Gender differences in religious practices, spiritual experiences and health: Results from the US General Social Survey

Maselko, Joanna; Kubzansky, Laura D.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.008

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“…Gender was significant in all 4 of the regressions, indicating that for both African Americans and Black Caribbeans, women had higher levels of endorsements of religious coping than men. This finding is consistent with previous work on the U.S. population and African Americans, in particular, demonstrating that women are more likely than men to utilize religious coping methods (Ellison & Taylor, 1996;McCaffrey et al, 2004) and that, overall, women participate in a variety of religious behaviors more frequently than men (Cornwall, 1989;Maselko & Kubzansky, 2006;Taylor et al, 2004).…”

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Religious coping among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non‐Hispanic Whites

Chatters

Taylor

Jackson

et al. 2008

Journal Community Psychology

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This study examined demographic predictors of attitudes regarding religious coping (i.e., prayer during stressful times and look to God for support, strength and guidance) within a national sample of African American, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites (National Survey of American Life). The findings demonstrate significant Black-White differences in attitudes regarding religious coping with higher endorsements of religious coping among African Americans and Black Caribbeans (Caribbean Blacks). Comparisons of African Americans and Black Caribbeans revealed both similar and divergent patterns of demographic effects. For both African Americans and Black Caribbeans, women were more likely to utilize religious coping than men and married respondents were more likely than never married respondents to report utilizing prayer when dealing with a stressful situation. Further, for both groups, higher levels of education were associated with lower endorsements of the importance of prayer in dealing with stressful situations. Among African Americans only, Southerners were more likely than respondents who resided in other regions to endorse religious coping. Among Black Caribbeans, those who emigrated from Haiti were more likely than Jamaicans to utilize religious coping when dealing with a stressful episode.

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Religious coping among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non‐Hispanic Whites

Chatters

Taylor

Jackson

et al. 2008

Journal Community Psychology

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“…Positive associations of DSE's with health were independent of public religious activity in the GSS [36]. Kalkstein and Tower [20] also showed positive correlation of DSE's with self-rated health.…”

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“…In one study of U.S. male college students, higher levels of DSE correlated with valuing influence and service in their career choices, whereas for females no significant relations existed among these constructs [35]. The GSS gender data showed differential outcomes for men and women regarding the effects of various religious variables and well being and health, finding that for women, higher DSE's were more predictive than religious attendance of well-being and health [36].…”

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The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

Underwood¹

2011

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The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) is a 16-item self-report measure designed to assess ordinary experiences of connection with the transcendent in daily life. It includes constructs such as awe, gratitude, mercy, sense of connection with the transcendent and compassionate love. It also includes measures of awareness of discernment/inspiration and a sense of deep inner peace. Originally developed for use in health studies, it has been increasingly used more widely in the social sciences, for program evaluation, and for examining changes in spiritual experiences over time. Also it has been used in counseling, addiction treatment settings, and religious organizations. It has been included in longitudinal health studies and in the U.S. General Social Survey which established random-sample population norms. It has publications on its psychometric validity in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Mandarin Chinese. Translations have been made into twenty languages including Hindi, Hebrew and Arabic and the scale has been effectively used in a variety of cultures. The 16-item scale does not have a psychometrically representative shorter form although a 6-item adaptation has been used. The DSES was developed using extensive qualitative testing in a variety of groups, which has helped its capacity to be useful in a variety of settings. It was constructed to reflect an overlapping circle model of spirituality/religiousness and contains items that are more specifically theistic in nature, as well as items to tap the spiritual experience of those who are not comfortable with theistic language. The scale has been used in over 70 published studies. This paper will provide an overview of the scale itself, describe why it has proved useful, and discuss some studies using the scale. See http://www.dsescale.org/ for more information on the scale.

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“…Vrouwen scoren hoger op zelftranscendentie (spiritualiteit, niet-materiële aspecten) dan mannen. Verscheidene studies rapporteren in grote lijnen gelijksoortige resultaten (De Vaus & McAllister, 1987;Francis, 1997;Maselko & Kubzansky, 2006;Simpson, Cloud, & Fuqua, 2008).…”

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Gender differences in religious practices, spiritual experiences and health: Results from the US General Social Survey

Cited by 229 publications

References 35 publications

Religious coping among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non‐Hispanic Whites

Religious coping among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non‐Hispanic Whites

The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Overview and Results

Kwaliteit van leven en zingeving bij chronische lymfatische leukemie

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