Religion as a Meaning‐Making Framework in Coping with Life Stress

By Crystal L. Park. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Crystal L. Park
2. Barbara L. Fredrickson
3. J. Currier
4. E. Diener
5. B. Larner
6. A. Blow
7. L. King
8. M. Vaughan

In General Health Professions

1. Crystal L. Park
2. J. Currier
3. B. Larner
4. A. Blow
5. L. King
6. S. Ward
7. Samantha J. Heintzelman
8. R. Neimeyer

In Health

1. V. Saroglou
2. E. Diener
3. Chu Kim-prieto
4. C. Klein
5. Crystal L. Park
6. Patty Van Cappellen
7. B. Larner
8. A. Blow

Citations in the corpus

• Becoming a Mother: The Influence of Motherhood on Women's Identity Development (2015, background): “Experience cannot be separated from assumptions and ideologies that provide a system of meaning for individuals, and it can be argued that this is particularly true with religious and spiritual ideologies (Park, 2005).”
• Religion as a source of variation in the experience of positive and negative emotions (2009, background): “Research in this domain include those that consider religion’s role in providing life purpose and meaning to its adherents (Park, 2005; Park, Cohen, & Herb, 1990), source of spiritual strivings (Emmons, 1999; Emmons et al., 1998; Mahoney, Pargament, Cole, Jewell, Magyar et al., 2005), as well as…”
• On the belief in God : Towards an understanding of the emotional substrates of compensatory control (2008, background): “Of course, given the breadth and magnitude of religious beliefs, there are undoubtedly many causes to their widespread adoption (Atran & Norenzayan, 2004; Boyer, 2003; Epley et al., 2008; Guthrie, 1993; Jonas & Fischer, 2006; McIntosh, 1995; Norenzayan & Hansen, 2006; Osarchuk & Tatz, 1973; Pargamen”
• Bereavement, religion, and posttraumatic growth: A matched control group investigation. (2013, background): “, 2003), meaning systems organized along religious/spiritual lines might similarly require reorganization and play a central role in coming to terms with the loss of a valued attachment relationship (Park, 2005; Wortmann & Park, 2008, 2009).”
• A Model of Meaning-Making Coping and Growth in Combat Veterans (2011, methodology): “Combat Veterans We propose a model of meaning-making coping after trauma specific to combat veterans (see Figure 1), based on previous work regarding meaning-making coping after trauma (Park, 2005; Park & Ai, 2006; Park & Folkman, 1997).”
• Beyond the Search for Meaning (2016, background): “For instance, in the face of bereavement, religion can provide a system for meaning making that facilitates healthy coping (Park, 2005).”
• Making sense of the meaning literature: an integrative review of meaning making and its effects on adjustment to stressful life events. (2010, background): “In a cross-sectional study of bereaved undergraduates, Park (2005b) found that the extent to which bereavement violated global meaning was related to higher levels of distress, particularly for those more recently bereaved, and in the above-cited study of college students dealing with loss, higher…”
• The Role of Moral Emotions in Military Trauma: Implications for the Study and Treatment of Moral Injury (2014, background): “Given the role of religion/spirituality in shaping global meaning among a majority of the world’s citizens (Park, 2005), many service members’ beliefs/values and future goals are likely permeated with moralities that are defined in part by the teachings and behavioral norms of their particular…”
• Religion and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions (2014, background): “This assumption is bolstered by cross-sectional and longitudinal research that has shown that the relationship between religiosity/spirituality and well-being is mediated by meaning in life and perceived control (Jackson and Bergeman 2011; Kashdan and Nezlek 2012; Park 2005).”
• The effects of religion on consumer behavior: A conceptual framework and research agenda (2016, background): “Shared beliefs include cognitive concepts such as transcendent God concepts, supernatural agents, and divine principles, which help individuals seek the truths in their worlds through a meaning-making process (Park, 2005).”
• Images of a Loving God and Sense of Meaning in Life (2013, background): “For example, an individual can believe that behind the immediate difficulties lies the larger hand of a lovingly involved God (Park 2005a).”
• Coming Out Growth: Conceptualizing and Measuring Stress-Related Growth Associated with Coming Out to Others as a Sexual Minority (2010, background): “Evidence for both the reliability (Bonet et al. 2007; Frazier et al. 2004; Park 2005; Park et al. 1996) and validity (Park et al.”
• Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists. (2013, background): “SRBP provide meaning and support in times of stress (Oman & Thoresen, 2005; Park, 2005) and positive religious coping has been shown to contribute to successful stress management (Ano & Vasconcelles, 2005; Cornah, 2006; Ironson, Stuetzle, & Fletcher, 2006; Pargament, 1997; Pargament, Ano, &…”
• Measuring Religiosity/Spirituality: Theoretical Differentiations and Categorization of Instruments (2011, background): “Park [20-23] highlighted in particular the importance of religiosity/spirituality as a meaning system and frame of reference, while Dörr [24] viewed also alternative value orientations (e.”