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Religiosity, coping, and suicidality within the religious Zionist community of Israela thematic qualitative analysis.
- Source :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture; Dec2011, Vol. 14 Issue 10, p1031-1047, 17p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The relationship between religion and mental health has been the subject of extensive research, particularly in recent years. The issues of coping and suicidality have also been widely studied. Significantly, however, how religious people cope with harsh life situations is an area which has been overlooked. The present study based on 18 semi-structured interviews, analyses have members of the Religious Zionist community in Israel cope with harsh life situations. Although the study confirms the conclusions of previous research – in general religion creates a buffer to suicide – the results showed a relatively low impact of religiosity on coping: in general these religious interviewees found it difficult to access their religiosity during harsh life situations. The paper suggests a range of explanations, for example the complexity of personal and collective identities which characterise this group, or – more significantly – the possibilty that religious coping is not actually absent but is only available in a second, later stage of coping. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- SUICIDE prevention
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
GROUNDED theory
INTERVIEWING
JUDAISM
LIFE
LIFE change events
RESEARCH methodology
PSYCHOLOGY & religion
STATISTICAL sampling
STRESS management
QUALITATIVE research
SOCIAL attitudes
SOCIAL support
THEMATIC analysis
SUICIDAL ideation
PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13674676
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 84918169
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2010.548059