Religious coping to psychological stress has been linked to positive outcomes on both physical and mental health, but no studies have explored its neurophysiological correlates. Ninety-six participants (43 men and 53 women, mean age: 22.30 ± 2.48 years) were enrolled in the present study; they underwent an evaluation of coping with the brief version of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (brief-COPE) scale and performed an eyes-closed resting state electroencephalographic (EEG) recording. EEG analyses were conducted with the exact Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography software (eLORETA). Positive correlations between religious coping and EEG activity were observed in the theta frequency band in the right hemisphere, specifically in the superior temporal, inferior frontal, and middle temporal gyri. Religious coping scores were significantly positively associated with active coping and positive reframing coping strategies, with the latter not being significantly associated with EEG data. Taken together our results contribute to increase the knowledge on the neurophysiological concomitants of religious coping to stress.

Neurophysiological correlates of religious coping to stress: a preliminary EEG power spectra investigation / Imperatori, C.; Bersani, F. S.; Massullo, C.; Carbone, G. A.; Salvati, A.; Mazzi, G.; Cicerale, G.; Carrara, A.; Farina, B.. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - 728:(2020), p. 134956. [10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134956]

Neurophysiological correlates of religious coping to stress: a preliminary EEG power spectra investigation

Bersani F. S.;
2020

Abstract

Religious coping to psychological stress has been linked to positive outcomes on both physical and mental health, but no studies have explored its neurophysiological correlates. Ninety-six participants (43 men and 53 women, mean age: 22.30 ± 2.48 years) were enrolled in the present study; they underwent an evaluation of coping with the brief version of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (brief-COPE) scale and performed an eyes-closed resting state electroencephalographic (EEG) recording. EEG analyses were conducted with the exact Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography software (eLORETA). Positive correlations between religious coping and EEG activity were observed in the theta frequency band in the right hemisphere, specifically in the superior temporal, inferior frontal, and middle temporal gyri. Religious coping scores were significantly positively associated with active coping and positive reframing coping strategies, with the latter not being significantly associated with EEG data. Taken together our results contribute to increase the knowledge on the neurophysiological concomitants of religious coping to stress.
2020
Brief-COPE; EEG power; eLORETA; Religious coping; Resting state; Stress
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Neurophysiological correlates of religious coping to stress: a preliminary EEG power spectra investigation / Imperatori, C.; Bersani, F. S.; Massullo, C.; Carbone, G. A.; Salvati, A.; Mazzi, G.; Cicerale, G.; Carrara, A.; Farina, B.. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - 728:(2020), p. 134956. [10.1016/j.neulet.2020.134956]
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