Pub Date : 2022-03-16DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2024158
J. Collicutt
ABSTRACT John Ruskin was a Victorian polymath who developed severe mental health problems from late middle age. This paper focuses on one of his many areas of interest and expertise, visual aesthetics. It traces the relationship between his theories and practices in this area and the nature of his mental health condition, which was dominated by visual symptoms. It argues that Ruskin’s aesthetic theory is part of a broader spiritual visionary quest, firmly framed within the Christian theological tradition, and that it valorises certain habits of perception and attention that are now recognised to be a feature of cognition in psychosis. It suggests that there is continuity, if not a causal relationship, between Ruskin’s lifelong adoption of these practices and the psychological symptoms he displayed as his (probably neuropsychiatric) illness progressed.
{"title":"“Human kind Cannot bear very much reality”: the relationship between John Ruskin’s visionary aspiration and his mental health","authors":"J. Collicutt","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2021.2024158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.2024158","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT John Ruskin was a Victorian polymath who developed severe mental health problems from late middle age. This paper focuses on one of his many areas of interest and expertise, visual aesthetics. It traces the relationship between his theories and practices in this area and the nature of his mental health condition, which was dominated by visual symptoms. It argues that Ruskin’s aesthetic theory is part of a broader spiritual visionary quest, firmly framed within the Christian theological tradition, and that it valorises certain habits of perception and attention that are now recognised to be a feature of cognition in psychosis. It suggests that there is continuity, if not a causal relationship, between Ruskin’s lifelong adoption of these practices and the psychological symptoms he displayed as his (probably neuropsychiatric) illness progressed.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"231 - 246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44480933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-16DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2012372
K. Loewenthal, C. Lewis, S. Dein
The experience of severe trauma shatters everyday assumptions about the world and calls for the provision of meaning. Religious and spiritual (R/S) frameworks may facilitate such meaning-making (Park & Ai, 2006), reinterpretation of negative events through a sacred lens and provide resources for coping in the wake of adversity. Initially, religious/spiritual coping was divided into two categories: positive entailing support and meaning from God and negative reflecting questioning, doubt and conflict. The former was generally associated with enhanced mental health indices, while the latter may be detrimental to mental health and may result in diminishing faith (Pargament, 1997). However, in recent years, researchers have used the term “religious/spiritual struggles” in place of negative religious/spiritual coping to make it clearer that the latter form of coping does not necessarily have negative implications (see Pargament & Exline, 2022 for review). How are R/S feelings involved in responding to trauma? Many or all readers will be familiar with Allport’s (1950) classic study of World War II combat veterans, and few would argue with his suggestions that some survivors suffered a loss of faith, while others reported the development of a more mature faith. The papers in this Special Issue of Mental Health, Religion & Culture focus on religious/coping in the context of adverse, major life stressors, and the effects of religious/spiritual coping on measures of well-being and distress, including PTSD. PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) has only relatively recently been identified as a result of trauma. The condition was formally recognised by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1980 when PTSD was added to the anxiety disorders in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, DSM-III (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Prior to this, a wide range of synonyms was used to identify the effects of trauma: shock, combat fatigue, complete exhaustion, shattered, traumatised. An online thesaurus offers 18 synonyms for PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder (https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/posttraumatic%20stress%20disorder). PTSD is notoriously persistent and disabling, is now recognised as a significant causal factor in suicide and substance abuse, and probably other disorders. It is usually characterised by intrusive thoughts and often sleep disturbance, and mood and behaviour disturbance. Religious devotees and professionals have struggled to identify and employ various religious/spiritual (R/S) coping strategies to deal with trauma (Pargament, 1997). Some of these feature in the articles in this special issue, as do some R/S outcomes. There are 12 articles which we organise roughly into three groups (with some overlaps): 1. R/S coping methods, 2. The effects of R/S coping on nonR/S factors, and 3. The effects of coping on R/S outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-16DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2027900
S. Dein
ABSTRACT The experience of trauma presents significant challenges to the maintenance of religious faith. Here, we document the role of theodicy in “protecting” religious belief. We argue that the maintenance of religious faith is dependent on the availability of a theodicy framework which can assimilate evil. After defining the concept of theodicy, we critically overview those few studies looking at the relationships among trauma, theodicy, and religious belief. We then analyse the narratives of concentration camp inmates documenting their views pertaining to God and their suffering.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-14DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.1884211
Tomos G. ap Sion, Leslie J. Francis
ABSTRACT This study draws on psychological type theory that has its origins in the work of Carl Jung to explore the psychological profile of Salvation Army officers serving within the UK. Data provided on the Francis Psychological Type Scales by 269 female officers and by 165 male officers draw attention to the distinctive psychological characteristics of these officers and to the ways in which they differ from the population of the UK as a whole. The female officers show clear preference for introversion (68%), sensing (75%), feeling (66%), and judging (86%). The male officers show clear preference for introversion (76%), sensing (62%), thinking (60%), and judging (86%). This study discusses the strengths brought to active ministry by these psychological characteristics, but also draws attention to the weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-11DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2029380
N. Akhtar, Leslie J. Francis, Ursula Mckenna, S. Hasan
ABSTRACT This paper examines the psychometric properties of the Short Dark Tetrad, presented for online administration, among a sample of 370 young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 who were born in the Punjab and who had lived there since their birth. With the omission of one item from each of the four scales (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism) the clear four factor structure was recovered with cross-loadings remaining on four items. All four scales recorded acceptable or good levels of internal consistency reliability (alpha). This Shorter Dark Tetrad (SD4-MS) is commended for further use within predominantly Muslim societies.
