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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024

Spirituality and anxiety in pastoral care workers and physicians in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anna C Culmann, Andreas M Baranowski, Julia-K Matthias, Simone C Tüttenberg, Wilfried Belschner, Yesim Erim, Eva Morawa, Petra Beschoner, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Christian Albus and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. 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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Anna C CulmannDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Andreas M BaranowskiDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Julia-K MatthiasDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Simone C TüttenbergDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Wilfried BelschnerDepartment of Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
Yesim ErimDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Eva MorawaDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Petra BeschonerDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Lucia Jerg-BretzkeDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Christian AlbusDepartment of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
Susann Steudte-SchmiedgenDepartment of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Martin ReuterDepartment of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Franziska GeiserDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
University of Bonn · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEUniversität Ulm · DECarl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DETechnische Universität Dresden · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had serious impact on the well-being of health care workers and highlighted the need for resources to help hospital staff to cope with psychologically negative consequences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potentially protective effect of spirituality, as measured by the construct of transpersonal trust, against anxiety in physicians and in hospital pastoral care workers. In addition, transpersonal trust was compared to the effects of other potential resources, namely sense of coherence, optimism, and resilience. We also explored the relationship between transpersonal trust and anxiety and how it was moderated by sense of coherence and expected a significant effect. Method: The sample included Results: There was no statistically significant negative relationship between transpersonal trust and anxiety in either profession or broken down by occupational group. Multiple regression analysis revealed that sense of coherence inversely predicted generalized anxiety, while transpersonal trust, resilience, and optimism did not. As hypothesized, the association between transpersonal trust and anxiety was moderated by sense of coherence. However, we could not confirm our hypothesis of a protective effect of transpersonal trust against anxiety. Conclusion: Our results point to the significant role of sense of coherence as a protective factor against anxiety and highlight the complexity of the relationship among spirituality, transpersonal trust, and anxiety.

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anxietygeneralized anxietyprotective factorsense of coherencespiritualitytranspersonal trust

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