Religiosity and Mental Wellbeing Among Members of Majority and Minority Religions: Findings From Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
Religiosity and Mental Wellbeing Among Members of Majority and Minority Religions: Findings From Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
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10.1093/aje/kwab133
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2022-01-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Nandi A
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作者：
Aksoy O;Bann D;Fluharty ME;Nandi A
目前还不清楚宗教信仰和心理健康之间的联系是否在美国以外的环境中发现，或者是因果关系。我们研究了无宗教信仰者、白色和非白色基督徒、巴基斯坦穆斯林、孟加拉国穆斯林和其他种族穆斯林以及其他少数民族宗教团体之间的心理健康差异以及心理健康与宗教信仰之间的关联。我们使用了4波理解社会：英国家庭纵向研究（2009-2013; n = 50，922）。我们调整了潜在的混杂因素（包括社会经济因素和个性）和家庭固定效应，以解释家庭水平的未观察到的混杂因素。与没有宗教信仰的人相比，巴基斯坦和孟加拉国的穆斯林以及其他少数宗教的成员的幸福感更差（使用缩短的沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表和一般健康问卷进行测量）。根据一般健康问卷，宗教的主观重要性较高与幸福感较低相关;与缩短的沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表没有发现相关性。更频繁的宗教服务参与与更高的幸福感相关;有宗教信仰的人的效应量更大。通过调整潜在的混杂因素（包括家庭固定效应），这些关联仅部分减弱。宗教服务的出席和/或其世俗的替代品可能有一个在改善全人口的心理健康的作用。
It is unclear whether links between religiosity and mental health are found in contexts outside the United States or are causal. We examined differences in mental wellbeing and associations between mental wellbeing and religiosity among the religiously unaffiliated, White and non-White Christians, Muslims of Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and other ethnicities, and other minority ethnoreligious groups. We used 4 waves of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–2013; n = 50,922). We adjusted for potential confounders (including socioeconomic factors and personality) and for household fixed effects to account for household-level unobserved confounding factors. Compared with those with no religious affiliation, Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims and members of other minority religions had worse wellbeing (as measured using the Shortened Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and General Health Questionnaire). Higher subjective importance of religion was associated with lower wellbeing according to the General Health Questionnaire; associations were not found with the Shortened Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. More frequent religious service attendance was associated with higher wellbeing; effect sizes were larger for those with religious affiliations. These associations were only partially attenuated by adjustment for potential confounding factors, including household fixed effects. Religious service attendance and/or its secular alternatives may have a role in improving population-wide mental wellbeing.
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