Religiousness on mental health in older adults: the mediating role of social support and healthy behaviours

The positive association between religiousness and mental health among the faithful is well-established; here, social support (SS) and healthy behaviours (HB) are investigated as mechanisms underlying the benefits of faith on depression and anxiety in a survey sample of 97 religious older adults age...

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Main Author: Whitehead, Brenda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 429-441
Further subjects:B health behaviours
B Social Support
B Aging
B Depressive symptoms
B Anxiety
B Religiousness
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