July, 2019 | Transforming Chaplaincy

Spiritual Stress and Coping Model of Divorce: A Longitudinal Study

July 16, 2019 family, marriage

This study represents the first longitudinal effort to use a spiritual stress and coping model to predict adults’ psychosocial adjustment following divorce. A community sample of 89 participants [...]
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Spirituality and Religion in Patients with HIV/AIDS

July 16, 2019 HIV/AIDS

BACKGROUND: Spirituality and religion are often central issues for patients dealing with chronic illness. The purpose of this study is to characterize spirituality/ religion in a large and [...]
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Religious Coping and Physiological, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Outcomes in Patients with HIV/AIDS: Cross-sectional and Longtiudinal Findings

July 16, 2019 HIV/AIDS

Abstract The present study investigated the relationships between positive religious coping (e.g., seeking spiritual support) and spiritual struggle (e.g., anger at God) versus viral load, CD4 [...]
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Development and implementation of a spiritual coping group intervention for adults living with HIV/AIDS: A pilot study

July 16, 2019 HIV/AIDS

The aims of the current study were to (1) describe a spirituality-oriented, group pilot intervention for HIV-positive adults, and (2) examine the preliminary impact of the intervention among a [...]
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Screening for religious/spiritual struggle in blood and marrow transplant patients

July 16, 2019 hematology

Purpose A growing body of research documents the harmful effects of religious/spiritual (R/S) struggle (e.g., feeling abandoned or punished by God) among patients with a wide variety of [...]
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