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A Critical Comprehensive Review of Religiosity and Anxiety Disorders in Adults

verfasst von: Dany R. Khalaf, Ludger F. Hebborn, Sylvain J. Dal, Wadih J. Naja

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 4/2015

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Abstract

Over the past three decades, there has been increasing research with respect to the relation of religion and mental health disorders. Consequently, the current article aims to first provide a comprehensive literature review of the interplay between different domains of religiosity and a wide variety of categorical anxiety disorders in adults, and secondly, to uncover the major methodological flaws often yielding mixed, contradictory and unreliable results. The search was conducted using the PubMed/Medline database and included papers published between 1970 and 2012, under a rigorous set of inclusion/exclusion criteria. A total of ten publications were retained as part of the current study, and three main outcomes were identified: (1) certain aspects of religiosity and specific religious interventions have mostly had a protective impact on generalized anxiety disorder (40 % of the studies); (2) other domains of religiosity demonstrated no association with post-traumatic stress disorder (30 % of the studies); and (3) mixed results were seen for panic and phobic disorders.

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Titel: A Critical Comprehensive Review of Religiosity and Anxiety Disorders in Adults
verfasst von: Dany R. Khalaf
Ludger F. Hebborn
Sylvain J. Dal
Wadih J. Naja
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-014-9981-5

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