Religious Support and Emotional Functioning in Catholic Versus Protestant Undergraduates
Religious support has consistently been linked with better emotional functioning, but no comprehensive assessment of denominational differences in this relationship has been conducted to date. We did so, comparing Catholic and Protestant state university students (N = 261). We used the Multi-Faith R...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Journal of psychology and christianity
Year: 2022, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-105 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Social support
/ Religion
/ Mental health
/ Catholic
/ Protestant
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious communities
B Post-traumatic stress disorder B Inverse relationships (Mathematics) B Protestants B Religious Identity B Life Satisfaction B Catholics |
| Summary: | Religious support has consistently been linked with better emotional functioning, but no comprehensive assessment of denominational differences in this relationship has been conducted to date. We did so, comparing Catholic and Protestant state university students (N = 261). We used the Multi-Faith Religious Support Scale (MFRSS; Bjorck & Maslim, 2011). Factor analysis of the MFRSS yielded a two-factor structure: Religious Community Support (RCS) and God Support (GS). Scales based on these factors both had significant weak to moderate correlations with satisfaction with life for the entire sample. Additionally, for Protestants, both RCS and GS also had significant weak to moderate inverse correlations with both depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Moreover, Protestant findings remained significant even when controlling for religious commitment. Additionally, after controlling for religious commitment, denomination interacted with both RCS and GS regarding PTSD symptoms. In both cases, PTSD symptoms were inversely associated with religious support for Protestants, whereas the reverse was true for Catholics. Findings are discussed in terms of clinical implications and directions for future research. |
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| ISSN: | 0733-4273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and christianity
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