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CAUSAL LOCUS OF ILLNESS AND ADAPTATION TO FAMILY DISRUPTIONS.
- Source :
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; Fall68, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p210-218, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 1968
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Abstract
- The hypothesis is tested that in special conditions religious beliefs can function as a stablizing force on personal and social systems. The sample was drawn from an urban hospital population, using criteria that produced a largely low-income sample of mothers. The data show that under the conditions of heightened psycho-situational stress and limited resources for adaptation, mothers who located causality of illness in God, in contrast to those who viewed illness as naturalistically determined, were more likely to report a marginal rather than a difficult or a smooth adaptation to family disruptions during illness. Theoretical implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BELIEF & doubt
SOCIAL systems
MOTHERS
DISEASES
URBAN hospitals
FAMILIES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218294
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12194447
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1384628