Religiousness, religious coping methods and distress level among psychiatric patients in Malaysia

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-338

  Nurasikin, M S ^a   Khatijah, L A ^b   Aini, A ^b   Ramli, M ^a   Aida, S A ^c   Zainal, N Z ^c   Ng, C G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distress; Malaysia; Psychiatric patient; Religious commitment; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAM; LIFE EVENT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT; RELIGIOUS COPING; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

DISTRESS; MALAYSIA; PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT; RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT; RELIGIOUS COPING;

EID: 84880537460     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012437127     Document Type: Article

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