Crenças protestantes e seus impactos na promoção da saúde mental: Revisão de escopo
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62827/eb.v25i4.4233Palavras-chave:
Protestantismo; Religião; Saúde Mental.Resumo
Introdução: A religiosidade constitui um importante determinante psicossocial da saúde mental, influenciando comportamentos, percepções e estratégias de enfrentamento. Objetivo: Mapear as evidências científicas acerca das crenças protestantes e suas relações com a saúde mental. Métodos: Revisão de escopo conduzida conforme as recomendações do Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) e do Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). A busca foi realizada nas bases de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus e PsycINFO, sem restrição de idioma ou período. Utilizou-se a estratégia Population, Concept and Context (PCC). A seleção dos estudos foi realizada por três revisores independentes, com apoio do software Rayyan. Resultados: Foram incluídos nove estudos. Os resultados foram heterogêneos. As evidências indicam que a religiosidade protestante pode estar associada à redução de sintomas depressivos e ansiosos, ao maior bem-estar psicológico e ao fortalecimento do suporte social. Contudo, observam-se impactos negativos em contextos religiosos conservadores, especialmente entre minorias sexuais. Conclusão: As crenças protestantes apresentaram associações com diferentes desfechos de saúde mental, com associações favoráveis em alguns contextos, embora seus efeitos variem conforme fatores socioculturais e individuais.
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