Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional study.
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Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional study. / Agorastos, Agorastos; Metscher, Tanja; Huber, Christian; Jelinek, Lena; Vitzthum, Francesca; Muhtz, Christoph; Kellner, Michael; Moritz, Steffen.
in: J NERV MENT DIS, Jahrgang 200, Nr. 10, 10, 01.10.2012, S. 876-884.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional study.
AU - Agorastos, Agorastos
AU - Metscher, Tanja
AU - Huber, Christian
AU - Jelinek, Lena
AU - Vitzthum, Francesca
AU - Muhtz, Christoph
AU - Kellner, Michael
AU - Moritz, Steffen
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - The relation between religiosity/spirituality (R/S), personal beliefs, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, concerning anxiety disorders (ADs), empirical evidence is scarce. This study investigated the differences in R/S and magical/paranormal ideation among obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (OCD; n = 49), patients with other ADs (n = 36), and healthy controls (HCs; n = 35). Our results suggest negative religious coping as being the only parameter showing significantly higher scores in OCD and AD participants in comparison with HCs. Negative religious coping reflects negative functional expressions of R/S in stressful situations. Logistic regression also suggested negative religious coping as the strongest predictor of group affiliation to the nonhealthy group. Further results show no significant differences between other R/S, magical, and paranormal ideation traits among groups. This study underlines an important role of negative religious coping in ADs yet does not clearly indicate a specific causality. Religious-sensitive treatment targeting cognitive aspects of negative religious coping are discussed.
AB - The relation between religiosity/spirituality (R/S), personal beliefs, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, concerning anxiety disorders (ADs), empirical evidence is scarce. This study investigated the differences in R/S and magical/paranormal ideation among obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (OCD; n = 49), patients with other ADs (n = 36), and healthy controls (HCs; n = 35). Our results suggest negative religious coping as being the only parameter showing significantly higher scores in OCD and AD participants in comparison with HCs. Negative religious coping reflects negative functional expressions of R/S in stressful situations. Logistic regression also suggested negative religious coping as the strongest predictor of group affiliation to the nonhealthy group. Further results show no significant differences between other R/S, magical, and paranormal ideation traits among groups. This study underlines an important role of negative religious coping in ADs yet does not clearly indicate a specific causality. Religious-sensitive treatment targeting cognitive aspects of negative religious coping are discussed.
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Personality Inventory
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology
KW - Culture
KW - Anxiety Disorders/psychology
KW - Magic/psychology
KW - Religion
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Personality Inventory
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology
KW - Culture
KW - Anxiety Disorders/psychology
KW - Magic/psychology
KW - Religion
U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6e92
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6e92
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 22986279
VL - 200
SP - 876
EP - 884
JO - J NERV MENT DIS
JF - J NERV MENT DIS
SN - 0022-3018
IS - 10
M1 - 10
ER -