{"title":"The Effect of Spiritual Therapies on the Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Abdullah Avcı, Esra Çavuşoğlu","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02199-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02199-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The number of studies investigating the effects of spiritual therapies on the quality of life of women diagnosed with breast cancer is quite limited. This systematic review searched the databases \"Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed\" using the keywords \"Breast cancer,\" \"Spirituality\" and \"Spiritual therapies\" and found a total of four studies. The scanning was conducted by two independent reviewers between March 19 and 22, 2024. Included studies were published between 2013 and 2024. These studies found that spiritual therapy has positive effects on the quality of life of women with breast cancer. It is recommended that studies of high methodological quality are conducted to investigate the effect of spiritual therapy on the quality of life of women with breast cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"448-461"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787258","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":"\"You Think We are in the Stone Age, but We Have Already Made Progress-Where are You?\": A Qualitative Study of Ultra-orthodox Women's Telemedicine Service Usage in Israel.","authors":"Irit Chudner, Anat Drach-Zahavy, Batya Madjar, Leah Gelman, Sonia Habib","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02212-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02212-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women's attitudes toward video-consultation usage in Israeli primary care settings. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-two women from diverse Ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel, using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Despite traditionally limited digital tool usage, participants showed readiness for video-consultations' adoption through dedicated 'kosher' medical devices. Key motivations included after-hours accessibility, convenience, and privacy, while barriers involved cultural stigma and technology concerns. Healthcare organizations should develop dedicated telemedicine devices aligned with religious values, offering insights for implementing culturally sensitive services for religious minority groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"166-185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845437/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142903892","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":"The Different Faces of Religion in Therapy: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of a Religion-Based Therapeutic Community for Addiction Recovery in Israel.","authors":"Michal Pagis, Ayala Elbaz, Yitzhak Ben Yair","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02152-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02152-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the impact of the integration of religion and psychological treatment in a religion-based therapeutic community for persons in recovery from addiction in Israel. Based on an exploratory qualitative study that includes participant observation in a Jewish forgiveness therapy training course and in-depth interviews with counselors working in the community, we identify three themes that characterize the therapeutic process. First, religion emerges as a challenge in therapy, one that should be addressed with sensitivity. Second, religion can be turned into a spiritual and cultural resource in the recovery process, with a cautious and sensitive approach. Third, religion can offer a remedial experience, without necessarily involving an intensification of faith. We offer principles that can help guide decisions regarding the integration of religion into therapy, with a focus on addiction treatment oriented to clients with a religious background.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"64-81"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477837","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":"What About the Child? Toward a Catholic Soteriology of Aborted Fetuses.","authors":"Collin Olen-Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02166-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02166-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this essay, I utilize a historical methodology into Catholic thought on abortion, looking toward the foundational viewpoint of original sin as justification for the need to baptize infants for the sake of their salvation. Then, I highlight how abortion has developed and shifted throughout the twentieth century vis-à-vis Papal Encyclicals and Vatican II. Strikingly, there is a resounding silence on the soteriology of aborted fetuses in Canon Law. Finally, I return to the clinical context to indicate the theological tension between the Catholic Church's foundational belief on the need to baptize and their procedural ethic on the soteriology of aborted fetuses, resulting in the uncertainty of the salvation for unbaptized aborted fetuses.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"413-431"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583647","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}
Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha, Abdullah Farasani, Ahmed Ali Jerah, Saleh M Abdullah, Bassem Oraibi, Yasir Babiker, Hassan Ahmad Alfaifi, Amal Hamdan Alzahrani, Ahmed S Alamer, Tawfeeq Altherwi, Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, Waseem Hassan
{"title":"Thematic Evolution and Scholarly Contributions: A Study of the Top 100 Most Cited Papers in the Journal of Religion and Health.","authors":"Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha, Abdullah Farasani, Ahmed Ali Jerah, Saleh M Abdullah, Bassem Oraibi, Yasir Babiker, Hassan Ahmad Alfaifi, Amal Hamdan Alzahrani, Ahmed S Alamer, Tawfeeq Altherwi, Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, Waseem Hassan","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02203-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02203-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Journal of Religion and Health (JORH) has significantly contributed to the intersection of spirituality and healthcare since its inception in 1961. We analyzed the top 100 most cited papers published in JORH, which may provide insights into authorship patterns, institutional affiliations, and publication dynamics. The data was retrieved from the Scopus database. Details about the annual growth rate of publications, citation metrics, authorship trends, and collaboration patterns among authors, universities, and countries are provided. A total of 3,359 papers were published in JORH. The top 100 most cited papers exhibited an annual growth rate of 3.14%. The average age of these documents was 12.8 years, with each paper receiving an average of 88.87 citations. The analysis identified 289 authors contributing to these highly cited works, of which 11 authors produced single-authored documents, resulting in 12 single-authored papers. The co-authorship rate averaged 3.27 authors