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The Role of Meaning in Life Within the Relations of Religious Coping and Psychological Well-Being

Author: Dariusz Krok

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 6/2015

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine whether meaning in life understood in terms of presence, search, and personal meaning is a mediator in the relationships between religious coping and psychological well-being. Associations of religiousness and psychological well-being are complex and suggest the existence of meaning and purpose in their internal structures. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, presence of meaning in life was a mediator between negative coping and psychological well-being in the scope of a total score and all its dimensions. Search for meaning in life did not mediate the above relations. In Study 2, personal meaning turned out to be a partial mediator between negative coping and psychological well-being. These findings suggest that meaning in life is a crucial element of religious coping and psychological well-being that is used by people as a part of their meaning system to cope with life’s difficulties and challenges.

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Title: The Role of Meaning in Life Within the Relations of Religious Coping and Psychological Well-Being
Author: Dariusz Krok
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-014-9983-3

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