The role of religious coping to overcome mental distress and anxiety during the Covid‐19 pandemic
An integrative review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21739504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muzzamel Hussain Imran (0000-0001-8141-6654, Wuhan University, corresponding author), Zhihong Zhai (Department of Religious Studies School of Philosophy Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei China), Zhai Zhihong (Wuhan University), Mujahid Iqbal (0000-0003-3435-1290, Wuhan University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 817-835 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-7489 • E-ISSN: 1530-2415 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/asap.12327 |
| OpenAlex | W4296185100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 79 |
This article aims to investigate how religious coping can help religious believers overcome mental distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic. An integrative review was conducted by searching databases (PubMed/Medline, Springer, Elsevier, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, SciELO and Google Scholar) between 2020 and 2021 for articles using the following keywords: “Religious coping and COVID‐19,” “Religion, mental health, and COVID‐19,” and “Religiosity, spirituality, and COVID‐19.” A total of twenty articles were selected for review. The result shows that religious faith might help individuals to calm their minds in times of crisis and severe illness. Some of the spiritual approaches suggested to combat COVID‐19 might be effective. Positive religious coping, intrinsic religiousness, and faith in God were associated with lower anxiety and a greater positive outcome, whereas negative religious coping and distrust in God resulted in the opposite
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Alternative medicine · Anxiety · Disease · Distress · Distrust · Faith · Mental health · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Spirituality · Theology · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Virology
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| Citations per year | 4.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |