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Roman Szałachowski

Bio: Roman Szałachowski is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Religiosity & Psychology. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 13 citations.

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16 Apr 2020-Religion
TL;DR: This article found that religious comfort correlated positively with life satisfaction, while fear/guilt, negative emotions toward God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion correlated negatively with life-satisfaction, while both religious and secular methods of experiencing different strains seem to coexist with multiple other strategies in the context of broadly understood life satisfaction.

16 citations

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12 Apr 2021-Religion
TL;DR: Based on Huber's centrality of religiosity concept, a non-experimental research project was designed in a group of 178 women and 72 men, voluntary participants in online studies, quarantined at home during the first weeks (the first wave) of the pandemic, to determine whether and to what extent religiosity, understood as a multidimensional construct, was a predictor of the worsening of PTSD and depression symptoms in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic as discussed by the authors.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors made an attempt to analyze the indirect relationship between the above-mentioned variables, including meaning in life as a mediator, and found that positive orientation/the presence of meaning/searching for meaning correlated positively with extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and were negatively associated with neuroticism.
Abstract: Scientific achievements concerning the direct relation between personality traits and positive orientation among patients with multiple sclerosis do not explain the role of potential mediators. In fact, some researchers argue that the traits–positivity association is much more complex than it seems to be. For this reason, we made an attempt to analyze the indirect relationship between the above-mentioned variables, including meaning in life as a mediator. In total, 618 patients with MS took part in the study. The NEO Five-Factor Inventory, the Positive Orientation Scale, and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were used. The results showed that positive orientation/the presence of meaning/searching for meaning correlated positively with extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and were negatively associated with neuroticism. Moreover, meaning in life in both its dimensions acted as a mediator in 9 of 10 models. It can be assumed that a propensity to establish interpersonal relationships (extraversion), use active imagination (openness), inspire confidence among others (agreeableness), and take responsibility (conscientiousness) can have an impact on someone’s positive attitude toward oneself and the surrounding world (positive orientation) when people have meaning in life and when they are seeking it.

3 citations

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01 Oct 2021-Religion
TL;DR: In this article, a non-experimental, moderated mediation project was designed in a group of 176 women and 84 men, who voluntarily participated in an online study, analysing the relationship between the prayer and the fears (for health, economy/finances, social life and family relations) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined whether two types of religiousness (i.e., centrality of religiosity and religious fundamentalism) are associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and socially undesirable behavior during the pandemic.

24 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether two types of religiousness (i.e., centrality of religiosity and religious fundamentalism) are associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and socially undesirable behavior during the pandemic.

24 citations

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TL;DR: Life satisfaction positively correlated with religious comfort and was negatively associated with fear/guilt, negative emotions toward God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion, and the same pattern of results was shown in the case of self-esteem.
Abstract: The religious dimension of life represents an important source of human strength, meaning, and coping for many people. However, the religious life is not always "smooth and easy" and can be associated with weak personal adjustment, poorer psychological well-being, and lower satisfaction. Yet, besides the direct relationship between these variables, some researchers postulate the existence of an indirect association that has not been fully explained by various psychosocial mediators. The aim of the present study was to verify whether self-esteem could be a potential mediator between religious strain and life satisfaction. The sample consisted of 607 adult Christians (49.6% women) aged between 18 and 79. We used the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Consistent with our hypotheses, life satisfaction positively correlated with religious comfort and was negatively associated with fear/guilt, negative emotions toward God, and negative social interactions surrounding religion. The same pattern of results was shown in the case of self-esteem. Moreover, the outcomes obtained from bootstrap sampling (5000) with a 95% confidence interval indicated a significant role of self-esteem as a mediator in all of the relationships between: (1) religious comfort and life satisfaction; (2) fear/guilt and life satisfaction; (3) negative emotions toward God and life satisfaction; and (4) negative social interactions surrounding religion and life satisfaction.

18 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the indirect effects of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic on positive religious coping and life satisfaction were analyzed by analyzing the indirect effect of fear on social support.
Abstract: Recent data have indicated that people may have experienced fear during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to deepen our understanding of the relationship between religious coping and life satisfaction by analysing the indirect effects of fear of COVID-19. Methods: This study included 365 people (75% women) aged 18–78 years. The procedure consisted of completing questionnaires to measure religious coping, COVID-19 anxiety, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with social support. Results: Structural equation modelling showed that positive religious coping was related to greater life satisfaction and greater satisfaction with social support during the pandemic. Moreover, fear of COVID-19 mediated the relationship between negative religious coping and life satisfaction and social support satisfaction. Conclusions: The data suggest a need for practitioners to focus on interventions that enhance positive religious coping to improve life satisfaction during the spread of infectious diseases.

18 citations

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24 Jun 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, a possibilidade do uso combinado da expressao religiosidade/espiritualidade (R/E) como forma de cotejar as possiveis tensoes existentes entre as mesmas and com vistas a fornecer indicios for uma assistencia em saude that efetivamente possa se valer desses dominios for a promocao de um cuidado integral e humanizado.
Abstract: Os termos religiao, religiosidade, espiritualidade e ancestralidade sao tradicionalmente empregados com base em distincoes terminologicas que consideram embates e sinteses epistemologicas em diferentes campos do saber, como a Psicologia, a Filosofia e a Psicologia da Religiao, por exemplo. Pensando nos distanciamentos e nas aproximacoes entre esses termos, o objetivo deste estudo teorico e problematizar o modo como tais expressoes tem sido empregadas nas producoes cientificas e nas praticas localizadas nas chamadas ciencias da saude. Observamos neste campo discursivo, por exemplo, um predominio da expressao espiritualidade, de modo que tais producoes a consideram mais apropriada por esta se apresentar mais apartada de referencias religiosas e que poderiam, de algum modo, colocar em xeque a laicidade das praticas em saude. Assim, oferecemos a possibilidade do uso combinado da expressao religiosidade/espiritualidade (R/E) como forma de cotejar as possiveis tensoes existentes entre as mesmas e com vistas a fornecer indicios para uma assistencia em saude que efetivamente possa se valer desses dominios para a promocao de um cuidado integral e humanizado.

11 citations