Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study
Background: Caring for individuals with mental illness poses significant challenges for caregivers. In India, where spirituality is deeply rooted, the link between religious coping, spiritual well-being, and mental health in caregivers remains underexplored. Aim: The present study investigated the m...
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| author | Vijay Bharti Jaison Joseph Yogender Kumar Malik Rajeshwari Devi |
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Caring for individuals with mental illness poses significant challenges for caregivers. In India, where spirituality is deeply rooted, the link between religious coping, spiritual well-being, and mental health in caregivers remains underexplored.
Aim:
The present study investigated the mental, spiritual well-being, and religious coping methods of caregivers of mentally ill patients visiting a tertiary care hospital in Northern India.
Subjects and Methods:
The present cross-sectional study recruited 120 caregivers of people with mental disorders using a purposive sampling technique. The mental and spiritual well-being were assessed using the Warwick Edinburgh mental well-being scale and spiritual well-being scale, while religious coping was measured using a brief religious coping scale.
Results:
The mean age of the participants was 39.15 years (standard deviation (SD) =11.18) and the mean score of mental and spiritual well-being was 44.04 (SD = 7.22) and 72.16 (SD = 6.32), respectively. Individuals aged 41–60 showed the highest mean mental well-being, while those without formal education reported the highest mean scores for both mental and spiritual well-being. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between positive religious coping and both mental well-being (r = 0.24; P < 0.01) and spiritual well-being (r = 0.19; P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The findings suggest that positive religious coping demonstrated a significant positive correlation with both mental and spiritual well-being, whereas negative religious coping showed no such association. These results underscore the potential role of positive religious coping strategies in enhancing the overall well-being of caregivers of individuals with mental illness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7bfa8304d194f899375aaefe12383cb2025-08-20T02:57:26ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour0971-89902543-18972025-01-01301566010.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_25_25Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional StudyVijay BhartiJaison JosephYogender Kumar MalikRajeshwari DeviBackground: Caring for individuals with mental illness poses significant challenges for caregivers. In India, where spirituality is deeply rooted, the link between religious coping, spiritual well-being, and mental health in caregivers remains underexplored. Aim: The present study investigated the mental, spiritual well-being, and religious coping methods of caregivers of mentally ill patients visiting a tertiary care hospital in Northern India. Subjects and Methods: The present cross-sectional study recruited 120 caregivers of people with mental disorders using a purposive sampling technique. The mental and spiritual well-being were assessed using the Warwick Edinburgh mental well-being scale and spiritual well-being scale, while religious coping was measured using a brief religious coping scale. Results: The mean age of the participants was 39.15 years (standard deviation (SD) =11.18) and the mean score of mental and spiritual well-being was 44.04 (SD = 7.22) and 72.16 (SD = 6.32), respectively. Individuals aged 41–60 showed the highest mean mental well-being, while those without formal education reported the highest mean scores for both mental and spiritual well-being. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between positive religious coping and both mental well-being (r = 0.24; P < 0.01) and spiritual well-being (r = 0.19; P < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that positive religious coping demonstrated a significant positive correlation with both mental and spiritual well-being, whereas negative religious coping showed no such association. These results underscore the potential role of positive religious coping strategies in enhancing the overall well-being of caregivers of individuals with mental illness.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_25_25caregiversmental illnessmental well-beingreligious copingspiritual well-being |
| spellingShingle | Vijay Bharti Jaison Joseph Yogender Kumar Malik Rajeshwari Devi Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour caregivers mental illness mental well-being religious coping spiritual well-being |
| title | Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full | Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_short | Assessment of Mental, Spiritual Well-being, and Religious Coping among Caregivers of People with Mental Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study |
| title_sort | assessment of mental spiritual well being and religious coping among caregivers of people with mental disorders a cross sectional study |
| topic | caregivers mental illness mental well-being religious coping spiritual well-being |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmhhb.jmhhb_25_25 |
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