| Religious and nonreligious coping methods among persons with rheumatoid arthritis. | |
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PMID: 14872455 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine religious and nonreligious coping methods among persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To identify positive and negative religious coping methods and personal characteristics associated with them. METHODS: Persons with RA (n = 181) completed a religious coping questionnaire, 6 subscales from a nonreligious coping inventory, and a depression scale. RESULTS: Religious and nonreligious coping were moderately correlated. The scores of all positive religious coping subscales were positively related to the importance persons attributed to religion. Scores of all negative religious coping subscales were positively associated with self-reported depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Correlations of religious and nonreligious coping methods were neither completely independent of each other nor functionally redundant, suggesting that each made unique contributions to coping with RA. Persons with no (or few) depressive symptoms who reported that religion was important to them tended to make positive use of their religion as they coped with the emotional stress of RA. A significant number of self-reported depressive symptoms were correlated with a negative use of religion. |
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Authors:
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Larry VandeCreek; Stephen Paget; Roberta Horton; Laura Robbins; Margaret Oettinger; Katie Tai |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Arthritis and rheumatism Volume: 51 ISSN: 0004-3591 ISO Abbreviation: Arthritis Rheum. Publication Date: 2004 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-02-11 Completed Date: 2004-03-09 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370605 Medline TA: Arthritis Rheum Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 49-55 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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The HealthCare Chaplaincy, New York, New York, USA. lvandecreek2001@yahoo.com |
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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psychology*,
rehabilitation Depressive Disorder Humans Mental Healing Questionnaires Religion* Religion and Medicine* Sensitivity and Specificity Sick Role* Social Adjustment* Spirituality |
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