Beata Zarzycka
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 337916 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Beata Zarzycka |
| PRENOMES | Beata |
| SOBRENOME | Zarzycka |
| ASSINATURA | ZARZYCKA B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3004-4357 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 53 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 53 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Perceived Peer Secularism and Adolescent Deconversion
This study examined whether adolescents’ perceptions of peer secularism, social comparison orientation, and the centrality of religion predict deconversion over time. Data were collected from Polish adolescents (N = 268) across three waves over 12 months. Participants were between 13 and 16 years of age (M = 14.51, SD = 0.79). Perceived peer secularism, social comparison orientation, and the centrality of religion were assessed at baseline (T1), …
Approaches toward religion shape life satisfaction through motives and consumption types
This cross-sectional study investigated whether consumer motivations, materialism, and inconspicuous consumption mediate the connection between post-critical beliefs and life satisfaction. The study involved 212 Polish adults (73% female) aged 18–60 who completed the Post-Critical Beliefs Scale, the Consumer Motives Scale, the Material Values Scale, the Inconspicuous Consumption Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The findings revealed t…
The Adolescent Perceived Secularism Scale
This study aimed to develop a reliable and user-friendly tool, the Adolescent Perceived Secularism Scale ( APSS ), to assess adolescents’ perceptions of secularism in their peer environment. Secularization refers to the detachment of various life aspects from religious influences and Church authority. As interest in the effects of secularism on adolescents increases, so does the need for precise measurement tools. The article presents the results…
The role of religious coping and commitment in the link between Covid-19-related concerns and mental health
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate whether the associations between COVID-19-related concerns and anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic growth are mediated by religious coping and moderated by religious commitment. The sample comprised 247 Polish adults (125 women and 122 men) aged 18–60 years who completed measures of COVID-19-related concerns, religious coping, religious commitment, posttraumatic growth, anxiety, and …
Relational depth, spiritual growth, and authenticity in spiritual direction
In psychotherapy, relational depth (RD) is associated with symptom reductions, psychological growth, authenticity, and spiritual experiences. This study used a dyadic perspective to analyze the relationship between RD, spiritual growth, and authenticity in spiritual direction. We used a cross-sectional design and the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model to examine the associations of the director’s and directee’s experience of RD with their respec…
Staying religious in a secularising world
Secularisation in Poland has had a significant impact on young people, leading to a decline in religious involvement among teenagers and young adults. As many disengage from religious practices, some adolescents continue to uphold their faith, even when they experience little support or shared belief among their peers. This study examines the motivations that sustain their religiosity despite the broader secularising trends. We conducted semi-str…
The Interplay of Religion and Singlehood
Previous research has suggested that religion and spirituality may play positive and negative functions in single people’s lives. However, while prior studies have provided initial findings, a more comprehensive and thorough exploration of the role of religion in the experience of singlehood is required. To address this gap in the literature, qualitative interview-based research was performed with a sample of 30 single Christian adults living in …
The Experience of Deconversion Among Polish Catholic Adolescents
This study aimed to address a gap in the literature concerning the emotional dynamics of deconversion among adolescents, specifically focusing on the relationship between deconversion, anxiety, and the prior centrality of religion. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study combined qualitative research to uncover the lived experiences of Polish Catholic adolescents who have undergone deconversion, with a longitudinal quantitative design to examin…
Relationship Stability in a Polish Cultural Setting
Breaking Up with Religion. The Experience of Deconversion from Catholicism to “No Religion” Among Polish Adolescents
Perceived hypocrisy and deconversion in adolescents. The mediating role of irrational beliefs and identity styles
Deconversion is a biographical change in which one goes from claiming adherence to a religion to departing from it. A meaning system model can help us understand the processes through which deconversion occurs. Drawing on that framework, we explored how perceiving hypocrisy in one’s religious setting influences adolescent deconversion. Irrational beliefs and identity styles of adolescents were examined as potential mediators of this relationship.…
Social anxiety, social comparison, self-consciousness, and deconversion in adolescents
Adolescence is a time of biological, psychological, and social changes during which youth may undergo religious/spiritual (r/s) transformations. Previous studies on adolescents’ r/s transformations have focused on factors that predict involvement in or converting to a religion. Deconversion, which is going from being religious to leaving religion, is an instance of r/s transformation just as much as turning towards religion is. The present study …
The Role of Religious Comfort and Strain on Social Well-Being among Emerging Adults in Poland