per document, with an international collaboration rate of 16%, indicating moderate global engagement. The authors were affiliated with 141 universities across 21 countries. Performance metrics, including the number of papers, citations, h-index, g-index, m-index, HG composite, and q2 index, highlighted the contributions of top authors. The analysis also included a focus on the thematic evolution of papers through unigram, bigram, and trigram analyses. This bibliometric study of the top 100 most cited papers in JORH may underscore the journal's role in fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and highlight areas for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"6-33"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142792484","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":"A Critical Review on Pargament's Theory of Religious Coping: In the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Muzzamel Hussain Imran, Xin Leng","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02136-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02136-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Religious coping has a constant association with mental health when dealing with distressing events in life. In this case, the religious coping theory of Pargament can be a theoretical model for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to investigate how positive religious coping can help us to overcome a negative life event. This theoretical study tried to find positive models of religious coping approaches, develop a concise measurement of these religious coping approaches, and investigate their effects on mental health in difficult situations. We reviewed the psychological impact of the pandemic, specifically negative psychological effects, e.g., fear of getting sick, anxiety, and distress. The article presents an effectual, theoretically suggestive way to assimilate religious aspects into patterns and studies of coping, stressors, and mental health. This paper argues that religious coping can help us to overcome mental stress during a difficult situation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"657-671"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142308785","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":"Correction to: Barriers to Initiating Psychotherapy Faced by Jewish-Identified People in the United States.","authors":"Anna Jean Berman, Scott Woolley","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02115-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02115-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127024","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":"Barriers to Initiating Psychotherapy Faced by Jewish-Identified People in the United States.","authors":"Anna Jean Berman, Scott Woolley","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02097-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02097-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The researchers investigated stigma against psychotherapy, Jewish culture, Rabbinical influence, and religiosity as perceived barriers by Jewish persons in the United States when initiating psychotherapy (n = 94). Researchers discovered stigma as a barrier (p = 0.015). Age, location, gender, and relationship status were added as predictors, revealing male gender (t(84) = 6.257, p < 0.001) as a negative predictor, and Rabbinical influence (t(84) = 2.049, p = 0.044) as a positive predictor for initiating psychotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"225-243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11845558/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989159","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":"Determination of Comfort Levels and Spiritual Care Needs of Gynecologic Cancer Patients with Abdominal Drains: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study in Turkey.","authors":"Sakine Yılmaz, Yadigar Ordu, Funda Atalay","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02139-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02139-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was conducted to determine the comfort levels and spiritual care needs of gynecologic cancer patients with abdominal drains. The study was conducted with 61 gynecologic cancer patients with abdominal drains at the gynecologic oncology surgery clinic of a state hospital in Turkey. Data were collected using the \"Participant Information Form,\" \"Perianesthesia Comfort Questionnaire (PCQ)\", and \"Spiritual Care Needs Inventory\". Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data. It was found that the postoperative comfort of the patients in this study was above a moderate level. Patients who did not need spiritual care, did not fulfil religious rituals regularly and did not receive social support had a high level of comfort in the early postoperative period. Patients with gynecologic cancer were found to have high spiritual care needs. Patients without chronic diseases, possessing a single abdominal drain, familiar with the concept of spiritual care, expressing a need for spiritual care, engaging in regular religious rituals, and enjoying social support were identified as having elevated spiritual care needs. Within the framework of holistic nursing care provided to gynecologic cancer patients with abdominal drains, the results reveal the necessity of spiritual care and the importance of comfort.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"519-535"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337017","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 Forgotten Knowledge: Pandemics in Islamic Manuscripts.","authors":"Nyimas Umi Kalsum, Mustaqim Pabbajah, Irwan Abdullah, Vincamira Tasha Florika","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02176-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02176-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>COVID-19 is far from the first pandemic in history. Classical manuscripts show that plague and pestilence have long troubled humanity which have had significant religious, social, and medical ramifications. However, these manuscripts have been neglected rather than being taken into consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic response. This article explores Islamic views regarding pandemics, the human factors that contributed to past pandemics, and the recommended mitigation and treatment approaches. Taking three manuscripts-Bażl al mā'un fī faşl aț țā'un, by Ibn Hajr Al Asqolani; Mā Rawāhu al Mā'ūn fī akhbari aț țā'un, by Jalaluddin asy Syuyuty; and Risāah al mughniyah fī sukūti wa luzūmi l buyūt, by Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah al Baghdady-as its corpus, this study analyzes classical texts to understand the historical records and representations of pandemics. Critical analysis, supported by several concepts and theories, is used to connect the texts to the relevant contexts, thereby providing a foundation for using classical manuscripts as sources of knowledge and understanding during times of a pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"639-656"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142773787","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}