Religious coping, personal meaning in life and subjective well-being among religious adolescents of catholic denomination

Religija kod nekih osoba predstavlja jedan od središnjih globalnih sustava smisla, odnosno kognitivno-emocionalni okvir koji služi za interpretaciju stvarnosti. Prema teoretičarima, njegov razvoj započinje u adolescenciji, a može se koristiti u nošenju sa stresom. Cilj istraživanja bio je provjeriti povezanost između religioznog suočavanja sa stresom, osobnog smisla života i subjektivne dobrobiti kod religioznih adolescenata. Istraživanje je provedeno putem Interneta, na uzorku od 191 srednjoškolca koji su članovi vjerske zajednice Franjevačka mladež, od kojih su 78% djevojke. Rezultati pokazuju da religiozni adolescenti smisao života ponajviše pronalaze usmjeravajući se prema drugima, zatim u samoaktualizaciji, a najmanje u hedonizmu. Također, subjektivna je dobrobit pozitivno povezana sa smislom života koji u podlozi ima usmjerenost prema drugima ili samoaktualizaciju, ali nije povezana sa smislom života koji u podlozi ima hedonizam. Religiozni adolescenti u svom suočavanju koriste religioznost, a učestalost korištenja varira između specifičnih načina suočavanja. Što više koriste pozitivno religiozno suočavanje, to imaju veću subjektivnu dobrobit, dok što više koriste negativno religiozno suočavanje, to je njihova subjektivna dobrobit manja. Rezultati istraživanja doprinose spoznajama o izvoru smisla života i načinima religioznog suočavanja kod religioznih adolescenata, pružaju smjernice za buduća istraživanja te imaju praktične implikacije za stručnjake koji se u svom radu susreću s ovom populacijom.To some people, religion is one of the central global meaning system, or cognitiveemotional frame which we use to interpret the reality. According to some psychologists, the development of the global meaning system begins in adolescence and this system can be used in coping. The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between religious coping, personal meaning in life and subjective well-being among religious adolescents. Research was conducted via Internet, on 191 members of religious community St. Francis Youth who attend high-school, out of which 78% were females. The results suggest that religious adolescents find meaning in life mostly by focusing on others, followed by self-actualisation and the least in hedonism. Also, subjective wellbeing is positively correlated with meaning in life based on focus on others or selfactualisation, but it's not correlated with meaning in life based on hedonism. Religious adolescents use religion in their coping and the frequencies vary for each specific type of coping. The more they use positive religious coping, the higher their subjective wellbeing. On the other hand, the more they use negative religious coping, the lower their subjective well-being. These findings contribute to the better understanding of the sources of meaning in life and aspects of religious coping among religious adolescents, provide guidelines for future research and have practical implications for professionals who work with this population