... to the United States, the effect of R/S on psychological adjustment to stress is a widely unexplored area in Europe. Methods: We examined a Swiss sample of 328 church attendees in the aftermath of stressful life events to explore associations of positive or negative religious coping with the psychological...

.... There is an extensive literature relating religiosity/spirituality with mental health [ 3,4,5,6,7 ]. For example, a meta-analysis on 49 relevant studies [ 5 ] concluded that positive and negative forms of religious coping were related to positive and negative psychological adjustments to stress, respectively...