Religiosity and sense of coherence - Protective factors of mental health and well-being?;Religiosität und Sense of Coherence - Protektive Faktoren für psychische Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden?

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-171

  Tagay, Sefik ^a   Erim, Yesim ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^b   Senf, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Mental health; PTSD; Religiosity; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013584805     PISSN: 09405569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Albani, C., Bailer, H., Blaser, G., Geyer, M., Brahler, E. & Grulke, N. (2002). Religious and spiritual beliefs-validation of the German version of the "Systems of Belief Inventory" (SBI-15R-D) by Holland et al. in a representative population based study. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik und Medizinische Psychologie, 52, 306-313.
2. Allport, G.W. & Ross, J.M. (1967). Personal religious orientation and prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5, 432-443.
3. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition. (1994). Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association.
4. Antonovsky, A. (1993). The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Soc. Sci. Med., 36, 725-733.
5. Bjelland, I., Dahl, A. A., Haug, T. T. & Neckelmann, D. (2002). The validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. An updated literature review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 52, 69-77.
6. Eriksson, M., Lindstrom, B. Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale and the relation with health: a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006; 60, 376-81.
7. Durkheim, E. (1981). The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. Frankfurt: Surkamp.
8. Ellison, C. G. & Levin, J. S. (1998). The religion-health connection: evidence, theory, and future directions. Health Education Behavior, 25, 700-20.
9. Falsetti, S. A., Resick, P. A. & Davis, J. L. (2003). Changes in religious beliefs following trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16, 393-398.
10. Foa, E. B., Cashman, L., Jaycox, L. & Perry, K. (1997). The validation of a self-report measure of PTSD: The Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale. Psychological Assessment, 9, 445-451.
11. Freud, S. (1948). The Future of an Illusion. Frankfurt: Fischer.
12. Gallup, G. G. & Lindsay, D. M. (1981). Surveying the religious landscape trends in U.S. beliefs. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing.
13. Gundersen, L. (2000). Faith and healing. Annals of Internal Medicine, 132, 169-72.
14. Herrmann, C. (1997). International Experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-A review of validation data and clinical results. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 42, 17-41.
15. Hood, R.W. (1995). Handbook of religious experience. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
16. James, A. & Wells, A. Religion and mental health: Towards a cognitive-behavioural framework. British Journal of Health Psychology 2003, 8, 359-376.
17. Jung, C. G. (1991). Psychology and Religion. Olten: Water.
18. Koenig, H. G., McCullough, M. E. & Larson, D.B. (2001). Handbook of Religion and Health. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
19. Maercker, A. & Schützwohl, M. (1998). Assessment of post-traumatic stress reactions: The Impact of Event Scale-Revised. Diagnostica, 44, 130-141.
20. Matthews, D. A., McCullough, M. E., Larson, D. B., Koenig, H. G., Swyers, J. P. & Milano, M. G. (1998). Religious commitment and health status: a review of the research and implications for family medicine. Archives of Family Med., 7, 118-24.
21. McNichol, T. (1996). The new faith in medicine. USA Today, April 7, 4.
22. Mueller, P. S., Plevak, D. J. & Rummans, T. A. (2001). Religious involvement, spirituality, and medicine: implications for clinical practice. Mayo Clin Proc., 76, 1225-35.
23. Pargament, K. I., Smith, B. W., Koenig, H. G. & Perez, L. (1998). Patterns of positive and negative religious coping with major life stressors. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37, 710-724.
24. Pavot, W., Diener, E., Colvin, C. R. & Sandvik, E. (1991). Further validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: evidence for the crossmethod convergence of well-being measures. Journal of Perssonality Assessment, 57, 149-161.
25. Pollack, D. & Pickerl, G. (1999). Individualisierung und religiöser Wandel in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 28, 465-483.
26. Schnyder, U., Büchi, S., Mörgeli, H., Sensky, T. & Klaghofer, R. (1999). Sense of choherence-A mediator between disability and handicap? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 68, 102-110.
27. Schumacher, J., Wilz, G., Gunzelmann, T. & Brähler, E. (2000). The Sense of Coherence Scale of Antonovsky. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik und Medizinische Psychologie, 50, 472-482.
28. Sloan, R. P., Bagiella, E. & Powell, T. (1999). Religion, spirituality, and medicine. Lancet, 353, 664-667.
29. Sloan, R. P., Bagiella, E., VandeCreek, L., Hover, M., Casalone, C., Jinpu Hirsch, T., Hasan, Y., Kreger, R. & Poulos, P. (2000). Should physicians prescribe religious activities? New England Journal of Medicine, 342, 1913-6.
30. Sloan, R. P. & Bagiella, E. (2002). Claims about religious involvement and health outcomes. Ann Behav Med., 24, 14-21.
31. Strawbridge, W. J., Cohen, R. D., Shema, S. J. & Kaplan, G. A. (1997). Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years. American Journal of Public Health, 87, 957-61.
32. Suominen, S., Helenius, H., Blomberg, H., Uutela, A. & Koskenvuo, M. (2001). Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health: results of 4 years of follow-up of adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 50, 77-86.
33. Tagay, S., Herpertz, S., Langkafel, M. & Senf, W. (2005). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Psychosomatic Outpatient Clinic: Gender Effects, Psychosocial Functioning, Sense of Coherence, and Service Utilization. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 439-46.
34. Weiss. D. S. & Marmar, C. R. (1996). The Impact of Event Scale-Revised. In: J. P. Wilson Keane TM (Eds.), Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 399-411.