TY - JOUR
T1 - The pain and gain of religious/spiritual struggles
T2 - a longitudinal study of South African adults
AU - Jung, Jong Hyun
AU - Pargament, Kenneth I.
AU - Joynt, Shaun
AU - De Kock, Johannes H.
AU - Cowden, Richard G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We used two waves of longitudinal data from a sample of South Africans (n = 274) to examine whether religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles following an interpersonal transgression might lead to both pain (i.e., depression) and gain (i.e., perceived posttraumatic growth) six months later. We also explored the role of positive R/S coping in modifying each of these associations. After adjusting for a variety of covariates and prior values of the respective outcome assessed at baseline, the results indicated that R/S struggles were associated with a small increase in depression and perceived posttraumatic growth six months later. Positive R/S coping moderated the association between R/S struggles and perceived posttraumatic growth (but not depression), with R/S struggles yielding a stronger positive association with perceived posttraumatic growth at lower levels of positive R/S coping. We discuss some implications of our findings for supporting people who encounter R/S struggles in the aftermath of interpersonal transgressions.
AB - We used two waves of longitudinal data from a sample of South Africans (n = 274) to examine whether religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles following an interpersonal transgression might lead to both pain (i.e., depression) and gain (i.e., perceived posttraumatic growth) six months later. We also explored the role of positive R/S coping in modifying each of these associations. After adjusting for a variety of covariates and prior values of the respective outcome assessed at baseline, the results indicated that R/S struggles were associated with a small increase in depression and perceived posttraumatic growth six months later. Positive R/S coping moderated the association between R/S struggles and perceived posttraumatic growth (but not depression), with R/S struggles yielding a stronger positive association with perceived posttraumatic growth at lower levels of positive R/S coping. We discuss some implications of our findings for supporting people who encounter R/S struggles in the aftermath of interpersonal transgressions.
KW - Posttraumatic growth
KW - psychological distress
KW - religion/spirituality
KW - religious coping
KW - South Africa
KW - transgression
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U2 - 10.1080/13674676.2021.2003312
DO - 10.1080/13674676.2021.2003312
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121335212
SN - 1367-4676
VL - 25
SP - 305
EP - 319
JO - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
JF - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
IS - 3
ER -