Religious struggles tend noticeably to influence the sphere of social well-being in emerging adulthood as individuals modify their religious beliefs and practices, form personal identity patterns, and rediscover new life purpose and values. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether meaning-making and meaning in life (presence and search) can serially mediate the hypothesized links between religious comfort vs. strain and social well…
Religion and Satisfaction with Life in Polish Seniors
This study examined the mediating role of forgiveness and hope in the relationship between religiousness and satisfaction with life in late adults in Poland. Participants were 237 people (165 females and 72 males) aged between 60 and 92. The mean age of the sample was 68.37 years ( SD = 6.92), and the most represented religious affiliation was Roman Catholic (98.3%). Satisfaction with life is related to the centrality of religiousness. In the sur…
The Spiritual Well-Being Scale in the Polish Catholic Setting
The population of Poland could be of particular interest to researchers studying religion and spirituality. Catholicism has played a significant role in shaping the country’s culture, history, and tradition and is considered a national religion. More recently, however, the processes of moving away from regular participation in religious services and loosening ties with the institution of the Catholic Church are marked (Polish Public Opinion Resea…
Parental attachment styles, religiousness, and deconversion processes in adolescence
Previous studies have demonstrated links between parental attachment styles and increased religiousness or conversion. However, few studies have focused on how parental attachment may influence departure from religion. This study examined the relationships between parental attachment characteristics and adolescent deconversion. The moderating role of parental religiousness was also examined. Participants were 536 high school students aged between…
Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation
Although religiosity has been recognized as a predictor of health and well-being, links between religiosity and body image have not been extensively examined. The objective of our study was to explore possible pathways through which religious commitment might be associated with body appreciation in a Polish sample. Participants (N = 262) completed measures of religious commitment, positive orientation, gratitude, and body appreciation. Results de…
Religious Struggle
Use of the MMPI-2 and 16PF-5 in predicting perseverance in the order and changes in personality during religious life
This study aimed to investigate the differences in psychological functioning between nuns and those who left the order and the changes in personality in persevering nuns along the religious life timeline. Data were collected at two time points seven years apart. A total of 103 nuns participated in the research at Time 1; 45 left the order, and 29 participated in the study at Time 2. The MMPI-2 and Cattell’s 16PF-5 were utilised. The results indic…
Risk Perception of Covid-19, Religiosity, and Subjective Well-Being in Emerging Adults
The pressured experienced due to COVID-19 for young people has become clearly visible in the domain of well-being. Although the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging adults have been examined, little is known about the role played by risk perception and religiosity for their well-being. In addition, the mediating effects of meaning-making and perceived stress still need to be investigated. A total of 316 emerging adults (143 …
Guilt, Shame, and Religious Ingratiation
Emotions are essential in many areas of human life, including religion. Religion can arouse emotions, for example, God’s closeness can be a source of joy and gratitude, while God’s silence can cause anger or disappointment. Furthermore, and vice versa, emotions can affect how people experience or refer to God. This study investigated guilt and shame in relation to prayer and ingratiatory behavior toward God. A moderated mediation model was tested…
Polish Validation of a 14-Item Version of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS-14)
Religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles are defined as the occurrence of tension, conflict, or strain that focus on matters of ultimate significance perceived by people as sacred. The widespread prevalence of R/S struggles and the growing demand for research in this area created the need for a brief tool. Recently, the 14-item form of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale was developed and validated (Exline et al. in Psychology of Religion …
Religious support and psychological functioning in a Polish sample
Catholicism is the predominant religion in Poland, but formal religious participation has decreased in recent years. Given this decline, we examined the current relevance of religious support (i.e., support perceived from church leaders, fellow Catholics, and God) to psychological functioning among Polish Catholics. We translated the Religious Support Scale (RSS) into Polish and examined two Polish Catholic samples. In Study 1, we examined the Po…
Daily spiritual experiences and purpose in life
Feeling Guilty and Flattering God
Ingratiation refers to acts of flattery, typically given by a low-power person to a high-power one, performed to gain acceptance and approval. This study investigates ingratiation in the religious setting, asking whether people feeling high levels of guilt or shame tend to manifest such ingratiating behavior toward God. The study aimed to examine the mediating role of prayer in the relationship between guilt and shame and ingratiation toward God.…
Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Polish Research
