Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction?

Ellison, Christopher G.; Gay, David A.; Glass, Thomas A.

doi:10.2307/2579222

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“…These considerations are supported by empirical evidence due to the small but significant positive effects of religiosity 11 on satisfaction that have usually been found (Ellison et al 1989;Argyle 2001;Maltby et al 1999). The following is therefore expected:…”

Section: Cultural Capital and Religious Integrationmentioning

confidence: 77%

Economic, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Are there Differences Between Asia and Europe?

Jagodzinski

2009

Soc Indic Res

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Section: Cultural Capital and Religious Integrationmentioning

confidence: 77%

Economic, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Are there Differences Between Asia and Europe?

Jagodzinski

2009

Soc Indic Res

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“…Among the more tangible benefits of religious participation are increases in various measures of physical and mental health. Studies of religion and wellbeing have found a positive relationship between various measures of religiosity and lower blood pressure (Koenig et al 1998), longer life expectancy (Plante and Sherman 2001), subjective well-being (Ellison 1991), and global indicators of life satisfaction (Ellison et al 1989); and a negative relationship between measures of religiosity and depression (Krause 2011a), stress (Ellison et al 2001), and anxiety (Schieman 2008) just to name a few. Research also suggests that religious service attendance makes women and men less likely to engage in risky health behaviors (Garcia et al 2013).…”

Section: Religion and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Minority Participation and Well-Being in Majority Catholic Nations: What Does it Mean to be a Religious Minority?

May

Smilde

2015

J Relig Health

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This paper examines the effect of religious majority size on religious minority well-being. Religious minorities face a number of challenges ranging from deliberate discrimination to inadequate worship space and accommodations. Yet for many of the members of religious minority groups, religion remains an important part of community organizing and individual well-being. Given this paradox, it is important to consider the ways that minority status is experienced in different contexts and by different groups. Using data on non-Catholics in majority Catholic nations, this paper demonstrates that the personal benefits of participation in a minority religion are dependent on the size of the Catholic majority. Although religious minorities generally experience health and wellness gains via their engagement with religious communities, the non-Catholic residents of some Catholic nations score higher on self-reports of mental and physical health when they are not actively engaged with their religious tradition. Explanations for this conditional relationship are considered in the discussion of the results.

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“…Myers (2000) reports data from a national sample showing that those who are most involved with their religion are almost twice as likely to report being ''very happy'' than those with the least involvement (see also Ferris 2002), while Ellison (1991) found that religious variables accounted for 5-7% of variance in life satisfaction (see also Witter et al 1985). It is likely that a number of factors underlie the link between religiosity and well-being, from the social support and prosocial behaviors that religion encourages (Barkan and Greenwood 2003;Cohen 2002;Taylor and Chatters 1988), to the coherent framework that religion provides (Ellison et al 1989;Pollner 1989), to the coping mechanisms that alleviate stress and assuage loss (McIntosh et al 1993;Pargament 1997;Pargament et al 1998;Strawbridge et al 1998). One recent investigation traced the benefits of religious involvement to the cumulative effect of the positive boosts in wellbeing that people receive each time they attend religious services (Mochon et al 2008).…”

Section: The Benefits Of Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%