RT Article
T1 Do Patients with Chronic Pain Diseases Believe in Guardian Angels: Even in a Secular Society? A Cross-Sectional Study Among German Patients with Chronic Diseases
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 54
IS 1
SP 76
OP 86
A1 Büssing, Arndt 1962-
A2 Reiser, Franz 1969-
A2 Michalsen, Andreas 1961-
A2 Zahn, Anne Katharina 1978-
A2 Baumann, Klaus 1963-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1565915739
AB We intended to analyze whether patients with chronic diseases believe in guardian angels (GdA) as a coping resource. In a cross-sectional survey, we analyzed data from 576 German patients with chronic diseases (mean age 51.3 ± 15.4 years). We found that 56 % of the patients often or even regularly believed in GdA, with significantly more women than men believing. Particularly interesting was the fact that 38 % of patients who were identified as neither religious nor spiritual (R-S-) believed in GdAs. This belief may indicate that patients are interested in bridging the gap between the concrete struggle to manage illness and non-rational/transcendent realms.
K1 Chronic diseases
K1 Coping
K1 Guardian Angel
K1 Hope
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1007/s10943-013-9735-9