title: Religious distress and coping with stressful life events: a longitudinal study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Religious strain would mediate the relationship between stress symptoms at baseline and stress symptoms 1 year later.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-nine people with a history of stressful life events (55 women, 23 men, one unknown gender, average age 58 years) from community churches reported stressful life events, spiritual adjustment, and posttraumatic stress symptoms at initial assessment and 1-year follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Religious strain mediated the relationship between baseline and follow-up posttraumatic stress symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because religious distress contributed to prediction of stress symptoms over time, it appears that religious distress is related to adjustment to stressful life events.
authors: Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Department of Psychology, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. jeanette.harris2@med.va.gov
authors: J Irene
authors: JI
authors: Harris
authors: Christopher R
authors: CR
authors: Erbes
authors: Brian E
authors: BE
authors: Engdahl
authors: Henry
authors: H
authors: Ogden
authors: Raymond H A
authors: RH
authors: Olson
authors: Ann Marie M
authors: AM
authors: Winskowski
authors: Kelsey
authors: K
authors: Campion
authors: Saari
authors: S
authors: Mataas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult