M Dolores Fernández-Pascual, Abilio Reig-Ferrer, Ana M Santos-Ruiz, Laura Martínez-Rodríguez
{"title":"Spirituality in Managing Perceived Stress and Promoting Self-Care: A Descriptive Study on Nursing Students in Spain.","authors":"M Dolores Fernández-Pascual, Abilio Reig-Ferrer, Ana M Santos-Ruiz, Laura Martínez-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02232-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02232-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between spirituality, perceived stress, and self-care was examined in a sample of 515 nursing students in Spain. Using the perceived stress scale (PSS), the professional self-care scale (PSCS), and the spirituality questionnaire (MiLS-sp/sf), the findings indicated that higher spirituality, particularly through inner peace and faith, was linked to reduced stress and enhanced self-care across physical, inner, and social dimensions. However, the inner self-care dimension was the least developed, suggesting that essential emotional, spiritual, and psychological needs were neglected. This result highlights the necessity for a comprehensive self-care model that empowers students to create personalised strategies to enhance their inner and spiritual self-care. It is essential that these findings give rise to practical applications in order to promote the well-being and professional effectiveness of nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"882-898"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas G Plante, David B Feldman, Jacqueline Ge, Anthony Cortese
{"title":"A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Psychological Benefits of a Daily Examen-Based Practice.","authors":"Thomas G Plante, David B Feldman, Jacqueline Ge, Anthony Cortese","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02259-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02259-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is a randomized controlled trial of an Examen-based practice, an intervention reflecting a five-step daily reflection and prayer practice developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Catholic Jesuit order. Like other practices (e.g., mindfulness, yoga), this practice can be used as a spiritual or secular intervention to help people with a variety of challenges and stressors. In this exploratory study, 57 university students were randomly assigned to a two-week daily Examen-based condition, while 58 students were assigned to a wait-list control condition. Questionnaires measuring hope, life meaning, satisfaction with life, mindfulness, compassion, stress, anxiety, and depression were administered pre- and post-intervention and subsequently at two-week follow-up. Significant differences were found for conditions on the measures of life meaning, satisfaction with life, and hope, suggesting that the Examen-based practice produces improvements in individuals' global evaluations of their lives as well as their perceptions of the future. Suggestions for further research are offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1239-1256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950006/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reinhard Grabenweger, Daniela Völz, Elisabeth Bumes, Megan Best, Piret Paal
{"title":"'Nurses as Gatekeepers': Nurses' Responses to Spiritual Needs of Patients with Primary Malignant Brain Tumors in Austria-Analysis of a Qualitative Vignette Study.","authors":"Reinhard Grabenweger, Daniela Völz, Elisabeth Bumes, Megan Best, Piret Paal","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02278-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02278-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper investigates the nurses' gatekeeping role for spiritual care in multi-disciplinary teams as a way of responding to the spiritual needs of patients with brain tumors in Austria. Using a validated vignette in an online survey, qualitative data from 56 neurosurgical nurses (30.4% response rate) were analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. One key theme, Nurses as Gatekeepers - Referral and Working with other Health Care Professionals, highlights nurses' critical role in spiritual care. Effective referrals depend on nurses' awareness of spiritual care specialists' roles, emphasizing their importance in ensuring comprehensive, team-based care for neuro-oncological patients with complex spiritual needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"732-753"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950041/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janaína Mengal Gomes Fabri, Leslie J Francis, Ursula McKenna, Liliana Isabel Faria Roldão, Eliane Ramos Pereira, Andrew Village, Sílvia Caldeira
{"title":"Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory.","authors":"Janaína Mengal Gomes Fabri, Leslie J Francis, Ursula McKenna, Liliana Isabel Faria Roldão, Eliane Ramos Pereira, Andrew Village, Sílvia Caldeira","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02275-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02275-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study was designed to translate the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised into Portuguese and to test this translation among a snowball sample of 266 Catholic priests serving in Portugal (91% diocesan). The data demonstrated: good internal consistency reliability for the two scales proposed by this instrument (negative affect, α = .89 and positive affect, α = .89); support for the association with a measure of self-compassion; and support for the theory of balanced affect against a measure of thoughts of leaving ministry. The priests were found to display a high level of positive affect that masked a degree of negative affect, with a third of them reporting that fatigue and irritation were part of their daily experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1287-1300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950038/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143558426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who do you Prefer to Take Care of you: A Jewish or an Arab Nurse? Nationality and Religion Preferences in Israeli Hospitals.","authors":"Pazit Azuri, Riki Halamish-Leshem, Ya'arit Bokek-Cohen, Mahdi Tarabeih","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02081-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02081-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies show that there are patients who refuse treatment or demand that treatment be provided by a professional belonging to their ethnic group. We investigated whether patients have preferences for nationality and religion of nurses (PFNR), and which factors impact these preferences. The study included 1012 Jews and Arabs. Results show that Arabs and Jews prefer that a nurse of their own nationality and religion treat them. Trust is the most important factor that influences this preference. In the Israeli healthcare system, the patient-nurse encounter is affected by the strong bias that Jews and Arab Muslims hold against each other.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"980-997"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493901","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}
Ana Afonso, Sara Sitefane, Janaína Fabri, Isabel Rabiais, Sílvia Caldeira