The centrality of religiosity scale (CRS) is a measure of the importance of religious constructs in personality. The Polish CRS has been applied in more than 40 published studies on the psychology of religion, with over 18,000 total participants. However, no comprehensive overview on the Polish CRS is available. This paper shows how using the CRS sheds light on different patterns in which religion integrates with other psychological variables. It…
Religious Struggle and Psychological Well-Being
Although a variety of studies have found robust links between religious/spiritual (r/s) struggle and poorer well-being, only a few have examined the means by which r/s struggle affects mental well-being. The present paper aims to examine religious support and meaning making as mediators of the relationship between r/s struggle and well-being. The study included 226 adults, 108 women and 118 men, aged between 17 and 78 years. We applied the Religi…
How Does the Catholic Clergy Influence What Poles in the UK Know and Think about Brexit
Religion can determine how people perceive socio-political reality, especially in a cultural context in which religious affiliation is an important part of national identity. This has a special significance in the Polish cultural context, in which Catholicism is considered the national religion, and its institutional dimension plays an important role in the Polish socio-political domain. The purpose of this study is to analyse how religion affect…
Deconversion and Identity Formation in Adolescents
Adolescence is a period of exceptional sensitivity to the ideals that are subject to verification. Therefore, a phenomenon of deconversion (i.e. abandonment of religion) is observed among adolescents. The paper aims to analyze deconversion and its connections with the identity formation as well as mediators and moderators of these relationships. Participants were 272 adolescents aged between 14 and 18. Three scales were used: the Circumplex Ident…
Deconversion Processes in Adolescence-The Role of Parental and Peer Factors
The phenomenon of abandonment of faith, which in psychology is referred to as deconversion, is observed today. Deconversion is particularly widespread in young people. In this paper we examine the parents' religiosity, parents' care, and social support as potential predictors of deconversion in adolescents. Specifically, we aimed to analyse whether or not parents' religiousness, individual differences in childrens' attachment to their parents, an…
Prevalence and Social-Cognitive Predictors of Anger Toward God in a Polish Sample
Based on empirical studies, we may assume religion is an important source of support, consolation, and a sense of life for many individuals. However, notwithstanding the psychological benefits religion provides, it is also a reason for discomfort and struggle. The research presented in this article is an attempt at analyzing one of religious struggle types: anger toward God. Our study addresses the following issues: (a) prevalence of anger toward…
Multidimensional Prayer Inventory
Prayer is one of the most important aspects of religious/spiritual life. The psychological literature has identified various types of prayer and a few methods for measuring it. The Multidimensional Prayer Inventory (MPI) has received much attention from researchers since it allows for the capture of the most universal forms of prayer, characteristic of the Judeo-Christian tradition: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication, and Reception…
Deconversion Processes and Quality of Life among Polish Adolescents
During adolescence, biological, psychological, and social changes naturally propel youth to confront religious matters and form outlooks, moral beliefs, and religious attitudes. However, it is not uncommon for them to manifest changes of affiliation with a religious group or a total removal of all religious expressions within their lives. In Poland, a decline in the level of religiosity of young people has been reported for years. This study aime…
Centrality of Religiosity as a Predictor of Work Orientation Styles and Work Engagement
Previous research links religiosity/spirituality with a wide variety of organizational functions and practices, and, in particular, with management processes and leadership practices. Building on Huber's concept of the centrality of religiosity, we propose that religiosity can also affect career choice and development-in particular, work orientation styles and work engagement. We also suggest that these relationships can be moderated by gender. T…
Parental Attachment Styles and Religious and Spiritual Struggle
The ideas that religion capitalizes on the operation of the attachment system and that believers' perceived relationships with God can be characterized as symbolic attachment relationships have been well established in the psychology of religion. This study aims to explore the relationships between early caregiver experiences and religious and spiritual struggle and whether loving, distant, and cruel God images are mediators of these relationship…
Breaking Up with Religion. The Experience of Deconversion from Catholicism to “No Religion” Among Polish Adolescents
Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation
Although religiosity has been recognized as a predictor of health and well-being, links between religiosity and body image have not been extensively examined. The objective of our study was to explore possible pathways through which religious commitment might be associated with body appreciation in a Polish sample. Participants (N = 262) completed measures of religious commitment, positive orientation, gratitude, and body appreciation. Results de…
The selective relationship between religious dimensions and social desirability among Polish students
This study explores the effect of the position of the religious construct-system (central vs. subordinated vs. marginal) in personality on the relationship between social desirability and structure of religiosity, emotion to God and post-critical belief. The sample comprised Polish Students (N = 200) aged between 19 and 29 years. The Social Desirability Scale, The Structure-of-Religiosity Test and The Post-Critical Belief Scale were employed in t…
