ISSN:
1573-6571
Inhalt:
The purpose of this study was to examine whether meaning in life understood in terms of presence, search, and personal meaning is a mediator in the relationships between religious coping and psychological well-being. Associations of religiousness and psychological well-being are complex and suggest the existence of meaning and purpose in their internal structures. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, presence of meaning in life was a mediator between negative coping and psychological well-being in the scope of a total score and all its dimensions. Search for meaning in life did not mediate the above relations. In Study 2, personal meaning turned out to be a partial mediator between negative coping and psychological well-being. These findings suggest that meaning in life is a crucial element of religious coping and psychological well-being that is used by people as a part of their meaning system to cope with life’s difficulties and challenges.
In:
Journal of religion and health, New York, NY [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 1961, 54(2015), 6, Seite 2292-2308, 1573-6571
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volume:54
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year:2015
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number:6
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pages:2292-2308
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/s10943-014-9983-3
