| The impact of caring and connectedness on adolescent health and well-being(16) |
Resnick MD et al./1993/USA |
Identify protective factors against silently disturbed and acting out adolescents’ behaviors. |
Quantitative |
Measures of caregiving and connection outperformed demographic variables such as two-parent versus single-parent family structure as protective factors against high-risk behaviors. |
IV |
| A questionnaire to measure factors that protect youth against stressors of inner-city life(17) |
Weist MD et al./2000/USA |
Report the development of a questionnaire that protects inner-city youth against stressors such as poverty, crime and violence. |
Qualitative |
The religious involvement factor was considered important for the development of urban young people. |
IV |
| Religious beliefs, faith community involvement and depression: a study of rural, low-income mothers(18) |
Garrison ME et al./2004/USA |
Investigate the connection between religion and mental health in 131 low-income rural mothers. |
Quantitative |
Religious beliefs regarding involvement in the faith community were negatively related to depressive symptoms, indicating that mothers with stronger religious beliefs and more involvement in religious activities may experience fewer depressive symptoms. |
IV |
| A qualitative Exploration of Resilience in Pre-Adolescent AIDS Orphans Living in a Residential Care Facility(19) |
Pienaar A et al./2011/Africa |
Identify and investigate assets that operate in children’s lives to help them cope with exposure to adversity. |
Qualitative and exploratory |
Morality, social values, religion and faith helped children define their purpose in life. |
IV |
| Maternal religious attendance and low birth weight(20) |
Burdette AM et al./2012/USA |
Test whether maternal religious attendance protects against low birth weight among predominantly African-American, lower socioeconomic status, and single women. |
Cohort |
Maternal religious attendance is protective against low birth weight.
It was also associated with lower cigarette use and poor nutrition. |
III |
In response to community violence: coping strategies and involuntary stress
responses among Latino adolescentes(21) |
Epstein-Ngo Q et al./2013/ Dominican Republic |
Investigate how stress coping strategies can mediate and moderate the relationship between exposure to violence and psychological well-being. |
Quantitative |
The results indicated that religious coping was a significant moderator of the relationship between personal victimization and depression. |
IV |
| Dynamics of oppression and coping from traumatology perspective: The example of Palestinian adolescents(22) |
Kira IA et al./2014/Israel |
Test a model of trauma and coping for West Bank adolescents. |
Quantitative |
Religiosity had a direct association with social support and forgiveness, also causing a significant reduction in depression. |
IV |
| Search for Transcendence Revealed in Childhood Narratives of Poverty, Abuse and Neglect, and Social Isolation(23) |
Rogers CL/2014/USA |
Analyze reports of children in situations of poverty, neglect, abuse and social isolation. |
Reflection |
There was a need to hear reports from children to recognize and respond more intentionally to spiritual hunger when considering childhood experiences. |
IV |
| Personal encounters with children in an informal settlement: Exploring spirituality(24) |
Kruidenier R et al./2017/Africa |
Explore the factors that contribute to the spiritual development of children living in informal settlements in Africa. |
Reflection |
It was found that the faith community, daycare center and other partners played a crucial role in children’s spiritual development. |
IV |
| Family Rituals in Low-Income African American Families at Risk for Trauma Exposure and Associations with Toddlers’ Regulation of Distress(25) |
Bocknek EL/2018/South Africa |
Assess the relationship between family rituals and coping with distress. |
Qualitative |
There was a significant association between spirituality and regulation of babies’ distress. |
IV |
| Patterns of Spiritual Connectedness during Adolescence: Links to Coping and Adjustment in Low-Income Urban Youth(26) |
Wright AW et al./2018/Africa |
Determine the profile of changes in spiritual connection over time in a population of low-income adolescents. |
Quantitative |
Three distinct profiles emerged: low and stable, moderate with declines during the study and high and stable.
