Department of Psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA.
J Relig Health. 2013 Mar;52(1):128-42. doi: 10.1007/s10943-011-9460-1.
The current project was designed to examine the contention that written prayers about difficult life events function as self-disclosure to God and are structurally and effectively the same as other forms of written self-disclosure, at least in the short term. Over four writing sessions, 155 participants either wrote about mundane experiences (the control group) or wrote narratives about traumatic or stressful life events that were targeted at no one, targeted at a person of their choice, or construed as prayers to God. The results indicate that written prayers are lexically similar to the other two types of written narratives and distinct from the control group. Furthermore, the immediate effects of trauma writing on mood and physical well-being were similar as well. These findings have potentially important implications for understanding the relationship between personal prayer and a variety of health outcomes.
当前的项目旨在检验以下论点，即关于困难生活事件的书面祈祷是对上帝的自我表露，并且在结构和效果上与其他形式的书面自我表露至少在短期内相同。在四个写作阶段中，155 名参与者要么写关于平凡经历（对照组），要么写关于创伤或压力生活事件的叙述，这些叙述既不针对任何人，也不针对他们选择的人，或者被构造成向上帝祈祷。结果表明，书面祈祷在词汇上与其他两种类型的书面叙述相似，与对照组不同。此外，创伤写作对情绪和身体健康的即时影响也相似。这些发现对于理解个人祈祷与各种健康结果之间的关系具有潜在的重要意义。
