Chapter 3- Lecture Flashcards

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What are the stereotypes of spirituality?

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A defense mechanism
A form of denial
Passive, avoidant way of coping with tragedies

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How is spirituality used as a defense mechanism?

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It is a strategy to avoid anxiety

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3
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How is spirituality used as a form of denial?

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You deny the objective facts of illness

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How is spirituality used as a passive, avoidant way of coping with tragedies?

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Deferring to God “He will take care of me.”

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5
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What are the five positive spiritual coping strategies

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Forgiveness
Seeking spiritual support
Collaborative coping
Spiritual Connections
Benevolent spiritual reappraisals
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What is forgiveness?

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Desiring forgiveness from God and letting go of anger towards others.

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7
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What is seeking spiritual support?

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Seeking love and care from God

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What is collaborative coping?

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God is an active partner supporting with coping

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What is spiritual connections?

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Seeking a stronger connection with God

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What is benevolent spiritual reappraisals

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Positive interpretations of the event as holding a spiritual lesson or benefit

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Positive and negative approaches to spiritual coping have _______

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Different implications for how well people recover from the event.

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What are the five negative spiritual coping strategies?

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Spiritual discontent
Punishing God Reappraisals
Interpersonal spiritual discontent
Demonic reappraisals
Reappraisals of God's power
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What is spiritual discontent?

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Questioning God’s love

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What is punishing God reappraisals?

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Interpreting event as a punishment from God

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What is interpersonal spiritual discontent?

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Conflicts with a religious community or spiritual abandonment

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What is demonic reappraisals?

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Interpreting the event as the work of the devil

17
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What is reappraisals of God’s power?

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Considering that God may not be all powerful

18
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When can spiritual coping go wrong?

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When individuals are unable to INTEGRATE the various aspects of their spiritual lives

19
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What are the seven forms of disintegration in the flow of coping?

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Wrong direction
Wrong road
Against the stream
Undifferentiated or one-sided spirituality
Fragmented spirituality
Inflexible spirituality
Insecure spiritual attachment
20
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What is wrong direction?

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Destinations, goals, purposes in one’s life are not well integrated.

21
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What is an example of wrong direction?

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Other values in life are excluded in pursuit of rigid spiritual ones

22
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What is wrong road?

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Well-integrated values and direction in life but methods taken are not integrated with other behaviors

23
Q

What is an example of wrong road?

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Illness comes from God not genetics or other factors

24
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What is against the stream?

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Lack of integration does not lie within the individual, but between an individual and his/her religious system.

25
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What is an example of against the stream?

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Participating in an act that goes against the values of the religious community

26
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What is undifferentiated or one-sided spirituality?

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Pursuing one narrow aspect of one’s faith which hinders the individual’s ability to produce a variety of coping responses

27
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What is fragmented spirituality?

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A gap between what one says, does, and believes produce unstable support in times of stress

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What is inflexible spirituality?

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Fundamentalism which affects a persons ability to adapt to new modes of coping. Inflexible spiritual standards may compound problems

29
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What is insecure spiritual attachment?

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Feelings of alienation from the sacred and mistrust of God’s presence during difficult times.

30
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What are the clinical implications of spiritual coping?

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By intervening, more positive spiritual coping strategies can be suggested and the patient can better adjust.

31
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What three questions can you ask to understand a little more of the patient’s spiritual history?

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  1. Is spirituality or religion important to you?
  2. Are there ways that your spirituality (religion) has been helpful to you as you have coped with your illness (trauma)?
    3) Do you have any spiritual questions or challenges that are causing you concern?