Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health
A Review
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Religious and spiritual factors are increasingly being examined in psychiatric research. Religious beliefs and practices have long been linked to hysteria, neurosis, and psychotic delusions. However, recent studies have identified another side of religion that may serve as a psychological and social resource for coping with stress. After defining the terms religion and spirituality, this paper reviews research on the relation between religion and (or) spirituality, and mental health, focusing on depression, suicide, anxiety, psychosis, and substance abuse. The results of an earlier systematic review are discussed, and more recent studies in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other countries are described. While religious beliefs and practices can represent powerful sources of comfort, hope, and meaning, they are often intricately entangled with neurotic and psychotic disorders, sometimes making it difficult to determine whether they are a resource or a liability.
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Divine shadows and broken minds
Artificial Intelligence at the Boundary of Spiritual Experience and Psychopathology
We Are Not “Dolls That Are About to Break”
Global Research Trends on Spirituality and Religion in Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Factors for Poor Performance in Religious Education in Secondary Schools
Factors Effecting the Development of Social Emotional Competence of Muslim and Non-Muslim Students at the Secondary Level in Pakistan
Role of Religious Coping in Quality of Life Among People With Chronic Disease
A Compreensão dos Processos de Saúde-Doença em Médiuns de Incorporação da Umbanda
Spiritual Development through the Chakra Progression
Clinical and Pastoral Implications of the Ministry of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Religião E Espiritualidade No Campo Da Saúde
Religious Observance and Well-Being among Israeli Jewish Adults
Forms, Frequency, and Correlates of Perceived Anti-Atheist Discrimination
A religion of wellbeing? The appeal of Buddhism to men in London, United Kingdom
Recontextualizing mindfulness
Religious behavior, health, and well-being among Israeli Jews
Psychology doctoral students’ perspectives on addressing spirituality and religion with clients
Everybody needs to believe in something
Only believers rely on God? A new measure to investigate Catholic faith automatic associations and their relationship with psychological well-being
Personality systems, spirituality, and existential well-being
When the divine defaults
The effect of religiosity on the relationship between BMI and body image among Iranian women
Understanding the roles of religious comfort and strain on depressive symptoms in an inpatient psychiatric setting
Understanding the roles of religiosity and spirituality in emerging adults in the united states
The relation between religion/spirituality and mental health is mediated by self-compassion
Finances, religion, and the Faar model
The dynamics of spirituality
Predictors of changes in religiosity after trauma
Do religious habits and coping help in the immediate aftermath of a crisis? Relations with Hurricane Katrina evacuees’ acute stress symptoms and functional impairment
Utjecaj Religioznosti I Duhovnosti Na Svakodnevnu Praksu Socijalnih Radnika
“Your Heart can Dance to them Even if your Feet Can’t”
The Spiritual Well-Being Scale
Frequência institucional religiosa como atividade essencial
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among Syrians and Syrian Refugees Working in Agriculture During Covid-19
The Role of Spirituality during Suicide Bereavement
Generation to Generation
HIV Prevention Programming for Older African American Women
Spirituality of Professional Pastoral Caregivers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mental Health in Portugal
Atas do X Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Universidade da Madeira, 2019
Testing the fading affect bias for healthy coping in the context of death
Being-Muslim and Doing-Islam
Comparing measures of religiosity and spirituality in the experience of emotions – Development and Validation of a Scale of Non-Spiritual Religiosity
Perceptions of Economic Status and Social Stigma among Beggars
The Role of Religion in the Work Lives and Coping Strategies of Ugandan Nurses
Faith to move mountains
American Indian historical trauma
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Perceived Stigma in Major Depressive Disorder
Religiosidade e espiritualidade em oncologia
Sense-Making and Spirituality
Cultivation and Counter Cultivation
The Effect of Spirituality on the Subjective Recovery of Psychiatric Patients
Association of Islamic Prayer with Psychological Stability in Bosnian War Veterans
Religion and Health in a Covid-19 Context
Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health
Burnout and Resilience Among Nurses Practicing in High-Intensity Settings
Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health
Spirituality, religiousness, and mental health
The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample
