Religion and coping: Empirical verification of their interaction

Research to date concerning the effects of religion on coping with stressfu l situations has brought new specific data. In terms of theory and research , this subject area has been developed most by K.I. Pargament, who delineat ed three styles of religious coping: Self-directing, Deferring and Collabor ative In a research project involving adolescents, we confirmed the reliabi lity of the Slovak translation of the above author's scale and found a prev alence of the collaboration with God coping style. Similar results were fou nd in other smaller samples of subjects. The Collaborative style is connect ed with intrinsic religious orientation.