The Interplay Between Post-Critical Beliefs and Anxiety
The present research investigates the relationship between anxiety and the religiosity dimensions that Wulff (Psychology of religion: classic and contemporary views, Wiley, New York, 1991; Psychology of religion. Classic and contemporary views, Wiley, New York, 1997; Psychologia religii. Klasyczna i współczesna, Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, Warszawa, 1999) described as Exclusion vs. Inclusion of Transcendence and Literal vs. Symbolic. The …
The interplay between post–critical beliefs and self–consciousness
D. Wulff (1991) developed a notion of post-critical beliefs as a proposal for the description of religion in the light of the progress of secularization and socio-cultural changes. According to his theory, we can situate(place) potential attitudes toward religion in a two-dimensional space. The vertical dimension stands for Inclusion vs. Exclusion of Transcendence, and the horizontal one-for the way an individual interprets religious content: Lit…
Explaining the Relationship Between Post-Critical Beliefs and Sense of Coherence in Polish Young, Middle, and Late Adults
The subject of the presented research is the analysis of relations between Post-Critical Belief and Sense of Coherence in women and men in early, middle, and late adulthood. Six hundred and thirty-six individuals participated in the research, 332 women and 304 men, at the age of 18-79 years. We applied the Post-Critical Belief scale by Hutsebaut (J Empir Theol 9:48-66, 1996) and the Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-29) by Antonovsky (Soc Sci Med 36:…
Prevalence and Social-Cognitive Predictors of Anger Toward God in a Polish Sample
Based on empirical studies, we may assume religion is an important source of support, consolation, and a sense of life for many individuals. However, notwithstanding the psychological benefits religion provides, it is also a reason for discomfort and struggle. The research presented in this article is an attempt at analyzing one of religious struggle types: anger toward God. Our study addresses the following issues: (a) prevalence of anger toward…
The Relationship of Religious Comfort and Struggle with Anxiety and Satisfaction with Life in Roman Catholic Polish Men
The aim of the research was to analyze the relationships of religious comfort and struggle with state anxiety and satisfaction with life in homosexual and heterosexual samples of men. A hundred and eight men aged between 18 and 43 participated in the research in total, 54 declared themselves as homosexual and 54 as heterosexual. The Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were app…
Spiritual Growth or Decline and Meaning-Making as Mediators of Anxiety and Satisfaction with Life During Religious Struggle
A number of studies have demonstrated links between spiritual struggles and health problems. As yet, however, only a few studies have investigated what makes religious struggle a source of mental problems or a source of well-being. We determined whether spiritual growth, spiritual decline, and meaning-making mediated the relationship between religious struggle and anxiety and satisfaction with life. Of the 180 respondents, 92 were women, and mean…
Parental Attachment Styles and Religious and Spiritual Struggle
The ideas that religion capitalizes on the operation of the attachment system and that believers' perceived relationships with God can be characterized as symbolic attachment relationships have been well established in the psychology of religion. This study aims to explore the relationships between early caregiver experiences and religious and spiritual struggle and whether loving, distant, and cruel God images are mediators of these relationship…
Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being in Cardiac Patients
Findings demonstrated that meaning-making mediated the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and psychological well-being. In addition, the moderated mediation effect of positive affect, but not of negative affect was significant. Positive affect moderated the indirect effect between self-efficacy and psychological well-being through meaning-making; the indirect effect was stronger when positive affect was high as opposed to low. The result…
Prayer and internal dialogical activity
Internal Dialogue as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Prayer and Well-Being
When people are praying, they are not only communicating with God (upward prayer), but also they are exploring their relationships with themselves (inward prayer) and with other people (outward prayer). Internal dialogical activity includes areas which correspond to upward, inward, and outward prayer. Therefore, the aim of this article is to examine whether and how internal dialogues can be mediators in the relationship between these three types …
Can Religious and Spiritual Struggle Enhance Well-Being? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Internal Dialogues
Although a number of studies have demonstrated links between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being, only a few have examined what makes religious/spiritual struggle increase or decrease well-being. The present paper aims to examine different forms of internal dialogues (IDs) as potential mediators of the relationship between religious/spiritual struggle and well-being among Roman Catholics. There were 143 respondents (81 female) who partici…
Readiness to Engage in Interreligious Dialogue Test – internal structure, reliability and validity
The aim of this paper is to present the internal structure of the Readiness to Engage in Interreligious Dialogue Test (REIDT). The definition of a dialogue in a democratic society forms the theoretical framework for the test construction. The readiness to engage in interreligious dialogue was defined as a mental readiness to exchange views on religious topics, based on a symmetrical exchange of thoughts, aimed at creation of mutual understanding …