Religious Communities and Human Flourishing
Religion and Completed Suicide
Resilience in mental health
Spirituality, religiosity, aging and health in global perspective
Religion and Suicide Risk
Mental health-related quality of life and associated factors among people living with severe mental illness in southwestern Uganda
Religious Congregations as Voluntary Associations
The Influence of Religion, Spirituality, and Purpose in Life for Resilience among Trans and Gender Diverse Individuals
Spiritual orientation and mental health
Traditionality, Spirituality and Somatoform Dissociation Symptoms in Chinese Buddhists
Health-Related Lifestyle Behavior and Religiosity among First-Generation Immigrants of Polish Origin in Germany
Understanding Sociobehavioral Mitigators of Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Young Adults
Religious Affiliation in Relation to Positive Mental Health and Mental Disorders in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population
The Sport Chaplain's Role in the Holistic Care Model for Collegiate Athletes in the United States
Youth mental health and religiously framed radicalization in the Middle East and North Africa region
Defining and Measuring Spirituality in South African Specialist Psychiatry
Gender Differences Related to Spirituality, Coping Skills and Risk Factors of Suicide Attempt
Mindfulness and Other Psycho-Social Resources Protective Against Mental Illness and Suicidality Among Gay Men
Coping and Protective Factors of Mental Health
The Role of Religion in Buffering the Impact of Stressful Life Events on Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Depressive Episodes or Adjustment Disorder
Polish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Long- and Short-Form Interfaith Spirituality Scale
Religiosity and Attitudes towards Health, Disease, Death and the Use of Stimulants among Jehovah’s Witnesses
Religiosity as a Moderator of Self-Efficacy and Social Support in Predicting Traumatic Stress Among Combat Soldiers
Two possible mechanisms of ganciclovir for treatment of major depressive disorder
Does Education Influence Life-Course Depression in Middle-Aged and Elderly in China? Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)
The burden of substance use and (mental) distress among asylum seekers
Do schools differ in suicide risk? the influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils
Relationship of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Levels with Religious Coping Strategies Among Turkish Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Religious Coping Styles and Depressive Symptoms in Geriatric Patients
The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts
Relationship between spirituality/religiousness and coping in patients with residual schizophrenia
Health perception, depression and religious coping
Incorporating the principles of Spiritually Competent Practice in mental healthcare
Spiritual threads
Self-esteem as a mediator in the relationship between existential well-being and positive body image
Forgiveness and Health
Bearing the Burden
Testing the Efficacy of Chaplaincy Care
Beliefs, referrals, and mental healthcare pathways in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Stroke recovery in rural Malaysia
İyimserlik ve Kötümserliğin Dindarlık ile Mutluluk Arasındaki İlişkide Aracılık Rolü
Handbook of Religion and Health
Concerns About Measuring “Spirituality” in Research
Three-year follow-up and clinical implications of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention in the treatment of anxiety disorders
Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt
Religiosity and Remission of Depression in Medically Ill Older Patients
A National Survey of Stress Reactions after the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks
The Prevalence of Religious Coping Among Persons With Persistent Mental Illness
Increases in Alcohol and Marijuana Use During the Transition Out of High School Into Emerging Adulthood
Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients
Religious beliefs and religious delusions
A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Clinical Trial
Religious Identity and Comfort Beliefs in Three Groups of Psychiatric Patients and a Group of Medical Controls
Traditional Chinese Religious Beliefs and Superstitions in Delusions and Hallucinations of Chinese Schizophrenic Patients
Religiosity, Refusal Efficacy, and Substance Use Among African-American Adolescents and Young Adults
Does Religiousness Buffer Against the Fear of Death and Dying in Late Adulthood? Findings From a Longitudinal Study
Religious Activity and Risk Behavior Among African American Adolescents
Use of Alternative Health Care Practices by Persons With Serious Mental Illness
God forbid! Substance use among religious and nonreligious youth
Religiousness and depression
Religious Coping Methods as Predictors of Psychological, Physical and Spiritual Outcomes among Medically Ill Elderly Patients
Religious Involvement among Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
Denomination, Religious Context, and Suicide
| Unique citing works | 426 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 28,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 378 |