Chronic Pain and Praying to a Higher Power: Useful or Useless?

Andersson, Gerhard

doi:10.1007/s10943-007-9148-8

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Chronic Pain and Praying to a Higher Power: Useful or Useless?

Andersson, Gerhard·2008·Journal of Religion and Health

DOI 10.1007/s10943-007-9148-8

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In the present study a Swedish sample of 118 persons with chronic pain completed online tests on two occasions in association with treatment trials. A three item subscale measuring praying as a coping strategy was derived from the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), but adapted to refer to "a higher power" instead of "God". Measures of pain and anxiety/depression were also included. Results revealed significant associations between praying and pain interference and impairment. Praying was also associated with anxiety and depression scores. Results also showed that prayer predicted depression scores at follow-up, and that follow-up prayer was predicted by pain interference at first measurement occasion. Overall, if prayer had any relation with the other variables it was in the negative direction of more distress being associated with more praying both concurrently and prospectively.

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Of the 18 best studies, nine (50%) reported inverse relationships (less pain among the more R/S or reduced pain in response to an R/S intervention).
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Authors: Andersson, G.
Affiliations: Linköping University (SE)
Corresponding author: Andersson, Gerhard
ORCID: Andersson, Gerhard
Venue: Journal of Religion and Health
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2007-09-15
Volume: 47
Issue: 2
Pages: 176-187
ISSN: 0022-4197 (ISSN-L)
1573-6571
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-007-9148-8
OpenAlex: W2070631377
Cited by: 39
References: 52
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FWCI: 1.47
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Religion and Health (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Keywords: prayer, chronic pain, coping strategies, pain interference, pain-related impairment, anxiety, depression, religious coping, Coping Strategies Questionnaire, higher power
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Chronic Disease, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Surveys and Questionnaires, Religion, Sweden

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Chronic Pain and Praying to a Higher Power: Useful or Useless?

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