{"title":"Teaching Spirituality in Nursing: A Bibliometric Analysis.","authors":"Ana Afonso, Sara Sitefane, Janaína Fabri, Isabel Rabiais, Sílvia Caldeira","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02247-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02247-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study of spirituality in nursing education has become an emerging academic field, making it important to understand its evolution using bibliometric indicators. To achieve this, a search was conducted on July 8, 2024, using the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Titles and abstracts were screened in Rayyan, and data analysis was performed using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny in the R language. A total of two hundred thirty documents published between 1981 and 2024 were included. The United States contributed the most publications (n = 70), and Wilfred McSherry was the most prolific author, with 16 publications and the highest h-index. Nurse Education Today was the journal with the most publications. Transition themes identified include spiritual competence and spiritual care education.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"716-731"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammed Mustafa Beyoğlu, Erhan Kaya, Hüseyin Üçer, Musa Şahin, Yavuzalp Solak, Ayşegül Erdoğan
{"title":"Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Muslim Religious Officials Regarding Male Circumcision: The Case of Turkey.","authors":"Muhammed Mustafa Beyoğlu, Erhan Kaya, Hüseyin Üçer, Musa Şahin, Yavuzalp Solak, Ayşegül Erdoğan","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02187-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02187-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was aimed at evaluating the knowledge and attitudes of religious officials in Turkey about circumcision. Among the Imams, 96.7% (n = 234) were married, and 91.3% (n = 221) had male children. The place of circumcision was at home in 42.1% (n = 102), and 56.1% (n = 123) of the performers were not licensed physicians. Overall, 59.1% of the Imams believed that circumcision provided protection against HIV, 49.6% believed it reduced the risk of penile cancer, and 69.8% believed that circumcision increased sexual potency. Our research reveals that Imams in Turkey lack knowledge about circumcision.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1159-1172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629899","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":"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale: Psychometric Evaluation and Validity-Reliability Analyses.","authors":"Yusuf Taha Okan","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02209-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02209-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to develop the \"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale\" to explore how entrepreneurs incorporate spiritual values and social responsibilities into their business activities. The objective is to create a tool that accurately measures how entrepreneurs integrate spiritual values into their decisions, their understanding of purposeful entrepreneurship and their awareness of spiritual resilience and social responsibility. The study proceeded in three phases: a literature review, expert consultation and preliminary testing to ensure content validity. The exploratory factor analysis identified four main dimensions: spiritual values, purposefulness, spiritual resilience and social responsibility. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the structure, with fit indices (RMSEA = 0.077, CFI = 0.935) clearly demonstrating a good model fit. Reliability tests showed high internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.952), confirming the scale's validity and reliability. Previous studies have shown that entrepreneurs' perceptions of spiritual values and social responsibility significantly influence their business decisions. The \"Spiritual Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale\" is the recommended tool for use in entrepreneurship research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1341-1361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808089","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":"Approaches for Analyzing the Relationship Between Spirituality and Health Using Measures Contaminated with Indicators of Mental and Social Health.","authors":"Harold G Koenig, Lindsay B Carey","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02249-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02249-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There has been concern raised in religion/spirituality (R/S) research about the use of measures of spirituality that are contaminated by indicators of mental and/or social health. Many of these scales are used widely in published studies examining associations with health, and yet many researchers and reviewers are not aware of contamination issues. We have previously cautioned researchers to be careful in their choice of religious/spirituality (R/S) measures (Koenig and Carey in J Relig Health, 63(5):3729-3743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02112-6 , 2024), and to avoid using measures contaminated with the health outcome being assessed, which will result in tautological findings (particularly between spirituality and mental health). However, not all is lost. There are approaches for analyzing collected data using contaminated measures that can still result in meaningful and interpretable results, which may contribute to our knowledge of the impact of R/S on health. In this brief article, we describe several approaches for analyzing such data including deleting contaminated items from the scale, analyzing subscales separately, and modeling psychosocial scales, subscales, or collections of variables as mediators in the causal pathway that leads from R/S to health. The use of path analysis or structural equation modeling to identify direct effects and indirect effects through mediating constructs may also be helpful in this regard.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1276-1286"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980246","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":"Intensive Care Nurses' Pain Management Experiences within the Framework of the Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Model in Türkiye: A Qualitative Approach.","authors":"Aylin Bilgin, Sinem Öcalan, Mustafa Sabri Kovancı","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02251-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02251-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain, which includes biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors, is a common symptom experienced by patients in intensive care. This study aimed to uncover intensive care nurses' perspectives on pain management strategies, employing the biopsychosocial-spiritual model as the guiding framework. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method, engaging participants from diverse locations across five provinces and eight different institutions. The study involved 16 intensive care nurses and utilized semi-structured online Zoom interviews. Data analysis was conducted using Braun and Clarke's six stages, and reporting followed the consolidated criteria for qualitative studies. The answers of the nurses were grouped under four themes and six subthemes: (1) biological interventions, (2) psychological interventions, (3) social interventions: involving families in the process and (4) spiritual interventions: support religious activities. This study shows that intensive care nurses benefit from many practices in pain management. These interventions included medication management and ensuring physical comfort in the biological factor, distracting activities and being with the patient in the psychological factor, involving the family in care in the social factor and providing an environment that supports the patient's religious needs under the spiritual factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"948-964"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11950112/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}