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

Nima Ghorbani; P J Watson; Sahar Tahbaz; Zhuo Job Chen

doi:10.1007/s10943-016-0228-5

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

J Relig Health. 2017 Apr;56(2):477-492. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0228-5.

Authors

Nima Ghorbani¹, P J Watson², Sahar Tahbaz¹, Zhuo Job Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, #2803, 350 Holt Hall - 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, 37403, USA. paul-watson@utc.edu.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.

PMID: 27055558
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-016-0228-5

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.

Keywords: Iran; Positive and Negative Religious Coping; Psychological adjustment; Religious orientations; Self-regulation.

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological*
Adult
Female
Humans
Iran
Male
Religion and Psychology*
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Students / psychology
Young Adult