Religion and Disability: Variation in Religious Service Attendance Rates for Children with Chronic Health Conditions

Prior research consistently demonstrates greater religious involvement is associated with improved health outcomes for those with chronic health conditions. Fewer studies focus on how chronic health conditions influence religious service attendance rates and most focus on older Americans. Using thre...

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Auteur principal: Whitehead, Andrew L. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
Dans: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 2018, Volume: 57, Numéro: 2, Pages: 377-395
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Enfant ou adolescent (11-17 ans) / Malade chronique / Fréquentation des églises
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AG Vie religieuse
CB Spiritualité chrétienne
ZA Sciences sociales
Sujets non-standardisés:B Disability
B Congregations
B United States
B chronic health condition
B Health
B Religion
B Children
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Résumé:Prior research consistently demonstrates greater religious involvement is associated with improved health outcomes for those with chronic health conditions. Fewer studies focus on how chronic health conditions influence religious service attendance rates and most focus on older Americans. Using three waves of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, I test whether children with a chronic health condition never attend religious worship services at rates significantly higher than children without a condition. I also investigate variation in attendance rates across a broad range of conditions, something previously overlooked. Children with chronic health conditions are more likely to never attend religious worship services. Specifically, children with chronic health conditions that impede communication and social interaction are most likely to never attend. Despite shifts in prevalence these findings are stable over time. Implications for researchers, religious communities, families with children with chronic health conditions, and health-care providers are discussed.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12521