Trial reportJournal of psychosomatic research2009
Effects of faith/assurance on cortisol levels are enhanced by a spiritual mantram intervention in adults with HIV: a randomized trial.
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- Religion and Spirituality's Influences on HIV Syndemics Among MSM: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model.AIDS and behavior · 2016Pooled it
- An Internet Mantram Repetition Program to Promote Well-being in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
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- Mental Health, Physical Health, and Cultural Characteristics Among American Indians/Alaska Natives Seeking Substance Use Treatment in an Urban Setting: A Descriptive Study.Community mental health journal · 2021Article
- Mind-body practices for people living with HIV: a systematic scoping review.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
- Spirituality and Religiosity and Its Role in Health and Diseases.Journal of religion and health · 2017Review
- Spirituality of chronic orofacial pain patients: case-control study.Journal of religion and health · 2014Article
- Longitudinal spiritual coping with trauma in people with HIV: implications for health care.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2014Article
- Measuring meaning and peace with the FACIT-spiritual well-being scale: distinction without a difference?Psychological assessment · 2014Article
- Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA): results from a pretest and focus groups.American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online) · 2014Article
- A positive affect intervention for people experiencing health-related stress: development and non-randomized pilot test.Journal of health psychology · 2012Article
- Religion, spirituality, and health: the research and clinical implications.ISRN psychiatry · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrevious research among HIV-infected individuals suggests that spiritual well-being is inversely related to psychological distress and rates of disease progression. Use of a mantram, a spiritual word or phrase repeated frequently and silently throughout the day, has been associated with decreased psychological distress and increased spiritual well-being. This study compared the effects of 2 interventions-a spiritually-based mantram intervention versus an attention-matched control group-on faith/assurance and average salivary cortisol levels among HIV-infected individuals.
methodsUsing a randomized design, HIV-infected adults were assigned to the intervention (n = 36) or control condition (n = 35). Faith scores and saliva (collected at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 4 p.m., and 9 p.m.) were assessed at preintervention, postintervention, and 5-week follow-up. Path analyses tested competing models that specify both concurrent and sequential relationships between faith and average daily cortisol levels while comparing groups.
resultsFaith levels increased among mantram participants from pre- to postintervention. Greater faith at preintervention was significantly associated with lower average cortisol at postintervention in the mantram group but not in the controls. The associations between faith at postintervention and cortisol levels at 5-week follow-up were significant among both groups but weaker than the pre- to postintervention association identified in the mantram group.
conclusionsThese results suggest the presence of lagged or antecedent consequent relationships between faith and cortisol, which may be enhanced by mantram use. Decreased cortisol could potentially benefit immune functioning among HIV-infected individuals.
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