Skip to main content
Log in

Fibromyalgia, Spirituality, Coping and Quality of Life

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Journal of Religion and Health Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the impact of spirituality on coping strategies and on the quality of life of fibromyalgia patients. The study was carried out on 590 people suffering from fibromyalgia. The data were collected with the French version of the WCC-R (The Ways of Coping Checklist: Cousson et al. 1996), the questionnaire of spirituality (Evaluation de La Spiritualité: Renard and Roussiau, 2016) and Diener’s Satisfaction with Life Scale questionnaire, translated into French (Blais et al. 1989). An analysis carried out with the software SPSS and Hayes’ models showed that both problem-focused coping and coping through social support seeking are mediating variables that enable an indirect link between spirituality and quality of life.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Aïni, K., Curelli-Chéreau, A., & Antoine, P. (2007). L’Expérience subjective de patients avec une fibromyalgie: Analyse qualitative. Annales Médico-Psychologiques, 168, 255–262. doi:10.1016/j.amp.2007.11.022.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Albrecht, P.J., Hou, Q., Argoff, C.E., Storey, J.R., Wymer, J.P., & Rice, F.L (2013). Excessive Peptidergic Sensory Innervation of Cutaneous Arteriole-Venule Shunts (AVS) in the Palmar Glabrous Skin of Fibromyalgia Patients: Implications for Widespread Deep Tissue Pain and Fatigue. Pain Medicine, 14(Issue 6), 895-915.

  • Bailly, N., Roussiau, N., & Fleury-Bahi, G. (2011). Étude des liens entre les croyances religieuses et spirituelles, la santé et l’âge. Bulletin de psychologie, 512, 149–154. doi:10.3917/bupsy.512.0149.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Blais, M. R., Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., & Brière, N. M. (1989). L’Échelle de satisfaction de vie: Validation canadienne-française du “Satisfaction with Life Scale”. Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 21, 210–223.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bruchon-Sweitzer, M. (2001). CONCEPTS, STRESS, COPING, Concepts et modèles en psychologie de la santé. Recherche en soins infirmiers, 67, 4–39.

    Google Scholar 

  • Calvino, B., & Grilo, R. M. (2004). Central pain control. Revue du Rhumatisme, 73, 10–18. doi:10.1016/j.rhum.2004.11.012.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carmody, J., Reed, G., Kristeller, J., & Merriam, P. (2007). Mindfulness, spirituality, and health-related symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 393–403. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.06.015.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cousson, F., Bruchon-Schweitzer, M., Quintard, B., Nuissier, J., & Rascle, N. (1996). Analyse multidimensionnelle d’une échelle de coping: Validation française de la Ways of Coping Checklist. Psychologie française, 41(2), 155–164.

    Google Scholar 

  • Culliford, L. (2010). The psychology of spirituality: An introduction. London/Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publisher.

    Google Scholar 

  • Desbordes, G., Negi, L. T., Pace, T. W. W., Wallace, B. A., Raison, C. L., & Schwartz, E. (2012). Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00292.

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R. J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 71–75.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Elkins, D. N., Hedstrom, L. J., Hughes, L. L., Leaf, J. A., & Saunders, C. (1988). Toward a humanistic Phenomenological Spirituality: Definition, Description, and Measurement. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 28(4), 5–18.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Escudero-Carretero, M. J., García-Toyos, N., Prieto-Rodríguez, M. A., Pérez-Corral, O., March-Cerdá, J. C., & López-Doblas, M. (2008). Fibromyalgia: Patient perception on their disease and health system. Qualitative research study. Reumatologia Clinica, 6(1), 16–22.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Folkman, S., & Moskowitz, J. T. (2004). COPING: Pitfalls and promise. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 55, 45–774. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141456.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hill, P. C., & Pargament, K. I. (2008). Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality: Implications for physical and mental health research. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 3–17.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morin, M. L. (2003). Rémission des symptômes de fibromyalgie: une étude phénoménologique existentielle. Revue Canadienne de counseling, 37(2), 18–25.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nacu, A., & Benamouzig, D. (2010). La Fibromyalgie: du problème public à l’expérience des patients. Santé Publique, 22, 551–562.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Renard, E., & Roussiau, N. (2016). Construction et validation d’une Echelle de Spiritualité. In N. Roussiau (Ed.), Psychologie, religion et spiritualité. PUR: Presses Universitaire de Rennes (in press).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eliane Biccheri.

Appendices

Appendix 1: Problem-focused coping as mediator

See Tables 2, 3 and 4.

Appendix 2: Social support seeking as mediator

See Tables 5, 6 and 7.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Biccheri, E., Roussiau, N. & Mambet-Doué, C. Fibromyalgia, Spirituality, Coping and Quality of Life. J Relig Health 55, 1189–1197 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0216-9

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0216-9

Keywords

Navigation