TY - JOUR
T1 - En las Manos de Dios [in God's Hands]
T2 - Religious and Other Forms of Coping among Latinos with Arthritis
AU - Abraído-Lanza, Ana F.
AU - Vásquez, Elizabeth
AU - Echeverría, Sandra E.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - This study tested a theoretical model concerning religious, passive, and active coping; pain; and psychological adjustment among a sample of 200 Latinos with arthritis. Respondents reported using high levels of religious coping. A path analysis indicated that religious coping was correlated with active but not with passive coping. Religious coping was directly related to psychological well-being. Passive coping was associated with greater pain and worse adjustment. The effects of active coping on pain, depression, and psychological well-being were entirely indirect, mediated by acceptance of illness and self-efficacy. These findings warrant more research on the mechanisms that mediate the relationship between coping and health. This study contributes to a growing literature on religious coping among people with chronic illness, as well as contributing to a historically under-studied ethnic group.
AB - This study tested a theoretical model concerning religious, passive, and active coping; pain; and psychological adjustment among a sample of 200 Latinos with arthritis. Respondents reported using high levels of religious coping. A path analysis indicated that religious coping was correlated with active but not with passive coping. Religious coping was directly related to psychological well-being. Passive coping was associated with greater pain and worse adjustment. The effects of active coping on pain, depression, and psychological well-being were entirely indirect, mediated by acceptance of illness and self-efficacy. These findings warrant more research on the mechanisms that mediate the relationship between coping and health. This study contributes to a growing literature on religious coping among people with chronic illness, as well as contributing to a historically under-studied ethnic group.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.72.1.91
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.72.1.91
M3 - Article
C2 - 14756618
AN - SCOPUS:12144285898
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 72
SP - 91
EP - 102
JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JF - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
IS - 1
ER -