Religiosidade/Espiritualidade em uma amostra nacional de psicólogos brasileiros: perfil e implicações na prática profissional

Despite consistent evidence about the widespread prevalence of religiosity/spirituality (R/S) in the global population, as well as its impact and importance on clinical practice in mental health, there is a gap in the knowledge of R/S of psychology professionals in the world. Brazil and its impact on research and clinical practice. Objective: To investigate the R/S of Brazilian psychologists and its repercussions on professional practice. Method: National survey of Brazilian psychologists through an online questionnaire. Emails were sent to all registered psychologists on the Orienta Psi Channel of the Federal Council of Psychology. The questionnaire addressed sociodemographic profile, training and professional performance, personal R/S and impact on clinical and research practice. SPSS was used for statistical analysis, with descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. For qualitative data content analysis was used. Results: Most of the 4,300 respondents were female, with a high level of education (graduate) and working in clinical practice. Although most psychologists have religious affiliation (78.3%), the frequency of those without religion is almost three times higher than the Brazilian population. Although most professionals consider religion beneficial for mental health (62%), a majority also say they do not consider R/S issues relevant to the proposed treatment (65%). This is thought to be related to the lack of specific training on how to deal with R/S in the clinic, which was stated by only 24.2% of respondents. Training predicted greater belief in the benefits of R/S for mental health (56%), as well as predicted more often with which question about R/S (184%) and which considered relevant R/S questions (229%). Age predicted all personal R/S variables, as well as beliefs about the effect, approach, and understanding of the relevance of R/S aspects in clinical practice. Religious attendance ≥1 time per week, involvement in individual religious activities ≥ 1 time per day, and intrinsic ...