Religious coping methods as predictors of psychological, physical and spiritual outcomes among medically ill elderly patients: a two-year longitudinal study.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
A total of 268 medically ill, elderly, hospitalized patients responded to measures of religious coping and spiritual, psychological and physical functioning at baseline and follow-up two years later. After controlling for relevant variables, religious coping was significantly predictive of spiritual outcome, and changes in mental and physical health. Generally, positive methods of religious coping (e.g. seeking spiritual support, benevolent religious reappraisals) were associated with improvements in health. Negative methods of religious coping (e.g. punishing God reappraisal, interpersonal religious discontent) were predictive of declines in health. Patients who continue to struggle with religious issues over time may be particularly at risk for health-related problems.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Pargament, KI; Koenig, HG; Tarakeshwar, N; Hahn, J
Published Date
- November 2004
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 9 / 6
Start / End Page
- 713 - 730
PubMed ID
- 15367751
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1359-1053
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/1359105304045366
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England