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{"title":"God Knows Best: Exploring the God Locus of Health Control, Race-Ethnicity, and Risk-Taking and Protective Behaviors Interrelationship in the USA.","authors":"Colton L Daniels, Christopher G Ellison, Eric C Shattuck, Thankam S Sunil, Xiaohe Xu","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02227-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02227-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The health implications of engaging in risk-taking or protective behaviors can have long-lasting effects on an individual's life. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in how religious attitudes and beliefs influence an individual's health behaviors. However, research on the role of the God Locus of Health Control (GLHC) in the religion-health literature is lacking. Data was derived from a national US sample (n = 1,259) via a cross-sectional survey exploring health attitudes and practices, and important sociocultural factors (e.g., religious beliefs). Results indicated that higher scores on the GLHC scale were associated with greater risk-taking behaviors that included having driven drunk, driving without a seatbelt, being a current tobacco user, and not using sunscreen. Higher GLHC scores were also associated with the protective behaviors of taking allergy medication and washing one's hands. These results indicated some variation by race/ethnicity, with African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos typically being more risk-averse. Further empirical theoretical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4847-4866"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pilgrimage to Luján in Argentina with Special Consideration to Argentines of Polish Descent During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Spiritual Aspect.","authors":"Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02186-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02186-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Luján is considered the religious heart of Argentina, attracting pilgrims from all over the world. Among the pilgrimages across the world, there is also a Polish pilgrimage organized every year by Polish communities in Buenos Aires for the Polish Argentines. The purpose of this article is to examine the changes in the number of pilgrims, administered sacraments and celebrated masses in Luján from 2019 to 2023. The research shows that after a sharp decline in the number of pilgrims from 5 million in 2019 to 1 million in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a resurgence in pilgrimages, with over 6 million pilgrims worldwide in 2023. The article analyses empirical data collected through in-depth interviews with 25 Argentines of Polish descent (n = 25). Its purpose is to examine how the motives and intentions of these individuals for making a pilgrimage to Luján have changed before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as significance of the pilgrimage for each of them. The research clearly demonstrates that the pandemic has strengthened the faith of Polish pilgrims living in Argentina, who now view pilgrimages to Luján and entrusting their intentions to the Virgin Mary as a personal obligation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"5147-5176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Religious Beliefs and Protesting Abortion Right Restrictions in Poland: A Study of Motivational Pathways.","authors":"Dariusz Drążkowski, Radosław Trepanowski","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02282-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02282-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to identify new determinants of engaging in pro-choice protests by employing Post-Critical Beliefs and Reactance theories. We collected data from 853 Poles during demonstrations against abortion restrictions. We found that as transcendence belief declined, symbolism belief increased, reactance against abortion restriction increased, attitudes toward pro-choice protests became more positive, and engagement in those protests increased. Moderation analyses revealed that the relationships between transcendence and motivation to engage in pro-choice protests were stronger among believers than non-believers. Additionally, relationships between symbolism and motivation to engage in pro-choice protests were positive among non-believers but negative for believers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4330-4347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bridging Faith and Health: The Role of Muslim Religious Leaders in Disseminating COVID-19 Information in Norway.","authors":"Seila Mahic, Lise-Merete Alpers, Kari Storstein Haug","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02368-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02368-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to explore how Muslim religious leaders in Norway handled COVID-19 information dissemination. A total of six religious leaders were interviewed from two Norwegian municipalities. Interviews were analyzed using the Graneheim and Lundman content method. The religious leaders played crucial roles in disseminating information, using religious justifications to reinforce public health messages and combat misinformation. Trust between religious leaders and authorities is vital for effective collaboration. Religious leaders should be included in emergency plans as bridges between authorities and communities. Insights from this study suggest including religious leaders in emergency plans during health crises.