학술논문
Religious Coping and Mental Health Outcomes: The Mediating Roles of Event Centrality, Negative Affect, and Social Support for Military Veterans
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Article
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Military Behavioral Health; January 2018, Vol. 6 Issue: 1 p22-29, 8p
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21635781; 21635803
Abstract
ABSTRACTWhile commonly studied in the civilian population, few studies have examined mediators between religious functioning and psychological outcomes in military veterans. This article examines social support, event centrality, and negative affect as potential mediators between positive and negative religious functioning and mental health outcomes in a sample of 90 veterans. Event centrality and negative affect fully mediated the relationship between religious strain and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Further, social support fully mediated the relationship between religious comfort and positive outcomes. The results suggest important mediators exist in the relationships between positive and negative forms of religious functioning and mental health in military veterans.