The Positive Psychology Approach is complementary to the Religion and Spiritual Psychology.The Positive Psychology Approach is complementary to the Religion and Spiritual Psychology.Both areas study how to cope, or promote faith and hope states, positives states tending topromote psychophysical, affective, mental as well as the spiritual health of the human being.Pargament (1997) and Koenig (1997/2007) emphasize that religious practices have a beneficialeffect to health as it diminishes or prevents stress. Therefore, religion is seen as a potentialsource of mental health.My Doctoral Thesis research carried out with religious subjects from different creeds found thatprayers, contemplation and spiritual healing help to promote positive states of psychophysical,mental and spiritual welfare of relatives. (Yoffe, 2006/2010)

This article analyses religious and spiritual coping of negative and stressful events such as the loss of a loved one. The study case of a religious catholic woman who lost a loved one is part of my Docthoral Thesis (an exploratory and descriptive study done with religious persons of different creeds), where it was verified that prayers, meditation, spiritual healing, funerary rituals and social support promote positive effects and physical, psychological, mental and spiritual well- being of religious people who mourn the loss of a loved one.

My Docthoral Thesis carried out with religious subjects from different creeds and with non religious individuals found that participation in collective funerary rites and in private rituals –religious or secular - allow the mourners to say good bye and accept the death of their deceased loved ones (Páez et al., 2007)..Funerals and bereavement rituals allow the symbolic expression of feelings and thoughts, assist the mourners to cope with loss, and promote their recovery from bereavement (Pargament, 1997; Yoffe, 2012c.).

In recent decades it has reached a reasonable agreement among researchers regarding concepts and manifestations associated with mourning (Stroebe et al., 2007). The progress are great from the conceptions of mourning “work” (Freud, 1917), the “phases” (Bowlby, 1980; Kubler Ross, 1984) and the “tasks” of mourning (Worden, 1991). A lot of recent research recognize the mourning as a complex phenomenon that includes biological, psychological, social and spiritual levels (Stroebe et al., 2007).New studies broadened and deepened the theory of stress confrontation present in negative and / or traumatic situations (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) to investigate the cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual process that people of different ages use, belonging to different creeds and cultures to confront various types of losses (Stroebe et al., 2007; Folkman, 2007; Rosemblatt, 2007).One ...

This article analyses religious and spiritual coping of negative and stressful events such as the loss of a loved one. The study cases of a religious jewish man and a woman- who lost a loved one- is part of my Docthoral Thesis (an exploratory and descriptive study done with religious persons of different creeds), where it was verified that participation in funerary jewish rituals, prayers, meditation, healing, and religious support promote positive effects and physical, psychological, mental and spiritual well- being of religious people who mourn the loss of a loved one

My Docthoral Thesis carried out with religious subjects from different creeds and with non religious individuals found that participation in collective funerary rites and in private rituals –religious or secular - allow the mourners to say good bye and accept the death of their deceased loved ones (Páez et al., 2007)..Funerals and bereavement rituals allow the symbolic expression of feelings and thoughts, assist the mourners to cope with loss, and promote their recovery from bereavement (Pargament, 1997; Yoffe, 2012c.).

In recent decades it has reached a reasonable agreement among researchers regarding concepts and manifestations associated with mourning (Stroebe et al., 2007). The progress are great from the conceptions of mourning “work” (Freud, 1917), the “phases” (Bowlby, 1980; Kubler Ross, 1984) and the “tasks” of mourning (Worden, 1991). A lot of recent research recognize the mourning as a complex phenomenon that includes biological, psychological, social and spiritual levels (Stroebe et al., 2007).New studies broadened and deepened the theory of stress confrontation present in negative and / or traumatic situations (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) to investigate the cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual process that people of different ages use, belonging to different creeds and cultures to confront various types of losses (Stroebe et al., 2007; Folkman, 2007; Rosemblatt, 2007).One ...

This article analyses religious and spiritual coping of negative and stressful events such as the loss of a loved one. The study cases of a religious jewish man and a woman- who lost a loved one- is part of my Docthoral Thesis (an exploratory and descriptive study done with religious persons of different creeds), where it was verified that participation in funerary jewish rituals, prayers, meditation, healing, and religious support promote positive effects and physical, psychological, mental and spiritual well- being of religious people who mourn the loss of a loved one

The Positive Psychology Approach is complementary to the Religion and Spiritual Psychology.The Positive Psychology Approach is complementary to the Religion and Spiritual Psychology.Both areas study how to cope, or promote faith and hope states, positives states tending topromote psychophysical, affective, mental as well as the spiritual health of the human being.Pargament (1997) and Koenig (1997/2007) emphasize that religious practices have a beneficialeffect to health as it diminishes or prevents stress. Therefore, religion is seen as a potentialsource of mental health.My Doctoral Thesis research carried out with religious subjects from different creeds found thatprayers, contemplation and spiritual healing help to promote positive states of psychophysical,mental and spiritual welfare of relatives. (Yoffe, 2006/2010)

This article analyses religious and spiritual coping of negative and stressful events such as the loss of a loved one. The study case of a religious catholic woman who lost a loved one is part of my Docthoral Thesis (an exploratory and descriptive study done with religious persons of different creeds), where it was verified that prayers, meditation, spiritual healing, funerary rituals and social support promote positive effects and physical, psychological, mental and spiritual well- being of religious people who mourn the loss of a loved one.