Religiosity of Evangelical Patients in the Perception of Clinical and Hospital Psychologists in Brazil

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ID3579798
AuthorsEvelyn Ruas (Brazilian Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (ABLAE), Curitiba 80410230, Brazil), Evelyn Figueira Lima Ruas (Brazilian Medical Association), M H De Freitas (0000-0003-1552-6016, Universidade Católica de Brasília, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume16
Issue3
Pages288
Publication date2025-02-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel16030288
OpenAlexW4407914042
LanguageEN
References cited12

The research reported in this paper aimed to investigate how Brazilian psychologists describe their experiences and dealings with the evangelical religiosity (ER) of patients/users in clinical settings. The descriptive empirical-phenomenological method proposed by Amedeo Giorgi was used to analyse the recorded and transcribed interviews with fifteen Brazilian psychologists, seven of them working in a Psychosocial Attention Centrepsychosocial attention centre (CAPS) and eight working in a hospital setting. According to both groups of participants, ER is always present in both clinical contexts, manifested by users of CAPS and hospital inpatient services, as well as by their families and the health professionals themselves. The psychologists shared the implications of ER, whether dynamic or damaging, for patients' mental health and for their treatment. Even with the predominant sense that it gives meaning to peoples' lives and re-adnsignifies their suffering, ER is also seen as an obstacle to the promotion of health when it is characterized by strict and oppressive doctrines and dogmas. Clinical psychologists were unanimous in affirming their tendency to respect and accept such religious manifestations, but they also shared their difficulties in dealing with them, mainly due to their failure to approach the topic during their professional training

Perception · Religiosity · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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