Religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services: analysing religious coping as a mediator among Mexican origin Latinas/os in the southwest United States

Authors

Oswaldo Moreno, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tamara Nelson, Clark University
Esteban Cardemil, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In this study, we examined the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services. We further examined whether internal religious coping and external religious coping mediated both relationships. Results indicated a significant association with religiosity and negative attitudes towards mental health services, as well as external religious coping and internal religious coping. Results also showed a nonsignificant association with both religious coping and negative attitudes towards mental health services. Finally, external religious coping mediated the relationship between religiosity and negative attitudes towards mental health services for men but not for women.

Publication Title

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Publication Date

2017

Volume

20

Issue

7

First Page

626

Last Page

637

ISSN

1367-4676

DOI

10.1080/13674676.2017.1372735

Keywords

attitudes towards mental health services, mediation, Mexican, Religiosity, religious coping

Repository Citation

Moreno, Oswaldo; Nelson, Tamara; and Cardemil, Esteban, "Religiosity and attitudes towards professional mental health services: analysing religious coping as a mediator among Mexican origin Latinas/os in the southwest United States" (2017). Psychology. 220.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/220