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Anxiety, depression, and religiosity - a controlled clinical study
- Authors:
- PFEIFER Samuel, WAELTY Ursula
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 2(1), May 1999, pp.35-45.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Studies on religiosity and mental health have yielded mixed results. There are few studies in clinical settings, many of which are limited to an older population. This study had the goal of firstly exploring the interrelation of neuroticism and religiosity in clinically diagnosed patients in Switzerland compared with a group of healthy controls, and secondly, exploring differential aspects of positive or negative perceptions of religion in the individual. The findings support the clinical observation that the primary factor in explaining neurotic functioning in religious patients is not their personal religious commitment but their underlying psychopathology. Patients and healthy controls differ in the way they experience supportive and conflicting aspects of religiosity.