Kostruba Natalia, Fishchuk Oksana
Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine.
J Relig Health. 2025 Jun 30. doi: 10.1007/s10943-025-02377-5.
The COVID pandemic has set a precedent where social restrictions and alarming news about the spread and mortality of the virus have kept people in constant emotional tension. Scientists around the world have concluded that society needs psychological support and information assistance to overcome the fear, anxiety, and depression that arise from pandemics. In search of peace, many believers turn to religion. The spiritual institution of the church always takes care of people who need support and hope. However, quarantine restrictions significantly narrowed the church influence on the life of the religious community. At that time, the church significantly expanded its presence in the media space. The phenomenon of media religiosity has emerged as the religion practice using media. The question is, does this new kind of religiosity have an impact on psychological well-being and mental health? So, the purpose of the article is to empirically investigate the relationship and influence of the individual media religiosity level on of the mental health stability indicators. Mental health stability refers to the extent to which individuals reported change in levels of common mental health symptoms (curiosity about life, belonging to a social group, satisfaction with one's personality, etc.). To implement the purpose of the study, we used the questionnaire "Mental health stability-short form" (MHC-SF-UA) adapted by E. Nosenko, A. Chetveryk-Burchak and the Kostruba Questionnaire for Media Religious Individuals (KQMRI). The research was conducted on a convenience sample which consisted of 685 people (181 male and 504 female), average age 22.7 years, from 16 regions of Ukraine. A statistically significant relationship was revealed between: hedonic well-being and the media religiosity cognitive component (r = - 0.116; p < 0.01); social well-being as a component of mental health stability and the individual's media religiosity conative component (r = 0.078; p < 0.05); mental health stability and cognitive component of a person's media religiosity (r = - 0.079; p < 0.05). The implemented regression analysis made it possible to identify only one predictor of media religiosity-hedonic well-being (β = - 0.14, p < 0.05). The results demonstrate that individuals prone to media religiosity have stable mental health, which is most often manifested and supported by social well-being.
新冠疫情开创了一个先例，即社会限制以及有关病毒传播和死亡率的惊人消息使人们一直处于情绪紧张状态。世界各地的科学家得出结论，社会需要心理支持和信息援助，以克服疫情引发的恐惧、焦虑和抑郁。为了寻求内心的平静，许多信徒求助于宗教。教会这一精神机构始终关照那些需要支持和希望的人。然而，隔离限制极大地缩小了教会对宗教团体生活的影响。与此同时，教会在媒体领域的影响力大幅扩大。媒体宗教性现象作为一种利用媒体的宗教实践应运而生。问题是，这种新型宗教性是否会对心理健康和精神健康产生影响？因此，本文的目的是实证研究个人媒体宗教性水平与心理健康稳定性指标之间的关系及影响。心理健康稳定性是指个体报告的常见心理健康症状（对生活的好奇心、归属感、对自身性格的满意度等）水平变化的程度。为实现研究目的，我们使用了由E. 诺先科、A. 切特韦里克 - 布尔恰克改编的“心理健康稳定性简表”（MHC - SF - UA）以及媒体宗教个体科斯楚巴问卷（KQMRI）。该研究基于一个便利样本进行，样本由来自乌克兰16个地区的685人组成（181名男性和504名女性），平均年龄22.7岁。研究发现了以下具有统计学意义的关系：享乐幸福感与媒体宗教性认知成分（r = - 0.116；p < 0.01）；作为心理健康稳定性一部分的社会幸福感与个体媒体宗教性意动成分（r = 0.078；p < 0.05）；心理健康稳定性与个人媒体宗教性认知成分（r = - 0.079；p < 0.05）。所进行的回归分析仅确定了媒体宗教性的一个预测因素——享乐幸福感（β = - 0.14，p < 0.05）。结果表明，倾向于媒体宗教性的个体具有稳定的心理健康，这最常体现在社会幸福感中并得到其支持。
