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The Experience Sampling Method: A New Way of Assessing Variability of the Emotional Dimensions of Religiosity and Spirituality in a Dutch Psychiatric Population

Authors: Bart van den Brink, Matthias Jongkind, Willemijn Wijzenbroek, Mira Duif, Arjan W. Braam, Philippe Delespaul, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 5/2023

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Religiosity and spirituality (R/S) are often regarded as being relatively stable over time. The present exploratory experience sampling method (ESM) study aims to assess the variability of three R/S parameters concerning affective representations of God and spiritual experiences in a psychiatric population. Depressed in- and outpatients self-identifying as being spiritual or religious participated, from two Dutch mental health care institutions. The twenty-eight participants rated momentary affective R/S-variables up to 10 times per day over a 6-day period when prompted by a mobile application. All three examined R/S parameters varied significantly within the day. ESM examination of R/S showed good compliance and little reactivity. This indicates that ESM offers a feasible, usable, and valid way to explore R/S in a psychiatric population.

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Title: The Experience Sampling Method: A New Way of Assessing Variability of the Emotional Dimensions of Religiosity and Spirituality in a Dutch Psychiatric Population
Authors: Bart van den Brink
Matthias Jongkind
Willemijn Wijzenbroek
Mira Duif
Arjan W. Braam
Philippe Delespaul
Hanneke Schaap-Jonker
Publication date: 07-07-2023
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Mood Disorders
Affective Disorder
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01857-w

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