What is it about?
To feel abandoned and/or punished by God, to doubt about God (negative religious coping) is connected to more depressive symptoms. To feel loved and supported by God (positive religious coping) is connected to positive psychological constructs. But why is this the case? What mechanisms explain this relationship? In this cross-sectional research, we looked into HOPE as a potential mediator.
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Why is it important?
Understanding the working mechanism of religious coping, might enhance interventions in both generalist and specialist spiritual care.
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This page is a summary of: Religious Coping and Depressive Symptoms among Religious Belgian Hospitalized Patients: The Mediating Role of Hope, Journal of Empirical Theology, April 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15709256-20221426.
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