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"5084-5102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144530438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Moral Incongruence in the Relationship Between Pornography Use, Moral Struggles, Sexual Shame, and Couple Satisfaction for Pornography Users in the USA.","authors":"K Miller, H Murch, C Floyd, C Moen, F Volk, D Jones","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02398-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02398-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A discrepancy between beliefs about pornography and one's pornography-related behavior can facilitate perceived pornography problems. This cross-sectional study in the USA sought to investigate the role of moral struggle in the pathway between pornography use, sexual shame, and relationship satisfaction, moderated by moral disapproval, using a sample of pornography users in committed relationships (N = 224). Findings support a moderated mediation model in which moral disapproval moderated the effect of pornography use on moral struggles, which subsequently had effects on sexual shame and relationship satisfaction. This suggests that intrapersonal and interpersonal effects of pornography use are transmitted through perceived moral struggles in the context of moral disapproval.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4908-4928"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Religiousness Measured by the Four Basic Dimensions of Religiousness Scale (4-BDRS) among Polish Believers: Measurement Quality, Personality and Well-being Correlates.","authors":"Piotr Szydłowski, Ewa Topolewska-Siedzik, Jan Cieciuch","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02450-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02450-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Four Basic Dimensions of Religiousness Scale (4-BDRS) was developed within the framework of cross-cultural psychology to measure four universal dimensions of religiousness: believing, bonding, belonging, and behaving. This paper presents the Polish version of the 4-BDRS and reports two studies that examined its measurement quality and the personality and well-being correlates of these dimensions. The scale has demonstrated satisfactory reliability and factorial validity. All dimensions showed theoretically consistent associations with the other measures of religiousness. No significant gender differences (or only weak effects) were found across the four dimensions, whereas the scale scores significantly increased with age. All dimensions were positively related to the personality traits associated with socialization (stability). Moreover, all the dimensions showed a positive association with well-being. Belonging and bonding were more strongly related to well-being than believing and behaving. Specifically, belonging was the most crucial dimension for general and social well-being, whereas bonding was the most important dimension for emotional and psychological well-being. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4585-4615"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145132250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards Modern Care and Education for Persons with visual Impairments in Poland: Elżbieta Róża Czacka (1876-1961) and Her Contribution to the Development of Typhlology-Religious Inspirations.","authors":"Małgorzata Grzywacz, Agnieszka Kulig, Magdalena Piorunek","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02244-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02244-9","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The aim of this study is to show the relationship between spirituality and the development of modern typhlology focused on supporting people with visual impairments. The text presents the silhouette of Mother Rose Czacka, the sources of her Catholic spirituality and the development of typhlological thought related to her, as well as Dzieło Lasek, which is an emanation of these relationships. The aim of this study is to show the relationship between spirituality and the development of modern typhlology focused on supporting people with visual impairments. These relationships are reflected in the activity of Blessed Rose Czacka (1876-1961) that focused on developing a model of education and care for people with visual impairments in Poland in the first half of the twentieth century. Her religious motivations related to the establishment of the Franciscan Congregation of the Servants of the Cross were closely related to her development of the scientific and organisational foundations for the system of support for people with visual impairments in Poland at that time. The comprehensive support centre established by her, which comprised education and care for people with visual impairments in Poland in 1910 called Dzieło Lasek [eng. The work of Laski], was a pioneer, and the methods of work developed in this facility have been improved over time and provide the basis of the activities of the centre to this day. This is a great example of a religiously inspired work to help people with disabilities. The text presents the silhouette of Mother Rose Czacka, the sources of her Catholic spirituality and the development of typhlological thought related to her, as well as Dzieło Lasek, which is an emanation of these relationships. The text uses desk research analysis, focusing on existing written materials and the analysis of texts devoted to the reception of Róza Czacka`s work. The main limitation of the study is a limited number of resources, restricted mainly to texts written in Polish. The theoretical assumptions and solutions proposed by Róża Czacka, despite her numerous connections with the European pedagogical thought of the first half of the twentieth century, have been scarcely discussed. On the other hand, Dzieło Lasek grew up in a specific cultural and historical context and the generalisation of the proposed solutions encounters specific limitations resulting from this fact. The text depicts examples of activities that benefit persons with visual impairments and are underpinned by religious motivations. Desk research analysis helped to describe the pioneering activity in Poland of Róża Elżbieta Czacka (1876-1961), a member