The Experience Sampling Method: A New Way of Assessing Variability of the Emotional Dimensions of Religiosity and Spirituality in a Dutch Psychiatric Population

Bart van den Brink*, Matthias Jongkind, Willemijn Wijzenbroek, Mira Duif, Arjan W. Braam, Philippe Delespaul, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker

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Abstract

Religiosity and spirituality (R/S) are often regarded as being relatively stable over time. The present exploratory experience sampling method (ESM) study aims to assess the variability of three R/S parameters concerning affective representations of God and spiritual experiences in a psychiatric population. Depressed in- and outpatients self-identifying as being spiritual or religious participated, from two Dutch mental health care institutions. The twenty-eight participants rated momentary affective R/S-variables up to 10 times per day over a 6-day period when prompted by a mobile application. All three examined R/S parameters varied significantly within the day. ESM examination of R/S showed good compliance and little reactivity. This indicates that ESM offers a feasible, usable, and valid way to explore R/S in a psychiatric population.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3687-3701
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Religion and Health
Volume62
Issue number5
Early online date7 Jul 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Stichting tot Steun VCVGZ (BvdB, Grant Number 242).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Funding

This study was supported by Stichting tot Steun VCVGZ (BvdB, Grant Number 242).

Keywords

  • Depression
  • Experience sampling method
  • God representation
  • Religiosity
  • Spirituality

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