Does spirituality as a coping mechanism help or hinder coping with chronic pain?
Abstract
Chronic pain is a complex experience stemming from the interrelationship among biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. Many chronic pain patients use religious/spiritual forms of coping, such as prayer and spiritual support, to cope with their pain. This article explores empirical research that illustrates how religion/spirituality may impact the experience of pain and may help or hinder the coping process. This article also provides practical suggestions for health care professionals to aid in the exploration of spiritual issues that may contribute to the pain experience.
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Prayer is either the most common or second most common strategy used to cope with pain.
“A review on the possible relationship between religiosity and spirituality and pain122 reported that prayer is either the most common or the second most common strategy used to cope with pain”
From <p>Pain and Evil: From Local Nociception to Misery Following Social Harm</p> (2020) · cites this paper as [122]
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- Authors
- Wachholtz, A. B., & Pearce, M. J.
- Affiliations
- UMass Memorial Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wachholtz, Amy B.
- Venue
- Current Pain and Headache Reports
- Published
- 2009-03-14
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 127-132
- ISSN
- 1531-3433 (ISSN-L)
- 1534-3081
- OpenAlex
- W2073026902
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Current Pain and Headache Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- chronic pain, spirituality, coping strategies, prayer, spiritual support, pain experience, psychological factors in pain, healthcare workers
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Chronic Disease, Health Personnel, Humans, Pain, Religion and Medicine, Treatment Outcome, Spirituality, Pain Management
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