TY - JOUR
T1 - Religiosity, magical ideation, and paranormal beliefs in anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Agorastos, Agorastos
AU - Metscher, Tanja
AU - Huber, Christian G.
AU - Jelinek, Lena
AU - Vitzthum, Francesca
AU - Muhtz, Christoph
AU - Kellner, Michael
AU - Moritz, Steffen
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Anxiety disorders Obsessive-compulsive disorderOCD Paranormal beliefs Magical ideation Coping Religiosity SpiritualityThe relation between religiosity/spirituality (R/S), personal beliefs, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, concerning anxiety disorders (ADs), empirical evidence is scarce. This study investigated the differences in R/S and magical/paranormal ideation among obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (OCD; n = 49), patients with other ADs (n = 36), and healthy controls (HCs; n = 35). Our results suggest negative religious coping as being the only parameter showing significantly higher scores in OCD and AD participants in comparison with HCs. Negative religious coping reflects negative functional expressions of R/S in stressful situations. Logistic regression also suggested negative religious coping as the strongest predictor of group affiliation to the nonhealthy group. Further results show no significant differences between other R/S, magical, and paranormal ideation traits among groups. This study underlines an important role of negative religious coping in ADs yet does not clearly indicate a specific causality. Religious-sensitive treatment targeting cognitive aspects of negative religious coping are discussed.
AB - Anxiety disorders Obsessive-compulsive disorderOCD Paranormal beliefs Magical ideation Coping Religiosity SpiritualityThe relation between religiosity/spirituality (R/S), personal beliefs, and mental health has been extensively studied. However, concerning anxiety disorders (ADs), empirical evidence is scarce. This study investigated the differences in R/S and magical/paranormal ideation among obsessive-compulsive disorder patients (OCD; n = 49), patients with other ADs (n = 36), and healthy controls (HCs; n = 35). Our results suggest negative religious coping as being the only parameter showing significantly higher scores in OCD and AD participants in comparison with HCs. Negative religious coping reflects negative functional expressions of R/S in stressful situations. Logistic regression also suggested negative religious coping as the strongest predictor of group affiliation to the nonhealthy group. Further results show no significant differences between other R/S, magical, and paranormal ideation traits among groups. This study underlines an important role of negative religious coping in ADs yet does not clearly indicate a specific causality. Religious-sensitive treatment targeting cognitive aspects of negative religious coping are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6e92
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6e92
M3 - Article
C2 - 22986279
AN - SCOPUS:84867404159
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 200
SP - 876
EP - 884
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 10
ER -