Religion as a coping mechanism

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  1. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    Religion as a coping mechanism
    Hey guys,

    So there's well established evidence that Religious tendencies lead to longevity, less heart disease, lower blood pressure and stress levels, what have you, but this has mostly been found in the older population...

    I'm doing my dissertation on whether this Religious coping/ less stress levels link can be found in the university population.

    So if you could please just take a few minutes to take part in this, I'm really struggling to get the last thirty participants!!

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...E0Q2c6MQ#gid=0

    Thanks for your time

    Ana
  2. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    You don't have to be religious to take part, but you do have to be in University!! Thanks guys [:
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    Done

    Unfortunately, it was very much aimed at Christians, some questions were nonsensical to me and I'm a Muslim, I wonder how Hindus, Sikhs etc felt about it :erm:
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    (Original post by In2deep)
    Done

    Unfortunately, it was very much aimed at Christians, some questions were nonsensical to me and I'm a Muslim, I wonder how Hindus, Sikhs etc felt about it :erm:
    Yeah I know, that's one of the faults of the Religious coping scale, I wanted to create my own to be more inclusive but then there's the problem of validity and stuff... which sucks! But thank you for completing it!
  5. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    Come on guysss, all it takes is a few minutes.
  6. In2deep's Avatar
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    (Original post by DakkyMonster)
    Yeah I know, that's one of the faults of the Religious coping scale, I wanted to create my own to be more inclusive but then there's the problem of validity and stuff... which sucks! But thank you for completing it!
    aah no worries, it's pretty quick so no biggie :five:

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    (Original post by In2deep)
    aah no worries, it's pretty quick so no biggie :five:

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    All I need is just another 19 participants, come on guys [:!!
  9. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    Any late nighters out there that fancy something different, can you please take part in my study?? I would really appreciate it!
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    Re: Religion as a coping mechanism
    (Original post by DakkyMonster)
    Any late nighters out there that fancy something different, can you please take part in my study?? I would really appreciate it!
    Ill do it for you, but im not christian

    EDIT: this is aimed at uni students, sorry i cant do it then, I should've read the OP fully! :facepalm:
    Last edited by ak137; 28-03-2012 at 23:31.
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    (Original post by ak137)
    Ill do it for you, but im not christian

    EDIT: this is aimed at uni students, sorry i cant do it then, I should've read the OP fully! :facepalm:
    Aww gutted, well thanks anyway!! [:
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    Re: Religion as a coping mechanism
    (Original post by In2deep)
    Done

    Unfortunately, it was very much aimed at Christians, some questions were nonsensical to me and I'm a Muslim, I wonder how Hindus, Sikhs etc felt about it :erm:
    I started mine but couldn't complete due to this reason, I just felt I'd be giving a skewed perception, sorry
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    Re: Religion as a coping mechanism
    (Original post by DakkyMonster)
    Any late nighters out there that fancy something different, can you please take part in my study?? I would really appreciate it!
    Is this aimed at undergraduates only? What year of study am I if I'm on the second year of a Masters course? :dontknow:
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    Re: Religion as a coping mechanism
    Done, and religion is also child intoctrination.
  15. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    (Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd)
    Is this aimed at undergraduates only? What year of study am I if I'm on the second year of a Masters course? :dontknow:
    Tick the second year box, [: thanks for taking part!!
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    (Original post by prog2djent)
    Done, and religion is also child intoctrination.
    Thanks for taking part
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    (Original post by longman240)
    I started mine but couldn't complete due to this reason, I just felt I'd be giving a skewed perception, sorry
    Okay well I'm sorry to hear! I really wanted to make my own Religious coping scale but my dissertation tutor said that it would have low internal validity and stuff because there's no test-retest and it's not established and blahblahblah!

    Thank you for taking the time though!
  18. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    A lot of the people taking part in this study don't really have any religious coping strategies, it's quite surprising to find out!!
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    (Original post by DakkyMonster)
    Tick the second year box, [: thanks for taking part!!
    Done
  20. DakkyMonster's Avatar
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    (Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd)
    Done
    Thank you soo much, I've been majourly stressing out about the number of participants but am almost there now!!
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