Adolescents in the high and stable profile showed more goal orientation, life satisfaction, emotion management and more effective coping strategies. |
IV |
|
Resiliência familiar: percepção de mães em situação de pobreza
(27)
|
Matos LAS et al./2018/Brazil |
Understand the perception of family resilience from the point of view of mothers in situations of poverty. |
Qualitative descriptive |
Despite the risks associated with poverty, protective intra-family factors that generate benefits for human development were observed, such as an optimistic outlook, spirituality, hope, social support from family and neighbors, teamwork, support in conflict resolution, family unity and social and economic resources through social benefits, such as Bolsa Família (Family Allowance). |
IV |
| Measuring Spirituality, Hope, and Thriving Among Salvadoran Youth: Initial Findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development(28) |
Tirrell JM et al./2019/El Salvador |
Test measures of spirituality, hope and success among two groups of young people. |
Cross-sectional |
Young people enrolled in the Compassion International organization reported higher levels of transcendence (spirituality). |
IV |
| Trauma coping of mothers and children among poor people in Haiti: Mixed methods study of community-level research(29) |
Roysircar G et al./2019/USA |
Investigate how Haitian children are socialized by their mothers’/caregivers’ religious and non-religious coping in the context of ongoing trauma. |
Mixed-methods |
Correlations and multiple regressions examined the relationships of the frequencies of mothers’ coping themes with their children’s scores on two factor dimensions. |
IV |
| Maternal and Family Correlates of Intrinsic Religiosity Profiles Among Low-Income Urban African American Adolescents(30) |
Kliewer W et al./2020/Africa |
Examine the contributions of maternal religiosity and the family emotional climate in distinguishing adolescents’ intrinsic religiosity. |
Quantitative |
Analyzes revealed that maternal religious attendance and commitment differentiated young people who had high levels of intrinsic religiosity (41%) from young people who had low levels of religiosity. |
IV |
| Religion, Health, Social Capital and Place: The Role of the Religious, Social Processes and the Beneficial and Detrimental Effects on the Health and Wellbeing of Inhabitants in Deprived Neighbourhoods in Malta(31) |
Satariano B/2020/Malta |
Emphasize the important role that place plays in determining how religious social processes operate and impact health and well-being. |
Qualitative descriptive |
It was found that faith and religious practices can have a positive impact on health and well-being. |
IV |
| Shared spiritual beliefs between adolescents with cancer and their families(32) |
Livingston J/2020/USA |
Assess the sharing of spiritual beliefs among adolescents with cancer and their families. |
Controlled randomized |
Family members may not share spiritual beliefs with adolescents and may be unaware of the importance of spiritual well-being for adolescents. |
II |
| Assessing sources of resilience in orphans and vulnerable children in Amajuba District schools(33) |
Lawrence KC et al./2021/Africa |
Assess sources of resilience in orphaned and vulnerable children in district schools in local communities. |
Mixed-methods |
Religion and spirituality were considered sources of resilience, serving as an inner strength to remain resilient despite vulnerability. |
IV |
| It Would be Harder Without Faith”: An Exploratory Study of Low-Income Families’ Experiences of Early Childhood Inclusive Education in New Zealand(34) |
Zhang KC et al./2021/New Zealand |
Assess, from parents’ perspective, the experience of inclusive early childhood education in low-income families. |
Exploratory |
Participants’ religion and faith allowed them to have a positive view of negative experiences and to have resilience. |
IV |
| Prevalence and associated factors of depression among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: findings from a nationwide survey(35) |
Mridha MK et al./2021/Bangladesh |
Assess the prevalence and factors associated with depression among adolescent boys and girls. |
Cross-sectional |
Only among girls, the Muslim religion was associated with depression. |
IV |
| Qualitative, longitudinal exploration of coping strategies and factors facilitating infant and young child feeding practices among mothers in rural Rwanda(36) |
Ahishakiye J et al./2021/Rwanda |
Explore coping strategies that facilitate appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among rural Rwandan mothers from birth to 1 year of children’s life. |
Qualitative descriptive |
Personal factors such as breastfeeding self-efficacy, religious beliefs, and perceived benefits of breastfeeding were among the facilitating factors. |
IV |
| Material Deprivation and Subjective Poverty Association With Subjective Well-Being Reported by Children: Religiosity as a Protective Factor(37) |
Gross-Manos D et al./2022/Israel |
Explore the association between material deprivation and subjective poverty with subjective well-being as well as the possible moderating effect of religiosity. |
Descriptive |
The findings suggest that religiosity plays a protective role. |
IV |
Espiritualidad y religiosidad en niños, adolescentes y sus familias en contexto vulnerable: revisión del alcance
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