provides preliminary evidence that R/S struggles may be commonly experienced by those with high religious engagement in the face of suffering. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12808 |