Pub Date : 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2116634
Adeeba Hakkim, A. Deb
ABSTRACT This paper explores how religious beliefs influence meaning-making and prosocial action among community responders. Fourteen non-professional rescue and relief volunteers were interviewed post the 2018-19 floods in Kerala, India. The study adopts Braun and Clarke's Thematic Analysis with a critical realist approach. Several participants viewed the disaster as an act of God but simultaneously engaged in scientific sense-making; religious meaning-making offers a means of coming to terms, while rational causal attributions promote mitigation measures. Suffering was seen as a test of faith. Many volunteers experienced the disaster as a reminder that re-oriented them to piety and iterated human vulnerability. Although the disaster evoked a lack of control, they found meaning in the service of others and viewed their actions with humility and gratitude. Service was often both intrinsically meaningful and religiously motivated. The findings underscore the role of religious meaning-making in promoting prosocial action and community resilience post disasters.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2028748
Aishath Shahama, Aashiya Patel, J. Carson, A. Abdel-Khalek
ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines research on religiosity and happiness within the Muslim population. Earlier investigations predominantly focused on Christianity and happiness in Western countries and found a significant positive association. This literature review was conducted to investigate research exploring the relationship between religiosity and happiness among Muslims. A literature search identified 59 papers examining this relationship between the years 2000 and 2020. Standard quality assessment criteria were used to assess the quality of the selected papers. Each paper was scored by two independent researchers and several of the papers were excluded due to not meeting inclusion criteria or scoring below .55 in the quality assessment. Some 49 studies were included in this literature review, which found a positive correlation between happiness and religiosity within the Muslim population. Furthermore, most studies posited a significant relationship between the variables. This paper explores this suggested positive correlation further, highlights the limitations of the research, and discusses the implications of the findings.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2025350
Saeed Akbari Zardkhaneh, M. Rajabi, A. Zanganeh, S. Namaki, Nader Mansourkiaee, Mohsen Jallalat Danesh, Siyamak Tahmasebi Garmatani
ABSTRACT Schools are an ideal setting in which to measure and promote mental health difficulties. The aim of present study was to develop the Nemad Electronic Mental-Health Assessment Devices for Children (NEMAD-C) aged 6 to 12 years in Iran. A sample of parents and teachers (N = 10,163) were recruited to complete the parent and teacher reports. Totally, explorative and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the eight-factor model provides a better fit for both parental report and teacher report versions. Results revealed a screening tool consisting of eight dimensions: child abuse risk, self-harm, anxiety, depression, disruptive behavior disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders, academic achievement deficit, and self-regulation. Findings showed that the internal consistency coefficients of the subscales were high, and convergent validity was evidenced by significant correlations with theoretically related constructs. Therefore, the NEMAD-C has adequate reliability and validity and could be used for multi-dimensional assessment of mental health problems in Iran.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2081317
A. Village, Leslie J. Francis
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in the use of online platforms for Christian worship and emphasised the need for a simple psychometric instrument that is sufficiently general to assess affect responses to a range worship services. This paper reports on the development of the six-item Scale of Perceived Affect Response to Online Worship (SPAROW) during the third UK pandemic lockdown in 2021. The scale items were included in an online survey completed from January to July 2021 by 2,017 Anglicans living in England and 1713 Roman Catholics from the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Exploratory Factor Analysis (principal components extraction and varimax rotation) in the Anglican sample indicated a single-dimensional scale that had excellent internal consistency reliability for those who accessed pre-recorded services (α = .90, n = 1238) and live-streamed services (α = .91, n = 1492). Confirmatory Factor Analysis on the Roman Catholic sample using a Structural Equation Model showed a good fit to a single-dimensional scale.
