Religion and health connection: A study of African American, protestant Christians
Religion and health connection: A study of African American, protestant Christians
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DOI：
10.1353/hpu.2008.0020
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Meisinger, Bruce K.
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作者：
Gonnerman, Melvin E., Jr.;Lutz, Gene M.;Meisinger, Bruce K.
宗教和促进健康的行为可能发挥的作用，在支持积极的身体和情绪健康进行了评估，使用结构化的，面对面的访谈进行了非随机社区样本的105名成年非洲裔美国人，新教基督徒在一个小城市的农村国家在中西部。访谈测量健康促进，健康控制信念，情绪健康，身体健康，宗教习俗和人口统计学。健康促进，教堂出席，或两者都与减少孤独，抑郁，睡眠问题和家庭问题的患病率有关。超过80%的受访者将治愈的力量归功于上帝和祈祷。受访者对信仰和治疗的态度与他们的实际经历之间显然缺乏联系。
The roles religious and health promoting behaviors may play in bolstering positive physical and emotional health were assessed using structured, face-to-face interviews conducted using a non-random community sample of 105 adult African American, Protestant Christians in a small city in a rural state in the Midwest. The interview measured health promotion, health locus of control beliefs, emotional health, physical health, religious practices, and demographics. Health promotion, church attendance, or both were related to decreased prevalence of loneliness, depression, trouble sleeping, and family problems. More than 80% of those interviewed ascribed healing power to God and prayer. There was an apparent lack of connection between respondents' attitudes about faith and healing and their actual experiences.