Amassing research findings suggests that religious faith and/or spirituality (R/S) can both help and hinder recovery from mental health conditions that might prompt military veterans to seek psychotherapy or counseling. As such, there is increasing interest among psychologists and other professionals working with military populations in the helpfulness of addressing the R/S domain. However, research has yet to examine veterans’ actual preferences for integrating R/S in their treatment. Drawing on two samples with heterogeneity in R/S backgrounds and military-related experiences, results revealed that veterans generally viewed incorporating R/S in psychotherapy or counseling as “somewhat” important. When compared to more concrete approaches assessed in the study, they also gave greater importance to interventions that assumed an exploratory and affirming approach to R/S. In addition, when focusing on veterans with a probable need for treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depressive disorder (MDD) at the time of the study, other results illuminated several factors that might shape these preferences. Namely, veterans from ethnic minority groups and those who were highly religious and/or had a strong belief in God’s existence were more interested in a spiritually integrative treatment. This final set of analyses also revealed that veterans with clinical levels of PTSD/MDD symptoms who were experiencing R/S struggles endorsed stronger preferences, particularly with respect to moral struggles. Overall, these findings support the need for a patient-centered approach with veterans in which clinicians are not ignorant of R/S concerns but also do not assume that this domain should be targeted in every case.

中文翻译：

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退伍军人倾向于将灵性融入心理治疗或咨询中。

大量的研究结果表明，宗教信仰和/或灵性 (R/S) 既可以帮助也可以阻碍从可能促使退伍军人寻求心理治疗或咨询的心理健康状况中恢复。因此，心理学家和其他与军人一起工作的专业人士对解决 R/S 领域的帮助越来越感兴趣。然而，研究尚未调查退伍军人在治疗中整合 R/S 的实际偏好。利用两个在 R/S 背景和军事相关经验方面具有异质性的样本，结果显示，退伍军人通常认为将 R/S 纳入心理治疗或咨询“有些”重要。与研究中评估的更具体的方法相比，他们还更加重视对 R/S 采取探索性和肯定性方法的干预措施。此外，当关注在研究期间可能需要治疗创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和/或重度抑郁症 (MDD) 的退伍军人时，其他结果阐明了可能影响这些偏好的几个因素。也就是说，来自少数族裔的退伍军人和那些高度宗教化和/或对上帝存在有强烈信仰的人对精神上的整合治疗更感兴趣。最后一组分析还显示，患有 PTSD/MDD 临床症状且正在经历 R/S 斗争的退伍军人支持更强的偏好，尤其是在道德斗争方面。全面的，