Exploring the Relationship between Spirituality, Coping, and Pain
Abstract
There is growing recognition that persistent pain is a complex and multidimensional experience stemming from the interrelationship among biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. Chronic pain patients use a number of cognitive and behavioral strategies to cope with their pain, including religious/spiritual forms of coping, such as prayer, and seeking spiritual support to manage their pain. This article will explore the relationship between the experience of pain and religion/spirituality with the aim of understanding not only why some people rely on their faith to cope with pain, but also how religion/spirituality may impact the experience of pain and help or hinder the coping process. We will also identify future research priorities that may provide fruitful research in illuminating the relationship between religion/spirituality and pain.
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Spiritual beliefs can positively influence health, pain perception, and tolerance.
“Accordingly, spiritual beliefs can positively influence health, pain perception, and tolerance.124,125”
From <p>Pain and Evil: From Local Nociception to Misery Following Social Harm</p> (2020) · cites this paper as [125]
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- Authors
- Wachholtz, A. B., Pearce, M. J., & Koenig, H.
- Affiliations
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wachholtz, Amy B.
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2007-06-02
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 311-318
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- OpenAlex
- W2066369569
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- spirituality, chronic pain, pain coping, prayer, spiritual support, religious coping, pain experience, multidimensional pain
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Pain, Religion and Psychology, Spirituality
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