One size doesn’t fit all: religious/spiritual identities moderate salutary effects of religion
Religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours are frequently described as having salutary effects, but there are likely unexplored exceptions to this general finding. We combined data from the 2011/2012 Canadian Community Health Surveys (N > 7077) to investigate how religion/spirituality predicted f...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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Mental health, religion & culture
Jahr: 2021, Band: 24, Heft: 2, Seiten: 111-127 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Moderation
B non-spiritual B Psychological wellness B Non-religion |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours are frequently described as having salutary effects, but there are likely unexplored exceptions to this general finding. We combined data from the 2011/2012 Canadian Community Health Surveys (N > 7077) to investigate how religion/spirituality predicted five health outcomes (i.e., three subscales on the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form, self-rated health, and satisfaction with life), and whether these relationships were moderated by a person’s religious/spiritual identity. We found that while attendance, prayer/meditation, and religiosity had a statistical relationship with health outcomes, these relationships were frequently weak and often did not apply to people who were Nones, nonspiritual, or nonspiritual-Nones. Moreover, the results suggested that religious/spiritual identities moderated the relationship between religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours, and health outcomes. Specifically, Nones, nonspiritual, and nonspiritual-Nones reported a nonpositive relationship between religion and health. Overall, the conclusion that “religion = better health” is an inadequate generalisation that fails to describe the nuance of the relationship. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2020.1863934 |