{"title":"Self-transcendent dispositions and spirituality: the mediating role of believing in a benevolent world","authors":"A. Chirico, M. Pizzolante, D. Villani","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2079041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2079041","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The considerable connection between religiosity/spirituality and positivity in life in general has been widely demonstrated. However, preliminary evidence has shown that when also a cognitive component is included, the direction of this relationship seems to emerge more clearly. Specifically, the differential pathways linking specific positive self-transcendent (ST) experiences and religiosity/spirituality is still an open issue. In this study, we explored the cognitive pathways linking general ST to spirituality and religiosity, via basic beliefs. The results obtained were partially in line with the existing literature. Notably, being a believer or not did not affect the emotional side but only the cognitive one.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83173893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Kaufman, Kristoffer Berlin, T. Okwumabua, I. Thurston
{"title":"Spirituality and Religiosity Profiles among Diverse Young Adults: The Relationship with Meaning Making","authors":"C. Kaufman, Kristoffer Berlin, T. Okwumabua, I. Thurston","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2074338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2074338","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored how patterns of spirituality/religiosity relate to meaning-making among 199 racially diverse young adults (74.5% non-Hispanic Black, 65.1% Christian, and 49% female). Participants completed measures of demographics, spirituality/religiosity, and meaning-making. Latent profile analysis revealed four profiles: “Average Spirituality/Religiosity, Higher Negative Religious Coping Class (AHNR),” “High Religiosity, Mixed Spirituality (HRMS),” “Low Religiosity, Lower Spirituality (LRLS),” and “Highest Spirituality/Religiosity, Lower Negative Religious Coping (HLNRC).” The HLNRC class reported higher meaning-making than the AHNR and HRMS classes. The AHNR and LRLS classes reported higher meaning-making than the HRMS class. Findings highlight the heterogeneity of spirituality/religiosity and relevancy to meaning-making.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74599970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ibn qayyim al-jawzīyah’s islāmic psychology: psychological and spiritual diseases","authors":"G. Rassool, Mugheera Luqman","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2068467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2068467","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah is one of the flag bearers of Islāmic psychology. Ibn Qayyim had rightly identified the relation between the physical and spiritual ailments. He has contributed both in the fields of spiritual and physical health. For curing psycho-spiritual diseases, he has proposed number of spiritual interventions that include faith in God, worship, dhikr (remembrance of God) patience, and supplication. He has also proposed cognitive-behavioral model and the therapeutic intervention of cognitive restructuring that is based on reliance and trust in God for those who are suffering from deprivation or loss.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76587379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Wilt, Julie J. Exline, Peter Jeong, Dorothy Yun, Joyce T. Takahashi, K. Pargament
{"title":"Imagined Conversations with God during Divine Struggles: Relationships with Global Views of God and Struggle-Specific Interactions","authors":"J. Wilt, Julie J. Exline, Peter Jeong, Dorothy Yun, Joyce T. Takahashi, K. Pargament","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2065944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2065944","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In a sample of undergraduates who reported divine struggles (N= 290), we coded imagined conversations with God about the struggle for salient themes. We examined how these themes related to global views of God and struggle-specific responses to God. As hypothesized, participants with more positive global God concepts included more communal themes in their imagined expressions to God (e.g., gratitude) and responses from God (e.g., unconditional love), and they were also less likely to envision themselves complaining to God. More communal expressions and fewer complaint expressions, in turn, predicted more positive emotions, behaviors, and coping responses focused on God.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84820986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurements of spirituality in the context of 12-step treatment: problem with theological analysis","authors":"Sergei Korchevoi","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2048982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2048982","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite more than the 80-year history of the AA movement, there is a gap in academic knowledge about the essence of AA spiritual concepts. One particularly important lacuna about AA practice is weakness of theoretical frame for the often-used measuring tools of spiritual variables in quantitative studies. This article argues that theological analysis of AA practice can be a very useful part of empirical studies if the researcher’s theological commitments favor studying nonconfessional groups. A promising possible vein for future research is proposed.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91317704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Moshki, Fatemeh SabetiKakhk, Afrooz Mousavi, Mitra Dogonchi
{"title":"Psychometrics properties of the spiritual transcendence scale (STS) among Iranian university students","authors":"M. Moshki, Fatemeh SabetiKakhk, Afrooz Mousavi, Mitra Dogonchi","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2043222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2043222","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this cross sectional study, the subjects were 390 students. The findings revealed two components of spiritual transcendence and spiritual openness and also the questions that had high factor loadings with these components are largely consistent with the findings of the scale’s authors. Construct validity and reliability were ascertained and the goodness of fit was determined for the Spiritual Transcendence Scale (KMO: 91). The ensemble of the model’s coefficients are x2/sd = 418.39, RMESEA = .68, NFI = .95, CFI = .97. Results showed that the exploratory two-factor analysis (EFA) of this research is good-fitted without the need for modification.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86140218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reclaiming faith identity: through progressive journaling","authors":"J. D. Cook, Thomas L. Cook","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2031372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2031372","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In our multicultural world, the counselor must provide a safe environment within which the client’s recognition of healthy and unhealthy beliefs are facilitated. Communications between counselor and client depend critically on the faith narrative each has developed over time from the brain’s natural inclination to organize and interpret accumulated personal experience. It is crucial for the culturally competent counselor to have a thorough ownership of his or her own faith narrative. This article describes the author’s use of journaling to provide a framework for self-analysis within his personal faith narrative in an attempt to grow in cultural awareness and humility.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84144284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Malviya, P. Meredith, Barbra Zupan, Lachlan Kerley
{"title":"Identifying alternative mental health interventions: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials of chanting and breathwork","authors":"S. Malviya, P. Meredith, Barbra Zupan, Lachlan Kerley","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2021.2010631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2021.2010631","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This systematic review of randomized controlled trials investigated the effects of two religious/spiritual (R/S) practices (breathwork and chanting) on mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms). After registering with PROSPERO (CRD42020136645), a systematic search of four major databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and ProQuest) was undertaken using predetermined eligibility criteria. Quality of included studies was assessed using the PEDro scale and Cochrane risk of bias tool. Although varying in quality, 15 included studies provide moderate to strong support for the effectiveness of chanting and breathwork to alleviate anxiety, depression, stress, and symptoms of PTSD.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88281467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dark side of Dharma: meditation, madness and other Maladies on the contemplative path. A book review","authors":"Priscilla Boyd","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2021.1956398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2021.1956398","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83378281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psycho-religious counseling approach towards the existential “meaning of being”","authors":"G. Serra","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2021.2006855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2021.2006855","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The assertions outlined throughout this article are intrinsic to the “search for meaning” as centrality of human nature. The approach consists of a systematic study from the theoretical link Religion-Philosophy-Psychology underlying the spirituality and religiosity of the counselees in their way they manifest themselves in the sense of existing in relation with reality. It consists of a psycho-religious counseling, which can be useful to be applied to any religion, based on the phenomenological method and existential analysis, taking into account the ontological specificities of the counselees, so that they can actively reach a “meaning of being.” A didactic example of case study is presented to illustrate its usefulness for the Christian religion context.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78527472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}