Prayer And Stress Spiritual Rituals Term Paper

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They claim that it relaxes them and makes them feel at ease. How true is this and what are the reasons behind it? If they indeed do help in bringing relief from stress then this would be a medical breakthrough. People are seen to take many medications for stress, some go into a state of depression and the productivity of others falls to very low levels. If such a practice of prayers or meditation can actually eliminate and prevent stress then people would not need to spend so much money on medications and they can prevent themselves from coming under stress. After all it is true that prevention is better than cure. It would be really interesting to know the factor which causes such an action. RESEARCH PLAN

This research will investigate and analyze the studies done on this subject. Its aim will be to pinpoint and try to decide whether spiritual rituals like prayers and meditation do have a positive effect and gives a person relief from stress or not. This analytical study would make it clear and bring out the reality about the effects of rituals. The research paper will investigate whether spiritual rituals such as prayer and meditation assist in preventing stress from a medical prospective. Such investigations would then lead out to the outcome and result of whether such rituals do have an effect on relieving stress or is it just a hoax.

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[Online Website] Available at http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/psychology/stress/mental-health.asp[Accessed on: 12/11/2005]
2) Astin, M.C., Lawrence, K.J., & Foy, D.W. - 1993. Posttraumatic stress disorder among battered women: Risk and resiliency factors. Violence and Victims, 8, 17-28.

3) Robert Karasek, Tres Theorell - Book Title: Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction of Working Life. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1990. Page Number: 34.

4) Pargament - 1990. God help me: Toward a theoretical framework of coping for the psychology of religion. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 2, p.195

5) Stephanie Graham, Susan Furr, Claudia Flowers, Mary Thomas Burke - Article Title: Religion and Spirituality in Coping with Stress. Journal Title: Counseling and Values. Volume: 46. Issue: 1. Publication Year: 2001. Page Number: 2.

6) Ingersoll - 1994. Spirituality, religion, and counseling: Dimensions and relationships. In M.T. Burke & J.G. Miranti (Eds.), Counseling: The spiritual dimension

7) Eugene Taylor - Article Title: Desperately Seeking Spirituality. Magazine Title: Psychology Today. Volume: 27. Issue: 6. Publication Date: November-December 1994. Page Number: 54+.

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1) Anonymous - Spirituality for Stress Relief. [Online Website] Available at http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/psychology/stress/mental-health.asp[Accessed on: 12/11/2005]

2) Astin, M.C., Lawrence, K.J., & Foy, D.W. - 1993. Posttraumatic stress disorder among battered women: Risk and resiliency factors. Violence and Victims, 8, 17-28.

3) Robert Karasek, Tres Theorell - Book Title: Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction of Working Life. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1990. Page Number: 34.

4) Pargament - 1990. God help me: Toward a theoretical framework of coping for the psychology of religion. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 2, p.195


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