Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2014

Department

Counseling and Human Development

Abstract

Significant associations of private prayer with mental health have been found, while mechanisms underlying these associations are largely unknown. This cross-sectional online study (N = 325, age: 35.74, SD: 18.50, 77.5% female) used path modeling to test if trust-based beliefs (whether, when, and how prayers are answered) mediated the associations of prayer frequency with the Anxiety, Confusion, and Depression Profile of Mood States-Short Form (POMS) scales. The association of prayer and Depression was fully mediated by trust-based beliefs; associations with Anxiety and Confusion were partially mediated. Further the interaction of prayer frequency by stress was association with Anxiety.

Comments

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9688-z

Original Publication Information

Pössel, Patrick, Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Annie C. Bjerg, Benjamin D. Jeppsen and Don T. Wooldridge. "Do Trust-Based Beliefs Mediate the Associations of Frequency of Private Prayer with Mental Health? A Cross-Sectional Study." 2014. Journal of Religion and Health 53(3): 904-916.

DOI

10.1007/s10943-013-9688-z

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