{"title":"Introducing the Shorter Dark Tetrad for Muslim Societies (SD4-MS): a study among young adults in Pakistan","authors":"N. Akhtar, Leslie J. Francis, Ursula Mckenna, S. Hasan","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2022.2029380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2029380","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examines the psychometric properties of the Short Dark Tetrad, presented for online administration, among a sample of 370 young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 who were born in the Punjab and who had lived there since their birth. With the omission of one item from each of the four scales (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism) the clear four factor structure was recovered with cross-loadings remaining on four items. All four scales recorded acceptable or good levels of internal consistency reliability (alpha). This Shorter Dark Tetrad (SD4-MS) is commended for further use within predominantly Muslim societies.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"15 1","pages":"539 - 549"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86193364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2021872
G. Veronese, A. Pepe
ABSTRACT We investigated whether, and to what extent, spiritual well-being was associated with psychological distress, traumatic response, and professional burnout in practitioners working in the Palestinian healthcare sector. Participants were 131 in-service healthcare workers employed in public and private health facilities in Gaza and the West Bank. Analysis of the statistical effects revealed that spiritual well-being was associated with psychological distress and burnout. On the contrary, it did not appear to be strongly associated with trauma symptoms. These findings point up the key role of spiritual well-being in the experience of healthcare professionals operating in contexts of low-intensity warfare.
{"title":"Burnout syndrome, symptoms of trauma, and psychological distress in Palestinian healthcare professionals: the protective role of spiritual wellbeing","authors":"G. Veronese, A. Pepe","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2021.2021872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.2021872","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We investigated whether, and to what extent, spiritual well-being was associated with psychological distress, traumatic response, and professional burnout in practitioners working in the Palestinian healthcare sector. Participants were 131 in-service healthcare workers employed in public and private health facilities in Gaza and the West Bank. Analysis of the statistical effects revealed that spiritual well-being was associated with psychological distress and burnout. On the contrary, it did not appear to be strongly associated with trauma symptoms. These findings point up the key role of spiritual well-being in the experience of healthcare professionals operating in contexts of low-intensity warfare.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"144 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45717949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2009789
A. Noferesti, K. Tavakol
ABSTRACT Implementing positive psychotherapy in various cultures is challenging. This study assessed the clinical outcomes of a positive psychotherapy protocol based on “belief in divine goodness”, using a multiple-baseline design. We used a modified form of Seligman’s protocol on three Iranian adults with subclinical depression. Four new techniques were also added to the protocol to enhance the concept of happiness and life satisfaction, based on the dominant religious culture in Iran. The participants showed lower levels of depression but higher happiness, life satisfaction, pleasure, engagement and meaning in their lives compared to their status at the baseline. The new protocol may have psychotherapeutic benefits for use in subjects with subclinical depression. Future studies with larger sample sizes are warranted to assess the true effects of this protocol compared to those achieved by standard positive psychotherapy.
{"title":"Positive psychotherapy based on “belief in divine goodness” for subclinical depression in Iran: treatment development, feasibility, and preliminary results","authors":"A. Noferesti, K. Tavakol","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2021.2009789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.2009789","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Implementing positive psychotherapy in various cultures is challenging. This study assessed the clinical outcomes of a positive psychotherapy protocol based on “belief in divine goodness”, using a multiple-baseline design. We used a modified form of Seligman’s protocol on three Iranian adults with subclinical depression. Four new techniques were also added to the protocol to enhance the concept of happiness and life satisfaction, based on the dominant religious culture in Iran. The participants showed lower levels of depression but higher happiness, life satisfaction, pleasure, engagement and meaning in their lives compared to their status at the baseline. The new protocol may have psychotherapeutic benefits for use in subjects with subclinical depression. Future studies with larger sample sizes are warranted to assess the true effects of this protocol compared to those achieved by standard positive psychotherapy.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"113 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43022882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2026310
T. Fatima, B. Naoreen, M. A. Buzdar
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to investigate relationships between certain dimensions of religiosity and psychological capital (PsyCap) in the Christian, Hindu, and Muslim secondary school students in Pakistan. Extrinsic, intrinsic, quest religious orientations, and the behavioural dimension of religiosity were adopted as independent variables. The PsyCap served as a criterion variable. Fifteen hundred secondary school students affiliated with the Christian (n = 371), Hindu (n = 505), and Muslim (n = 624) communities participated in the study. Three measures, including the New Indices of Religious Orientation Revised, Behavioural Measure of Religiosity and Psychological Capital Questionnaire were used to collect data. Results demonstrated a significant contribution of independent variables in explaining variances in the criterion variable in the three groups of students. However, the impact of each dimension of religiosity on psychological capital differs among the Christian, Hindu, and Muslim students.
