Pediatric chaplains iterative process to address religious & spiritual struggle: a qualitative study.

The growing body of literature on religious and spiritual (R/S) struggles consistently highlights its association with various health outcomes in Pediatrics. Chaplains or spiritual care providers, as members of interdisciplinary teams, frequently offer spiritual care to patients and families grappling with R/S struggles. However, there is a paucity of literature demonstrating how chaplains address R/S struggle in their practice.

Religiosity and religious and spiritual struggle and their association to depression and anxiety among adolescents admitted to inpatient psychiatric units.

This study examines the relationship between religious and spiritual (R/S) struggle and religiosity with depression and anxiety in adolescents admitted to inpatient psychiatric units of a pediatric hospital in the Midwest of the United States. We administered four self-reported scales to 71 adolescents (ages 13-17) to assess religiosity, R/S struggle, depression, and anxiety. The prevalence of R/S struggle among this population was high (88.