COVID-19大流行导致基督教敬拜在线平台的使用增加，并强调需要一种简单的心理测量工具，该工具必须足够通用，以评估对一系列敬拜服务的影响反应。本文报告了2021年英国第三次大流行封锁期间，六项在线崇拜感知情感反应量表(SPAROW)的发展情况。2021年1月至7月，2017名居住在英格兰的圣公会教徒和1713名来自英国或爱尔兰共和国的罗马天主教徒完成了一项在线调查。英国圣公会样本的探索性因子分析(主成分提取和最大变量旋转)表明，对于那些访问预记录服务的人来说，单维量表具有出色的内部一致性可靠性(α =。90, n = 1238)和直播服务(α =。91, n = 1492)。采用结构方程模型对罗马天主教样本进行验证性因子分析，结果表明其与一维尺度拟合良好。
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2041582
J. Odinka, M. Nwoke, J. C. Chukwuorji, P. Mefoh, M. Ezeme, U. Nduanya, Chukwuma Oraegbunam, P. Odinka
ABSTRACT In Nigeria, the relationship between mindfulness and postpartum depression and anxiety has gone largely unexamined. A cross-sectional study of 309 randomly selected nursing mothers was conducted at two tertiary health institutions using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The study sought to determine if mindful awareness acted as a predictor of postpartum depression and anxiety in Igbo nursing mothers and the proportion of the dependent variables (postpartum depression and anxiety) explained by the addition of new independent variables (age, educational attainment and mindful awareness). Mindful awareness accounted for most of the variance at 16.5%. And 19.1% for postpartum depression and postpartum, respectively. Lower levels of mindful awareness predicted higher levels of postpartum depression and anxiety. The study may contribute to the existing body of knowledge needed in establishing preventive strategies, early detection, and treatment for women at risk.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2097211
K. Loewenthal
This book attempts to cover relatively new ground, opening up some exciting challenges. An important feature is the extent to which the material in the book leads to a focus on clinical practice. The fi rst section of this book discusses some of the factors relating religion and spirituality (R/S) to mental health. The second section deals with beliefs and practices in di ff erent world religions, and considers their implications for mental health. Finally there are several chapters reviewing the impact of R/S factors on mental health, with speci fi c attention to clinical practice implications. It is pleasing to see topics receive thoughtful consider-ation which have been relatively neglected in strait-laced academia. Such topics are of widespread interest, notably for example Fenwick and Mosquiero ’ s discussion of end-of-life experiences. Attention is given to the three very rapidly-growing prodigies, positive psychol-ogy (Hauck & Cloninger), spiritual struggles (Pargament & Exline) and central to this book – spiritually integrated psychotherapy (Costa & Rosmarin). an eye on culture, which is argued to be in need of careful more nuanced understanding as a source of variation in mental health.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2021.2019206
D. Wilkinson
ABSTRACT The health and wellbeing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) individual's has gained attention in recent years, particularly the unique stressors associated with health. Few studies have explored implications of sexual identity and religious status on mental health and wellbeing. A secondary data analysis was performed on the Community Life Survey. A multivariate interaction was found between age, religious practice and sexual identity when considering wellbeing. An ANOVA of wellbeing scores revealed a significant difference between sexual identity groups, LGBT group scoring lowest, with a significant interaction between religion and sexual identity. General health generated a significant difference between groups for religious practice. Understanding and challenging cultural norms in service settings is key for policy and practice. LGBT individuals' are at greater risk of lower wellbeing and increase dissatisfaction.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2097210
Nontembeko J. Bila, Charlene. L. Carbonatto
ABSTRACT The study employed a qualitative approach to explore the cultural beliefs of mental health care users (MHCUs) and caregivers regarding help-seeking behaviour in the rural communities of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Forty participants were interviewed, comprising 30 MHCUs and 10 caregivers. Mental illness was ascribed to witchcraft (uvuloyi) and help was mostly sought from traditional and religious healers as the first steps on the path of help-seeking, whereas Western forms of care were usually considered as a last resort. The factors found to influence help-seeking behaviour amongst the participants included lack of knowledge regarding mental illness; traditional beliefs; stigma and discrimination; and the side effects of the antipsychotic medication. The study suggests the importance of psychoeducation for caregivers and the community regarding mental illness and cultural competence in serving communities with cultural beliefs about mental illness. Media platforms should be utilised to raise public awareness. The study also suggests collaboration between different stakeholders working with MHCUs.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2022.2027354
U. N. Biswas, Parisha Jijina
ABSTRACT The research aims to understand the relationship between spiritual beliefs and practices with perceived general health and adherence to recommended self-protective behaviour during lockdown period of COVID 19 pandemic. Additionally, the study intends to find out the differences among socio-demographic segments of the Indian society across these variables. Online survey was carried out with 1,416 willing adult participants from different socio-demographic segments. Findings suggest that irrespective of age and faith, participants used spirituality as a method of coping. Various socio-demographic segments of the population differed in their self-protective behaviors, perceived general mental health, and practice of spirituality. Regular practice of spirituality was positively correlated with self-protective behaviors and perception of better general mental health. Findings suggest that improved understanding of behavioral responses of different socio-demographic segments under conditions of uncertainty would enhance the cultural competence of the intervention design and aid personalized care under uncertain and crisis situations like COVID-19.
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