Jacek Śliwak

Religious support and religious struggle as predictors of quality of life in alkoholics anonymous: Moderation by duration of abstinence

The aim of the study was to analyze the connection between religious comfort and struggle and quality of life in Alcoholics Anonymous. The intera ction effect of the length of abstinence and religious variables on the quality of life was test ed as well. The participants were 100 members of an Alcoholics Anonymous group. We used the Religiou s Comfort and Strain Scale by Yali, Exline, Wood, and Worthington and the Quality of Life Quest ionnaire for Adults by Schalock and Keith. The correlation analysis showed that Religious Comfo rt c rrelated positively while fear–guilt and negative emotions towards God correlated negatively with quality of life in the AA group. Duration of abstinence played a moderating role: partic ipants in the long abstinence period group with high religious comfort showed the highest level of quality of life.

Religiosity as a source of comfort and struggle in members of religious movements: a comparative analysis of the Neocatechumenal Way and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

Abstract This study aims to examine various aspects of religiosity in members of the Neocatechumenal Way and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. First, we assigned intergroup differences in Emotions toward God, Religious Comfort and Strain and Religious Attributions. Next, we estimated the net effects of Emotions toward God, Religious Comfort and Strain and Religious Attributions on religiosity. One hundred fifty–five people participated in the research, 81 members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and 74 members of the Neocatechumenal Way. We applied the Religious Comfort and Strain Scale by Yali, Exline, Wood, and Worthington, the Emotions toward God Scale by Huber and the Religious Attributions Scale by Exline, Park, Smyth and Carey. The results suggest that members of the Neocatechumenal Way do not differ from the Catholic Charismatic Renewal’s members in Religious Comfort and Positive Emotions toward God. However, the members of the Neocatechumenal Way scored higher in Religious Strain. A moderating effect of the religious movement on the relation between Fear of God and religiosity was observed.