Factors Influencing Religious Non-Attendance among African American Men: A Multimethod Analysis

Mattis, Jacqueline S.; Eubanks, Kiu; Zapata, Alix; Grayman, Nyasha; Belkin, Max; Mitchell, N'Jeri K.; Cooper, Sharon O.

doi:10.2307/3511993

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“…Although our findings were inconsistent with findings from these large, cross-national studies, they were consistent with findings from other smaller studies conducted in the USA (Chang 1998; Cheng and Hamid 1997; Mattis et al 2004a, b; Mattis et al 2003). Future work may benefit from attending to non-static indicators of social location (e.g., change in socioeconomic status intergenerationally and across the developmental span of individuals) and optimism.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…These theories suggest that it is reasonable to anticipate that those who have more material resources and those who have a wider range of options to negotiate life’s challenges will be more inclined than their less well-resourced counterparts to expect that events will work out for the best (Gallagher et al 2013). Although this theoretical assertion has not always been supported (see Chang 1998; Cheng and Hamid 1997; Mattis et al 2004a, b; Mattis et al 2003; Schulz et al 1996), cross-national studies suggest that this resource–optimism link may have merit. The WHOQOL SRPB Group (2006) in their cross-national studies of quality of life found a link between education and optimism.…”

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“…More specifically, scholars have found a positive association between optimism and religious orientation (e.g., fundamentalism, religious conservatism) (Koenig et al 2012; Krause and Hayward 2014; Sethi and Seligman 1993, 1994). Research also suggests that those who demonstrate a greater level of religious commitment as measured by service attendance tend to report greater levels of optimism (Mattis et al 2004a, b). Other studies have found that individuals for whom faith is an important or salient aspect of identity (i.e., those who score higher on subjective religiosity) are more likely to be optimistic (Dember and Brooks 1989; Idler and Kasl 1997; Mattis et al 2004a, b; Mattis et al 2003; Sethi and Seligman 1993; 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…More specifically, optimism thrives among individuals who endorse a vision of God as loving, just, and supportive (Ciarrocchi et al 2008; Mattis 2002) and who report daily spiritual experiences with the divine (Ciarrocchi et al 2008). Individuals who perceive themselves to have a positive relationship with God (i.e., those who feel loved by God, and those who experience their relationship with God as satisfying, uplifting) also report a greater level of optimism (Krause 2002; Mattis et al 2003; Mattis et al 2004a, b). In a field of study that has largely ignored African Americans, the present work seeks to expand the literature on the link between religiosity and optimism by examining the extent to which beliefs in divine forgiveness may work together with beliefs of a positive relationship with God to inform optimism among African American adults.…”

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confidence: 99%

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What Would I Know About Mercy? Faith and Optimistic Expectancies Among African Americans

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A small body of research has begun to explore the association between faith and optimism among African Americans. However, missing from the extant work is an examination of the extent to which traditional indices of religious commitment work together with beliefs about God to shape optimism. The present study examines the utility of indices of social location, religious commitment (i.e., early and current religious service attendance, subjective religiosity), belief about the quality of one’s relationship with God (i.e., a belief that one is connected to a loving God), and beliefs about being the recipient of divine forgiveness for predicting dispositional optimism among a sample of community residing African American adults (N = 241). Age, subjective religiosity, and organizational religiosity were positively related to optimism in bivariate analyses. Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated a significant association between age, subjective religiosity, and optimism; however, those associations were eliminated once relationship with God and belief in one’s forgiveness by God were entered into the model. Only belief in God’s love predicted optimism in multivariate analyses. Serial mediation analyses revealed that beliefs about the quality of one’s relationship with God and belief in divine forgiveness fully mediated the relationship between subjective religiosity and optimism, but that the relationship is driven largely by relationship with God. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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Section: Dispositional Optimismmentioning

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Section: Dispositional Optimismmentioning

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“…A final contribution of this work is its reification of other work that finds that social identities do shape the meanings and practices associated with religiosity. That is, in keeping with other studies that have found that gender, race, and ethnicity inform people's understanding of and engagement in religious practice (see Mattis et al 2004b), this work suggests that sexual identity also informs the meanings that individuals assign to religiosity and spirituality.…”

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The Meanings and Manifestations of Religion and Spirituality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults

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The present study employed a mixed method approach in the effort to explore religious and spiritual practices among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, as well as the meanings ascribed to the terms religiosity and spirituality by LGBT adults. Data were collected via a cross-sectional survey consisting of open-and close-ended items among 498 LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) identified individuals attending an annual Pride event in a large northeastern city. Both quantitative and qualitative findings suggested that consistent with other studies, spirituality was defined largely in relational terms (e.g., in terms of one's relationship with God and with self). Religion, in contrast, was defined largely in terms of communal worship and in terms of its negative influences in the lives of individuals and communities. For this sample of LGBT persons, spiritual identities were more pronounced than religious ones, and this pattern may be explained by their understanding of the spiritual self in relation to prosocial engagement and interconnectedness with others, the world around them, and the universe. Further, religious affiliation and practices were explained, in part, by the religion in which the individual was raised, level of educational attainment, as well as the developmental stage in which the person is currently situated. The findings highlight the reality that a substantial number of LGBT individuals may remain committed to religious and spiritual life, which may be related to a motivation to make sense of one's place in the world especially in light of societal misunderstandings and intolerance to LGBT individuals.

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Multidimensional social support and parenting among Black fathers: A profile‐oriented approach

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Though studies have examined the role of social support in the lives of Black men, less is known about the role and function of multi‐domain social support as they navigate fatherhood. This investigation utilizes a profile‐oriented approach to identify patterns of general and parenting‐specific social support (i.e., family; peers; community) among a sample of 759 Black American fathers. Additionally, this study examines how identified support profiles are associated with Black fathers' parenting outcomes (i.e., stress, satisfaction, self‐efficacy, and involvement). Latent class analyses identified 10 distinct social support profiles among Black fathers. Results also indicated that there was some profile variation in levels parenting outcomes. Findings suggest variation in the availability and utilization of general and parenting support among Black fathers.

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Factors Influencing Religious Non-Attendance among African American Men: A Multimethod Analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 44 publications

What Would I Know About Mercy? Faith and Optimistic Expectancies Among African Americans

What Would I Know About Mercy? Faith and Optimistic Expectancies Among African Americans

The Meanings and Manifestations of Religion and Spirituality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults

Multidimensional social support and parenting among Black fathers: A profile‐oriented approach

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