title: Religious Coping, Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety, and Well-Being Among Somali College Students.
abstract: This study examined the associations between positive and negative religious coping, symptoms of depression and anxiety, physical and emotional well-being among Somali college students in Minnesota. In this online cross-sectional survey study, 156 participants (ages 18-21, M = 21, SD = 2.3) were recruited. Participants reported using more positive religious coping methods. Negative religious coping was associated with an increase in symptoms of both depression (b = .06, p = .003) and anxiety (b = .04, p = .05), and positive religious coping was associated with a decrease in symptoms of depression (b = -.04, p = .05).
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6-180 Weaver Densford Hall, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. areba002@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Eunice M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-0475
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Areba
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6-195B Weaver-Densford Hall, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duckett
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6-187 Weaver-Densford Hall, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Savik
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anxiety; College students; Depression; Religious coping; Somali young adult