Church attendance buffers against longer-term mental distress
It has been argued that church attendance benefits mental health by buffering against stress. However, underlying mechanisms are debated and longitudinal evidence is scarce. We use eight years of longitudinal population-representative data from New Zealand to test whether consistent church attendanc...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-138 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Zealand
/ Longitudinalstudy
/ Church attendance
/ Stress
/ Mental health
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality KBS Australia; Oceania |
Further subjects: | B
Neuroticism
B Deprivation B Church B growth trajectory B Longitudinal B Religion B Distress B Mental Health |
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