Organizational Activities and Property-Crime Victimization

Corcoran, Katie E.; Scheitle, Christopher P.; Hudnall, Erin

doi:10.1080/00380253.2019.1583047

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“…that may afflict congregations located in troubled neighborhoods, constraining their reach into the lives of the surrounding community and church membership. Recent research has shed valuable new light on the extent to which religious congregations in certain types of areas—likely including those characterized by high levels of disorder—are victimized by crime, and the extent to which they may be forced to reduce access and compromise routine activities to limit their exposure (Corcoran, Scheitle, and Hudnall 2020; Ulmer and Scheitle 2020). Such criminal victimization and its consequences may deter some members from participating in congregational activities regularly, and it may hinder the churches’ ability to offer opportunities for social engagement and effective support systems for members.…”

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Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Self-Esteem, and the Moderating Role of Religion

Ellison,

Guven,

DeAngelis

et al. 2023

Review of Religious Research

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A growing body of work links neighborhood conditions—and particularly perceived neighborhood disorder—with diverse aspects of psychosocial functioning, including self-esteem or the global moral self-worth of the individual. Our work augments this literature by investigating the possible roles of (a) organizational religiosity (i.e., religious attendance, religious support), (b) non-organizational religiosity (i.e., prayer and religious coping practices), and (c) the sense of divine control as potential stress in mitigating the deleterious effects of neighborhood disorder on self-esteem. Data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study (NSAHS, 2011–2014) are used to test a series of hypotheses regarding the possible stress-buffering effects of multiple religious domains. Findings from multivariable regression models indicate that: (a) perceived neighborhood disorder is inversely associated with self-esteem; (b) non-organizational religiosity and the sense of divine control each mitigate this pattern; and, interestingly, (c) organizational religiosity does not buffer the association between neighborhood disorder and self-esteem. Several study limitations, as well as a number of promising directions for future research, are identified.

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confidence: 99%