{"title":"Individual differences in religiosity and its influences on psychological capital","authors":"T. Fatima, B. Naoreen, M. A. Buzdar","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2022.2026310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2026310","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to investigate relationships between certain dimensions of religiosity and psychological capital (PsyCap) in the Christian, Hindu, and Muslim secondary school students in Pakistan. Extrinsic, intrinsic, quest religious orientations, and the behavioural dimension of religiosity were adopted as independent variables. The PsyCap served as a criterion variable. Fifteen hundred secondary school students affiliated with the Christian (n = 371), Hindu (n = 505), and Muslim (n = 624) communities participated in the study. Three measures, including the New Indices of Religious Orientation Revised, Behavioural Measure of Religiosity and Psychological Capital Questionnaire were used to collect data. Results demonstrated a significant contribution of independent variables in explaining variances in the criterion variable in the three groups of students. However, the impact of each dimension of religiosity on psychological capital differs among the Christian, Hindu, and Muslim students.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"162 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2045924
P. Gubi, Tuntufye Anangisye Mwenisongole
ABSTRACT This pilot study (n = 17) is an evaluation of pastoral supervision within the Moravian Church (British Province). The findings indicate that pastoral supervision is considered sufficiently beneficial, with 94% having found pastoral supervision to be of help to them, to be worth continuing with, and to be worth continuing to be funded by the denomination; thereby adding a contribution to the discussion on the value of pastoral supervision for clergy.
{"title":"A pilot evaluation study of pastoral supervision provision in the Moravian Church (British Province)","authors":"P. Gubi, Tuntufye Anangisye Mwenisongole","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2022.2045924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2022.2045924","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This pilot study (n = 17) is an evaluation of pastoral supervision within the Moravian Church (British Province). The findings indicate that pastoral supervision is considered sufficiently beneficial, with 94% having found pastoral supervision to be of help to them, to be worth continuing with, and to be worth continuing to be funded by the denomination; thereby adding a contribution to the discussion on the value of pastoral supervision for clergy.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"197 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43629096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2025351
M. T. Anim, C. Adongo, Felix Yirdong
ABSTRACT The study examined whether African cultural values promise psychological health of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Ghana. Using simultaneous equation modelling and survey data from purposively sampled 220 adults with SCD, we tested the usefulness of an African-enhanced biopsychosocial-spiritual model, thereby filling the gap of absence of a culturally relevant management model for patients. The study revealed that the model holistically predicts the psychological health of the patients better than single therapy models. Social support and ritual-centred Africultural coping significantly benefitted women than men and reduced psychological symptoms among those with HbSS. We conclude that an African-centred Biopsychosocial-spiritual model is more helpful in managing SCD patients. We further settle that some African cultural values are significant moderators in coping with psychological issues in sickle cell illness. This research distinctively contributes theoretical, methodological, and cultural knowledge to clinical practice and research from an African cultural perspective.
{"title":"African cultural values in the biopsychosocial-spiritual care model to manage psychological symptoms in adults with sickle cell disease in Ghana, West Africa","authors":"M. T. Anim, C. Adongo, Felix Yirdong","doi":"10.1080/13674676.2021.2025351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2021.2025351","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study examined whether African cultural values promise psychological health of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Ghana. Using simultaneous equation modelling and survey data from purposively sampled 220 adults with SCD, we tested the usefulness of an African-enhanced biopsychosocial-spiritual model, thereby filling the gap of absence of a culturally relevant management model for patients. The study revealed that the model holistically predicts the psychological health of the patients better than single therapy models. Social support and ritual-centred Africultural coping significantly benefitted women than men and reduced psychological symptoms among those with HbSS. We conclude that an African-centred Biopsychosocial-spiritual model is more helpful in managing SCD patients. We further settle that some African cultural values are significant moderators in coping with psychological issues in sickle cell illness. This research distinctively contributes theoretical, methodological, and cultural knowledge to clinical practice and research from an African cultural perspective.","PeriodicalId":47614,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Religion & Culture","volume":"25 1","pages":"177 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41936099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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