ReviewJournal of behavioral medicine2007
Exploring the relationship between spirituality, coping, and pain.
Review in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does Religiosity/Spirituality Play a Role in Function, Pain-Related Beliefs, and Coping in Patients with Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2022Pooled it
- The Use of Prayer in the Management of Pain: A Systematic Review.Journal of religion and health · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of Praying on Endogenous Pain Modulation and Pain Intensity in Healthy Religious Individuals in Lebanon: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of religion and health · 2023Trial
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- Living with HIV: responses to a mantram intervention using the critical incident research method.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2012Trial
- Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2011Trial
- Migraines and meditation: does spirituality matter?Journal of behavioral medicine · 2008Trial
- Effect of Different Meditation Types on Migraine Headache Medication Use.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Trial
- Revisiting Spirituality in Physical Therapy Practice: Perceptions of US Practitioners.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Spirituality and Pain among Post-treatment Cancer Patients in Poland: Mediation by Meaning in Life and Pain Coping Strategies.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Translation and validation of the intrinsic spirituality scale to European Portuguese among medical students.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Exploring the role of perceived social support, and spiritual well-being in predicting the family Caregiving burden among the parents of disabled children.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exercise-induced hypoalgesia in chronic neck pain: A narrative review.Sports medicine and health science · 2024Review
- How Do Older Adults in a Sub-Saharan African Community Perceive and Cope With Their Disability? An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis.International journal of public health · 2023Article
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- Cognitive reserve and coping strategies predict the level of perceived stress during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Personality and individual differences · 2022Article
- Relevance of Religiosity for Coping Strategies and Disability in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Neck pain: global epidemiology, trends and risk factors.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Review
- Somatic Symptoms: Association Among Affective State, Subjective Body Perception, and Spiritual Belief in Japan and Indonesia.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The impact of low back pain and vigorous activity on mental and physical health outcomes in older adults with arthritis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
There is growing recognition that persistent pain is a complex and multidimensional experience stemming from the interrelationship among biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors. Chronic pain patients use a number of cognitive and behavioral strategies to cope with their pain, including religious/spiritual forms of coping, such as prayer, and seeking spiritual support to manage their pain. This article will explore the relationship between the experience of pain and religion/spirituality with the aim of understanding not only why some people rely on their faith to cope with pain, but also how religion/spirituality may impact the experience of pain and help or hinder the coping process. We will also identify future research priorities that may provide fruitful research in illuminating the relationship between religion/spirituality and pain.
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