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01-04-2017 | Original Paper

Religious and Psychological Implications of Positive and Negative Religious Coping in Iran

Authors: Nima Ghorbani, P. J. Watson, Sahar Tahbaz, Zhuo Job Chen

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 2/2017

Abstract

This study examined the religious and psychological implications of religious coping in Iran. University students (N = 224) responded to the Brief Positive and Negative Religious Coping Scales along with measures of Religious Orientation, Integrative Self-Knowledge, Self-Control, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem, Guilt, Shame, and Self-Criticism. As in previous research elsewhere, Positive Religious Coping was stronger on average than Negative Religious Coping, and Positive and Negative Religious Coping predicted adjustment and maladjustment, respectively, In addition, this study demonstrated that direct relationships between Positive and Negative Religious Coping appeared to be reliable in Iran; that Positive Religious Copings was broadly compatible with, and Negative Religious Coping was largely irrelevant to, Iranian religious motivations; and that Negative Religious Coping obscured linkages of Positive Religious Coping with religious and psychological adjustment.

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Title: Religious and Psychological Implications of Positive and Negative Religious Coping in Iran
Authors: Nima Ghorbani
P. J. Watson
Sahar Tahbaz
Zhuo Job Chen
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0228-5

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