Browsing by Author "Rybarski, Radosław"

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    Centrality of Religiosity Scale in Polish Research: A Curvilinear Mechanism that Explains the Categories of Centrality of Religiosity
    (MDPI, 2020) Zarzycka, Beata; Bartczuk, Rafał; Rybarski, Radosław
    The centrality of religiosity scale (CRS) is a measure of the importance of religious constructs in personality. The Polish CRS has been applied in more than 40 published studies on the psychology of religion, with over 18,000 total participants. However, no comprehensive overview on the Polish CRS is available. This paper shows how using the CRS sheds light on different patterns in which religion integrates with other psychological variables. It consists of three parts: first, we introduce the Polish adaptation of the CRS; second, we present the review of the research using the Polish CRS; and finally, we provide research results that suggest a curvilinear mechanism for explaining the categories of the centrality of religiosity. Three measures were applied to the research: the CRS, emotions toward God scale, and content of prayer scale-revised. The results indicated that there is a curvilinear relationship between centrality of religiosity and emotions toward God, prayer types, and styles of request prayer (excluding passive request prayer). We determined the changepoints at which the relationship between the centrality of religiosity and the religious contents changes. This finding allowed us to provide empirical confirmation of Huber’s thesis (2003) that there is a different way of operating low, medium, and high scores in centrality, namely marginal, subordinated, and central religiosity. The study also broadens our understanding of each of these types of religiosity.
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    Inclusion of Transcendence and Literal Interpretation on Perceived Stability of Marriage in Polish Spouses. Study Data
    (2022) Zarzycka, Beata; Tomaka, Kamil; Mahoney, Annette; Rybarski, Radosław
    Raw data from the study. The purpose of this cross-sectional study with 470 Polish married (67%) or cohabiting (33%) individuals (237 women and 233 men) was to examine whether and how two dimensions of individual religiousness (Inclusion vs. Exclusion of Transcendence (IT) and Symbolic vs. Literal Interpretation (SI)) as assessed by the Post-Critical Beliefs Scale were associated with the perceived stability of marriage (Marriage Stability Scale). As expected, greater affirmation of God’s existence as real (i.e., higher Inclusion of Transcendence) and greater literal interpretation of religious doctrines (i.e., lower Symbolic Interpretation) were associated with greater perceived stability of marriage. The former association was also mediated in expected directions by the greater sanctification of marriage; this mediation pathway was moderated by the dimension of symbolic and literal interpretation such that the mediation pathway from the IT to sanctification to marital stability was markedly stronger for those with more literal views of religious doctrine.
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    Multidimensional Prayer Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications
    (MDPI, 2022) Zarzycka, Beata; Krok, Dariusz; Tomaka, Kamil; Rybarski, Radosław
    Prayer is one of the most important aspects of religious/spiritual life. The psychological literature has identified various types of prayer and a few methods for measuring it. The Multidimensional Prayer Inventory (MPI) has received much attention from researchers since it allows for the capture of the most universal forms of prayer, characteristic of the Judeo-Christian tradition: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication, and Reception. The aim of this article was to examine psychometric properties and clinical applications of the Polish MPI. In four studies, we established the internal structure of the MPI using Principal Component Analysis (PCA, study 1) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA, study 2), examined its validity and reliability in relation to religiousness (study 3), and analysed its clinical application (study 4). The Polish MPI has been confirmed as a reliable and valid measure of five types of prayer for use in research settings.
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    Religijność i lęk przed śmiercią a jakość życia osób z rozpoznaną chorobą nowotworową
    (2019-02-22) Rybarski, Radosław
    Tematem niniejszej pracy jest: Religijność i lęk przed śmiercią a jakość życia osób z rozpoznaną chorobą nowotworową. Religijność jest częstym sposobem radzenia sobie z trudną sytuacją, zwłaszcza z chorobą. Religijność może poprawiać jakość życia w chorobie. Jednakże, choroba może wyzwalać również konflikty i napięcia w obszarze wiary i relacji z Bogiem, np. wątpliwości w wierze, negatywne emocje względem Boga, poczucie bycia ukaranym przez Boga, co z kolei pogarsza jakość życia chorych. Podłożem teoretycznym niniejszego projektu badawczego była Teoria Opanowania Trwogi. Hipotezy testowano na podstawie badań, w których wzięło udział 130 osób hospitalizowanych z powodu choroby nowotworowej. W badaniach wykorzystano 5 kwestionariuszy: Skala Centralności Religijności, Skala Pocieszenia i Napięcia Religijnego, Skala Lęku przed Śmiercią i Umieraniem, Skala Jakość Życia w Chorobie Zagrażającej Życiu, Skala Numeryczna. Badania ukazały, że centralność religii wzmacnia jakość życia osób chorych, ponieważ obniża ich lęk przed śmiercią. Niska centralność religii, a więc nieautonomiczna religijność, może być źródłem wysokiego lęku przed śmiercią, a w rezultacie niższej jakości życia u chorych na nowotwór.
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    The Relationship of Religious Comfort and Struggle with Anxiety and Satisfaction with Life in Roman Catholic Polish Men: The Moderating Effect of Sexual Orientation
    (Springer Nature, 2017) Zarzycka, Beata; Rybarski, Radosław; Śliwak, Jacek
    The aim of the research was to analyze the relationships of religious comfort and struggle with state anxiety and satisfaction with life in homosexual and heterosexual samples of men. A hundred and eight men aged between 18 and 43 participated in the research in total, 54 declared themselves as homosexual and 54 as heterosexual. The Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were applied to the research. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that sexual orientation moderated the relationships of religious comfort and struggle with state anxiety and satisfaction with life. The highest state anxiety was observed in homosexual participants with high negative social interactions surrounding religion scores. Negative religious social interactions with fellow congregants and religious leaders, including disapproval and criticism, create anxiety among homosexual people. It seems that homosexual participants are engaged in a trade-off between valued and necessary religious engagement and the harassment and persecution they may be forced to endure in order to access that engagement.