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Red flags and religious coping: Identifying some religious warning signs among people in crisis
Author(s) -
Pargament Kenneth I.,
Zinnbauer Brian J.,
Scott Allie B.,
Butter Eric M.,
Zerowin Jill,
Stanik Patricia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199801)54:1<77::aid-jclp9>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - warning signs , flags register , psychology , coping (psychology) , psychiatry , social psychology , medical emergency , clinical psychology , medicine , transport engineering , computer science , engineering , operating system
This study attempts to identify some of the signs of ineffective religious involvement in coping. Drawing from a process/integration model of efficacious coping, three broad types of religious warning signs were defined and 11 subscales were developed. These subscales were administered to a group of Roman Catholic church members and two groups of college undergraduates who had experienced different types of negative life events in the past two years. Statistical analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between these subscales and measures of general mental health and event specific outcome. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are considered. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 77–89, 1998.