of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Servants of the Cross, a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. As a precursor of Polish typhlology, Mother Czacka is the foundress of the Work of Laski, a comprehensive centre for the support and education of blind persons in operation until today. Róża Czacka's personal","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4418-4431"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142972809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are Religious People Any Happier? Probing the Divine Relationship, Organizational Religiosity and the Role of Education and Income in the United States.","authors":"Laura Upenieks","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02295-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02295-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Findings from a large body of research tend to suggest that greater involvement in religion is associated with greater happiness. The current study seeks to extend this literature by examining both organizational and non-organizational religiosity, especially the importance of the divine relationship, in predicting happiness. In addition, this study tests whether the relationship between religiosity and happiness is conditional on two elements of socioeconomic status: education and income, which themselves have complicated relationships with happiness. Analyses draw from nationally representative data from the 2017 Values and Beliefs of the American Public Survey (Baylor Religion Survey, N = 1,262), collected in the United States. Results suggest that greater religious attendance, stronger perceptions of divine control, and a more secure attachment to God were associated with greater happiness. The benefits of religiosity for happiness were also stronger for those with a lower education and income. The implications of the results are discussed. Taken together, the findings of this study show that the benefits of religious involvement for subjective well-being are not distributed evenly across the socioeconomic ladder.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4635-4660"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spirituality and Pain among Post-treatment Cancer Patients in Poland: Mediation by Meaning in Life and Pain Coping Strategies.","authors":"Dariusz Krok, Ewa Telka, Marcin Moroń","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02358-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02358-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spirituality has been found to have some protective effect against pain experiences in cancer patients, but its role in alleviating total pain is not well understood. Intervening factors such as meaning in life and coping with pain also have not been closely examined in cancer patients. This study investigated the serial mediating effects of meaning in life and pain coping on the relationship between spirituality-conceptualized in terms of religious attitudes, ethical sensitivity, and inner harmony-and total pain, which encompasses physical, psychological, social, and spiritual struggles among post-treatment cancer patients. A total of 285 patients (52.8% female) who had completed their treatment filled in self-report measures of spirituality, meaning in life, pain coping strategies, and total pain. Inner harmony was negatively related to physical pain, psychological pain, social pain, and spiritual pain. In contrast, religiosity was not related to any dimensions of total pain. Yet, religiosity was positively related to the use of some pain coping strategies, including diverting attention, reinterpreting pain sensations, ignoring sensations, praying and hoping, and increasing activities. The main indirect effect of spirituality as a latent variable on total pain occurred through presence of meaning, search for meaning, and three pain coping strategies: diverting attention, catastrophizing, and ignoring sensations. The findings indicate a serial mediation model in which the relationship of spirituality as a latent construct with total pain is mediated through two types of mediators (meaning in life and pain coping). Therefore, religiosity, ethical sensitivity and inner harmony taken together as a latent variable could be associated with lower pain due to finding meaning in life, avoiding unreflective coping, and diverting attention from aversive experience of pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4533-4556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analyzing Physical to Virtual Religious Practices on Filipino Catholic Religiosity and Spirituality During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Reiner B Lingad, Ivan Efreaim A Gozum, Archimedes T David","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02331-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02331-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper investigates the shift from physical to virtual religious practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected how Filipino Catholics attend their daily masses, celebrations, and other sacraments and sacramentals. The researchers use expository writing and content analysis to analyze the collected data from documents discussing Filipino Catholic spirituality and religiosity and the transition from physical to virtual religious practices. First, we will discuss Filipino Catholic spirituality and religiosity. Second, we present the transition from physical to virtual Catholic religious practices. Lastly, we explain the possible effects of virtual religious practices on expressing religiosity and enriching the spirituality of Filipinos. Hence, this paper ends by stating that virtual religious practices do not have the same intimacy as physical religious practices but still help the faithful encounter God.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"5070-5083"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}