Teut Michael, Brinkhaus Benno, Stöckigt Barbara, Binting Sylvia, Elies Michael K, Zwingmann Christian, Jeserich Florian
Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
, Laubach, Germany.
J Relig Health. 2025 Apr;64(2):1195-1221. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02210-5. Epub 2024 Dec 14.
Rosary prayer is a popular Catholic meditative prayer practice and has been used since the thirteenth century. The aim of this study is to describe characteristics, prayer practice, religiosity and piety of those practicing the prayer and to investigate whether and how religion/spirituality (R/S) and well-being are related in this specific population. An online cross-sectional survey was performed between June and September 2022 which included items on sociodemographic data, prayer practice, well-being, religiosity and spirituality, transpersonal trust and spiritual meaning. Results were described descriptively, and a possible relationship between R/S and well-being was examined using correlational and moderator analyses. In total, 164 participants who pray the Rosary completed the online questionnaire. A total of 92% of the participants belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, and 61% of the sample were women. A majority of participants reported to be very religious/spiritual (36%) or quite religious/spiritual (47%). Most participants experienced the prayer as a calming and relaxing practice, which slows down the breathing and the awareness in the prayer being focused on the prayer beads. Most of the participants expressed a high-to-very high transpersonal trust. All R/S measures used in this study are highly intercorrelated (r between 0.64 and 0.91) and show similar small-size associations (r between 0.10 and 0.20) with well-being. Moderator analysis shows that the connection between R/S and well-being was stronger among those with more positive prayer experiences. Subjectively perceived positive prayer experiences may act as an amplifier or emotional affirmation of the "rightness" or "effectiveness" of one's faith and this very amplification may have a strengthening effect on the relationship between R/S and well-being. The interaction of R/S and well-being in Rosary praying and other meditative techniques should be a major topic of future research.
玫瑰经祈祷是一种广受欢迎的天主教冥想祈祷方式，自13世纪以来就被使用。本研究的目的是描述进行玫瑰经祈祷者的特征、祈祷方式、宗教虔诚度和敬虔程度，并调查在这一特定人群中宗教/灵性（R/S）与幸福感之间是否存在关联以及如何关联。于2022年6月至9月进行了一项在线横断面调查，其中包括社会人口统计学数据、祈祷方式、幸福感、宗教虔诚度和灵性、超个人信任和精神意义等项目。对结果进行了描述性分析，并使用相关性分析和调节分析来检验R/S与幸福感之间可能存在的关系。共有164名进行玫瑰经祈祷的参与者完成了在线问卷。92%的参与者属于罗马天主教会，样本中有61%为女性。大多数参与者表示非常虔诚/有灵性（36%）或比较虔诚/有灵性（47%）。大多数参与者将祈祷体验为一种平静和放松的方式，它会减缓呼吸，并使祈祷时的注意力集中在念珠上。大多数参与者表达了高度至极高度的超个人信任。本研究中使用的所有R/S测量指标之间高度相互关联（r在0.64至0.91之间），并且与幸福感呈现出类似的小幅度关联（r在0.10至0.20之间）。调节分析表明，在祈祷体验更积极的人群中，R/S与幸福感之间的联系更强。主观感受到的积极祈祷体验可能会增强或从情感上肯定一个人信仰的“正确性”或“有效性”，而这种增强可能会加强R/S与幸福感之间的关系。在玫瑰经祈祷和其他冥想技巧中R/S与幸福感的相互作用应成为未来研究的一个主要课题。
