Religious Struggle and Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Religious Support and Meaning Making

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dc.contributor.authorZarzycka, Beata
dc.contributor.authorTychmanowicz, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKrok, Dariusz
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-14T11:25:41Z
dc.date.available2023-07-14T11:25:41Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAlthough a variety of studies have found robust links between religious/spiritual (r/s) struggle and poorer well-being, only a few have examined the means by which r/s struggle affects mental well-being. The present paper aims to examine religious support and meaning making as mediators of the relationship between r/s struggle and well-being. The study included 226 adults, 108 women and 118 men, aged between 17 and 78 years. We applied the Religious and Spiritual Struggle Scale, Religious Support Scale, Meaning Making Scale, and Psychological Well-Being Scale. The results demonstrated that both religious support and meaning making were mediators in the relationship between r/s struggles and well-being. During moral or demonic struggles, many people reportedly feel supported by their religion, make meaning based on these positive religious experiences, and in turn experience greater well-being. Conversely, during divine, ultimate meaning, and interpersonal struggles people may feel like God does not support them, which may lead to difficulties reframing their religious experience, and adversely influence well-being. The findings from this study underscore the multifaceted character of r/s struggle: during different types of r/s struggle people may feel that religion is a source of support for them or, by contrast, they may feel deprived of religious support, which can lead to an increase or decrease of well-being, respectively.
dc.identifier.citation"Religions", 2020, Vol. 11 (3), nr 149
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/rel11030149
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5304
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectreligious struggle
dc.subjectspiritual struggle
dc.subjectreligious support
dc.subjectwell-being
dc.titleReligious Struggle and Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Religious Support and Meaning Making
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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