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ArticleJournal of religion and health2018

Coping Mechanisms for Psychosomatic Symptoms among Aging Roman Catholic German priests.

Carlos I Man-Ging, Eckhard Frick, Klaus Baumann

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos I Man-GingDepartment of Palliative Medicine, University of Munich, Marchioninistr.15, 81377, Munich, Germany. carlos.manging@gmail.com.
Eckhard FrickDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Spiritual Care Research Center, Medical School, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Klaus BaumannCaritas Science and Christian Social Work, Faculty of Theology, Albert-Ludwig University, Platz der Universität 3, 79085, Freiburg, Germany.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DETechnical University of Munich · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To identify and investigate coping mechanisms and other factors which may impact upon the psychosomatic symptoms of aging German Roman Catholic priests. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 499 aging German Roman Catholic priests with standardized questionnaires: Brief Symptom Inventory, Coping Inventory Stressful Situations, and Religious Coping Scale. Task-Oriented Coping exhibited a significant difference between the two groups. Multiple regression analyses indicated that psychosomatic symptoms could be best predicted by means of Task-Oriented Coping mechanisms, identification with priesthood, and by a low Negative Religious Coping. The success of adaptive coping processes for older clergy may depend on how they employ strategies, strengthen their spiritual dimensions, and manage important psychosocial aspects of aging. In our sample, Depression and Somatization are explained best by Emotion-Oriented Coping. It is desirable for aging priests to be aware of protective factors like Role Identification, Task-Oriented Coping, and low Negative Religious Coping, which may be helpful in improving their psychological well-being.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalReligion and PsychologyAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCatholicismClergyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionHumansMaleProtective FactorsPsychophysiologic DisordersStress, PsychologicalAging priestsCoping mechanismsDepressive symptomsPsychosomatic symptomsReligious coping

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