Forgiveness as a Mediator of the Religiosity-Health Relationship
Forgiveness as a Mediator of the Religiosity-Health Relationship
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DOI：
10.1037/a0017584
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Lawler-Row, Kathleen A.
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作者：
Lawler-Row, Kathleen A.
宽恕被认为是宗教对健康影响的重要途径。我们进行了三项独立的研究来检验这一假设。在研究I中，老年人（a = 605）完成了宽恕，宗教信仰和健康的措施。感受到上帝的宽恕完全介导了出席频率、祈祷频率和相信一个守望的上帝与成功衰老之间的关联。自我宽恕和宽恕他人在宗教健康关系中起部分中介作用。在第二项研究中，253名老年人完成了特质宽恕、宗教信仰和健康的测量。特质宽恕完全介导了祈祷和内在宗教信仰与疾病症状和成功衰老的5个维度之间的关联。在研究3中，80名中年男性和女性完成了状态和特质宽恕措施，以及宗教信仰和健康措施。状态宽恕完全介导了存在幸福感与症状和药物之间的关系，而轨迹宽恕完全介导了宗教幸福感与内在宗教信仰和睡眠质量之间的关系。国家宽恕部分调解精神和睡眠和抑郁症之间的关系。在成年人中，关于宗教归属或信仰，各种宗教变量，健康结果和宽恕措施是相互关联的。在大多数情况下，宽恕或部分或完全介导的宗教健康关系。
Forgiveness is proposed to be an important pathway through which the effects of religion on health are mediated. Three separate studies were conducted to examine this hypothesis. In Study I. older adults (a = 605) completed measures of forgiveness, religiosity, and health. Feeling forgiven by God fully mediated associations between frequency of attendance, frequency of prayer, and belief in a watchful God with successful aging. Self-forgiveness and forgiveness of others partially mediated the religion health relationships. In Study 2, 253 older adults completed measures of trait forgiveness, religiosity, and health. Trait forgiveness fully mediated associations between prayer and intrinsic religiosity with illness symptoms and 5 dimensions of successful aging. In Study 3, 80 middle-aged men and women completed state and trait forgiveness measures, as well as religiosity and health measures. State forgiveness fully mediated the relationships between existential well-being and both symptoms and medications, and trail forgiveness fully mediated the relationship between religious well-beimg and both intrinsic religiosity and quality of sleep. State forgiveness partially mediated the relationships between spirituality and both sleep and depression. Within adults, unselected with regard to religious affiliations or beliefs, a variety of religious variables, health outcomes, and forgiveness measures were interrelated. In the majority of cases, forgiveness either partially or fully mediated the religion health relationships.