Religious involvement, stress, and mental health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study
Religious involvement, stress, and mental health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study
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DOI：
10.1353/sof.2001.0063
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Jackson, JS
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作者：
Ellison, CG;Boardman, JD;Jackson, JS
Although interest in the links between religion and mental health has increased sharply in recent years, researchers remain far from a consensus regarding which aspects of religious involvement are germane to mental health, which mental health outcomes may be influenced by religious factors, and which mechanisms and/or models may account for these observed relationships. This article extends the literature in this area by elaborating a set of direct, mediating, and moderating links between multiple dimensions Of religious involvement and psychological distress and well-being. Relevant hypotheses are then tested using data from the 1995 Detroit Area Study. Among our key findings: the frequency of church attendance bears a positive association with well-being and an inverse association with distress; the frequency of prayer has a slight inverse link with well-being and a weak positive association with distress; belief in eternal life is positively associated with well-being but unrelated to distress, in general, the net effects of these religious variables are not mediated by the risk of social stressors or by access to social or psychological resources, other religious variables, including measures of church-based social support, are unrelated to distress or well-being; and there is limited evidence of stress-buffering effects, but not stress-exacerbating effects, of religious involvement. The limitations of the study are discussed, and several implications and promising directions for further research oil religion and health/well-being are identified.
