ABSTRACT This study examines the domains of religious coping strategies among African Christians in New South Wales, Australia, and the role they play in negotiating quality of life and life stressors. Study themes were drawn from interview transcripts that showed positive and negative aspects of religious coping, involving multiple domains including personal, social, and environmental attributes. Of particular interest were the correlations that respondents drew between their personal biographies, environmental stressors, human-based coping, and religious coping behavior. These results position religious coping as a social cognitive model which may arise from relationship problems, while serving the need for autonomy. Implications are discussed.

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澳大利亚新南威尔士州非洲基督徒的宗教应对行为领域：一项探索性定性研究

摘要这项研究调查了澳大利亚新南威尔士州非洲基督徒中宗教应对策略的领域，以及他们在谈判生活质量和生活压力源方面所发挥的作用。研究主题来自访谈记录，显示了宗教应对的正面和负面方面，涉及多个领域，包括个人，社会和环境属性。特别令人感兴趣的是受访者在他们的个人履历，环境压力因素，基于人的应对和宗教应对行为之间的相关性。这些结果将宗教应对作为一种社会认知模型，可能是由关系问题引起的，同时满足了自治的需要。讨论了含义。