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The Relationship Between Religiosity And Religious Coping To Stress Reactivity And Psychological Well-Being, Andrew M. Ward
The Relationship Between Religiosity And Religious Coping To Stress Reactivity And Psychological Well-Being, Andrew M. Ward
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A significant body of research has identified the deleterious effects of stress on psychological well-being (e.g., Tataro, Luecken, & Gunn, 2004). Religiosity and religious coping have been identified as variables that may impact a person’s experience with stress (Ano & Vasconcelles, 2005). Aukst-Margetic and Margetic (2005) suggest that the connection between stress, religious variables, and well-being can be understood through the frame of psychoimmunodocrinological research, which examines the relationship between neurohormonal functioning (e.g., cortisol level) with psychological factors that may impact health. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether acute stress reactivity, as measured by changes in cortisol …