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Abstract:
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.
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