Theory-driven measurement of the content of prayer
The empirical study of prayer has remained an underdeveloped field in the Polish psychology of religion. The lack of adequate and psychometrically sound methods to measure prayer has also been observed. The Polish adaptation of the Content of Prayer Scale (CoP) by Huber is designed to meet this gap. The CoP builds upon the theoretical approach, which combines theological and psychological concepts of prayer. The aim of this study was to translate…
The Interplay of Religious and Nonreligious Meaning-Making on Psychological Well-Being in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients
Previous research has identified close relationships between religious and nonreligious factors and well-being in cancer patients. This study expands on such studies by examining the interplay of religious and nonreligious meaning-making factors on psychological well-being in gastrointestinal cancer patients; 317 patients (160 women and 157 men) with gastrointestinal cancer participated in the current study. Two coping strategies were utilized: n…
Deconversion Processes in Adolescence-The Role of Parental and Peer Factors
The phenomenon of abandonment of faith, which in psychology is referred to as deconversion, is observed today. Deconversion is particularly widespread in young people. In this paper we examine the parents' religiosity, parents' care, and social support as potential predictors of deconversion in adolescents. Specifically, we aimed to analyse whether or not parents' religiousness, individual differences in childrens' attachment to their parents, an…
Centrality of Religiosity as a Predictor of Work Orientation Styles and Work Engagement
Previous research links religiosity/spirituality with a wide variety of organizational functions and practices, and, in particular, with management processes and leadership practices. Building on Huber's concept of the centrality of religiosity, we propose that religiosity can also affect career choice and development-in particular, work orientation styles and work engagement. We also suggest that these relationships can be moderated by gender. T…
Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Polish Research
The centrality of religiosity scale (CRS) is a measure of the importance of religious constructs in personality. The Polish CRS has been applied in more than 40 published studies on the psychology of religion, with over 18,000 total participants. However, no comprehensive overview on the Polish CRS is available. This paper shows how using the CRS sheds light on different patterns in which religion integrates with other psychological variables. It…
Religious Struggle and Psychological Well-Being
Although a variety of studies have found robust links between religious/spiritual (r/s) struggle and poorer well-being, only a few have examined the means by which r/s struggle affects mental well-being. The present paper aims to examine religious support and meaning making as mediators of the relationship between r/s struggle and well-being. The study included 226 adults, 108 women and 118 men, aged between 17 and 78 years. We applied the Religi…
Religiosity, Meaning-Making and the Fear of Covid-19 Affecting Well-Being Among Late Adolescents in Poland
Adolescents have come to be greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing containment measures in recent months. The aim of the present study was to examine the relations among religiosity, meaning-making, fear of COVID-19, and subjective well-being within a moderated mediation model. Three hundred and sixteen late adolescents (173 women and 143 men) in Poland volunteered to take part in the study. The results show that meaning-making…
The Religious Meaning System and Resilience in Spouse Caregivers of Cancer Patients
The character of the relationship between religiosity and resilience depends to a large extent on mediation and moderation mechanisms which rely on cognitive and emotional processes. Research conducted within hope theory and the broaden and build theory indicates that hope and affect can mediate and moderate this relationship. The present study explored whether the relationship of the religious meaning system with resilience in spouse caregivers …
Disclosure to God as a Mediator Between Private Prayer and Psychological Well-Being in a Christian Sample
Although a number of studies have reported the psychological and physical benefits of prayer, only a few have examined the means by which prayer affects health. Winkeljohn Black et al. (J Relig Health 54(2):540–553, 2015. 10.1007/s10943-014-9840-4 ) found disclosure to God as a mediator in the relationship between prayer and mental health. In their study, the authors used Poloma and Pendleton’s (Rev Relig Res 31(1):46–53, 1989. https://doi.org/10…
Deconversion Processes and Quality of Life among Polish Adolescents
During adolescence, biological, psychological, and social changes naturally propel youth to confront religious matters and form outlooks, moral beliefs, and religious attitudes. However, it is not uncommon for them to manifest changes of affiliation with a religious group or a total removal of all religious expressions within their lives. In Poland, a decline in the level of religiosity of young people has been reported for years. This study aime…
Interpersonal Forgiveness and Meaning in Life in Older Adults
Forgiving others may play an important role in achieving meaning in life as it offers a valuable platform for deliberate moral acts of acceptance of positive affect, behaviour, and cognition towards a transgressor. The aim of this paper was to analyse the relationship between forgiveness and presence, and the search for meaning in life, as well as the mediating role of the religious meaning system in this relationship among older adults. A total …
Daily spiritual experiences and purpose in life
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