Religiosity and health: A global comparative study
Religiosity and health: A global comparative study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.11.006
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发表时间：
2018-11-15
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Jagger C
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作者：
Zimmer Z;Rojo F;Ofstedal MB;Chiu CT;Saito Y;Jagger C
本文的目的是了解宗教信仰和健康指标之间的全球联系，以及这些指标在不同国家之间的差异。数据来自世界价值观调查（93个国家，N=121,770）。健康是基于自我评估的整体健康问题。首先，对每个国家的具体回归进行检验，以确定每个国家的关联。接下来，将国家层面的变量和跨层面的相互作用添加到多层模型中，以评估环境是否以及如何影响健康和宗教倾向。结果表明，宗教信仰与健康之间的关系在不同国家和宗教信仰指标之间存在巨大差异。只有三个国家（格鲁吉亚、南非和美国）的所有宗教信仰指标与健康之间存在显著的正相关关系；只有两个国家（斯洛文尼亚和突尼斯）存在负面关联。宏观层面的变量在一定程度上解释了这种差异。在宗教多样化的国家，更多地参与宗教活动有助于改善健康状况。在人类发展指数较低的国家，对上帝的重视和对生命意义的思考更有可能与更好的健康联系在一起。在对宗教活动有更严格限制的国家，思考生命的意义更有可能与更好的健康联系在一起。在亚洲和东欧的共产主义和前共产主义国家，宗教信仰与身体健康的关系不大。总之，宗教信仰与健康之间的关系是复杂的，部分受到地缘政治和宏观社会心理背景的影响。宗教信仰和健康之间的关系在全球范围内存在巨大差异。宗教信仰与健康之间的联系因宗教信仰指标的不同而不同。参与的一个指标与宗教多样化国家的健康状况有关。与信仰和生命意义有关的指标与有宗教限制的贫穷国家的良好健康有关。
The objective of this paper is to understand global connections between indicators of religiosity and health and how these differ cross-nationally. Data are from World Values Surveys (93 countries, N=121,770). Health is based on a self-assessed question about overall health. First, country-specific regressions are examined to determine the association separately in each country. Next, country-level variables and cross-level interactions are added to multilevel models to assess whether and how context affects health and religiosity slopes. Results indicate enormous variation in associations between religiosity and health across countries and religiosity indicators. Significant positive associations between all religiosity measures and health exist in only three countries (Georgia, South Africa, and USA); negative associations in only two (Slovenia and Tunisia). Macro-level variables explain some of this divergence. Greater participation in religious activity relates to better health in countries characterized as being religiously diverse. The importance in god and pondering life’s meaning is more likely associated with better health in countries with low levels of the Human Development Index. Pondering life’s meaning more likely associates with better health in countries that place more stringent restrictions on religious practice. Religiosity is less likely to be related to good health in communist and former communist countries of Asia and Eastern Europe. In conclusion, the association between religiosity and health is complex, being partly shaped by geopolitical and macro psychosocial contexts. There is enormous global variation in how religiosity and health relate. Associations between religiosity and health differ across indicators of religiosity. An indicator of participation relates to good health in religiously diverse countries. Indicators related to belief and meaning of life relate to good health in poor countries with religious restrictions.
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DOI：
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发表时间：
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