Religion, spirituality and coping mechanisms: use of religious coping among parents in neonatal intensive care unit.

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Title:	Religion, spirituality and coping mechanisms: use of religious coping among parents in neonatal intensive care unit.
Alternate Title:	Religión, espiritualidad y mecanismos de afrontamiento: uso de mecanismos de afrontamiento religioso entre padres en la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales.
Authors:	Çaksen, Hüseyin¹ huseyincaksen@hotmail.com
Source:	Acta Pediatrica de Mexico. 2026, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p1-13. 13p.
Abstract (English):	In this article, we discuss religion, spirituality, coping mechanisms, and religious coping strategies used by parents in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to attract attention to the importance of religion and religious coping. Religion and spirituality are completely different concepts. Religion is more comprehensive than spirituality and spirituality is a part of religion. The relationships among coping mechanisms are very close and interconnected and often intertwined. Religion and spirituality are not only linked to religious coping, but also have an impact on other coping mechanisms including problem-focused, emotion-focused, meaning-focused, social, and maladaptive copings. Parents with an infant in the NICU are suffered from various emotional and psychological problems. These parents adopt several strategies to cope with these stressors. Religious coping is frequently used by parents in many cultures in the world and religion has an effective role in enhancing and bettering the stress of parents in NICU. Religion provides a number of special coping methods by which people attempt to conserve the things they care about most deeply. Many studies show that positive and negative forms of religious coping are related to positive and negative psychological adjustment to stress, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	En este artículo analizamos la religión, la espiritualidad, los mecanismos y estrategias de afrontamiento religiosas utilizadas por los padres en la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN), para llamar la atención sobre la importancia de la religión en este periodo. La religión y la espiritualidad son conceptos completamente diferentes. La religión es más integral que la espiritualidad y la espiritualidad es parte de la religión. Las relaciones entre los mecanismos de afrontamiento son muy estrechas e interconectadas y, a menudo, entrelazadas. La religión y la espiritualidad no solo están vinculadas al afrontamiento religioso, sino que también tienen un impacto en otros mecanismos de afrontamiento, incluidos los mecanismos de afrontamiento centrados en los problemas, centrados en las emociones, centrados en el significado, sociales y desadaptativos. Los padres con un bebé en la UCIN sufren varios problemas emocionales y psicológicos. Estos padres adoptan varias estrategias para hacer frente a estos factores estresantes. En muchas culturas del mundo, los padres utilizan con frecuencia métodos de afrontamiento religiosos, y la religión desempeña un papel eficaz a la hora de mejorar y aliviar el estrés de los padres en la UCIN. La religión ofrece una serie de métodos especiales de afrontamiento mediante los cuales las personas intentan conservar las cosas que más les importan. Muchos estudios muestran que las formas positivas y negativas de afrontamiento religioso están relacionadas con el ajuste psicológico positivo y negativo al estrés, respectivamente. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	In this article, we discuss religion, spirituality, coping mechanisms, and religious coping strategies used by parents in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to attract attention to the importance of religion and religious coping. Religion and spirituality are completely different concepts. Religion is more comprehensive than spirituality and spirituality is a part of religion. The relationships among coping mechanisms are very close and interconnected and often intertwined. Religion and spirituality are not only linked to religious coping, but also have an impact on other coping mechanisms including problem-focused, emotion-focused, meaning-focused, social, and maladaptive copings. Parents with an infant in the NICU are suffered from various emotional and psychological problems. These parents adopt several strategies to cope with these stressors. Religious coping is frequently used by parents in many cultures in the world and religion has an effective role in enhancing and bettering the stress of parents in NICU. Religion provides a number of special coping methods by which people attempt to conserve the things they care about most deeply. Many studies show that positive and negative forms of religious coping are related to positive and negative psychological adjustment to stress, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	01862391
DOI:	10.18233/apm.v47i2.3054