Search For Significance Of Life

Religion is one of the important resource when people face daily pressures andcrisis. It is just religiou coping that using religious thought and activities in theprocess of coping. The phenomenon of religious coping is more popular in ruralChristians who take up larger proportion in Chinese Christians. This study employedmixed study design which combined quantitative and qualitative research methods.The aims of this study are to explore the strategies, characteristics, pyshologicalprogress and efficiency of religious coping, in order to understand the role andnature of religion in rural Christians'life, to enrich the theory of religion and mentalhealth. The main study results are as follows:1. There were 16 kinds of religous coping strategies among rural Christians ofChina: Religious Focus, Collaborative Religious Coping, Benevolent ReligiousReappraisal, Seeking Spiritual Support, Reappraisal of God's Powers, SpiritualDiscontent, Punishing God Reappraisal, Seeking Support from Clergy or Members,Religious Helping, Spiritual Connection, Religious Conversion, DemonicReappraisal, Passive Religious Deferral, Pleading for Direct Intercession, ReligiousForgiving, Follow the example of Juses. The last one was special in our test groupbecause it was not mentioned in other oversea literatures.2. Rural Christians used the religious coping and secular coping in the sametime, religious coping was used more. Positive religious coping was used more thanpassive religious coping. Religious coping were significant different in different ages,educational backgrounds and faith types.3. Religious social suppor, explanation system from religious doctrine,attaching to the personification of God, religious activities are the important factor inthe religious coping process. They play different roles in different stages of religiouscoping.4. Get Peace of Mind is one remarkable effect of religious coping. Aftercontrolling demographic variables, Positive Religious Coping Related to God,Religious Interpersonal Support and Altruistic have a positive role to predictsubjective well-being, other factors had no significant effect. Religious coping hadnotable correlation with religiosity. Positive Religious Coping related to God, Religious Interpersonal Support and Altruistic could strengthen religiosity, Doubtand Discontent to God could reduce religiosity.