2006
DOI: 10.1080/13674670512331389533
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Psychological distress, stressful life events, and religiosity in younger African American adults

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“…Some of the equivocal findings in the literature can be attributed to the failure to differentiate among different aspects of religious behaviors and religion. For example, Lesniak and colleagues recently found that different dimensions and aspects of religion, such as intrinsic religiosity, are uniquely related to various mental health outcomes (Lesniak, Rudman, Rector, & Elkin, 2006). Traditionally, research that examined the relationship between religion and mental health focused on public or organizationally based religious behaviors (e.g., church membership, church attendance, involvement in church activities).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Some of the equivocal findings in the literature can be attributed to the failure to differentiate among different aspects of religious behaviors and religion. For example, Lesniak and colleagues recently found that different dimensions and aspects of religion, such as intrinsic religiosity, are uniquely related to various mental health outcomes (Lesniak, Rudman, Rector, & Elkin, 2006). Traditionally, research that examined the relationship between religion and mental health focused on public or organizationally based religious behaviors (e.g., church membership, church attendance, involvement in church activities).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Quantitative research in this area has also revealed blacks with high degrees of Christian Orthodoxy Mental Health, Religion & Culture 59 exhibit fewer mental-health problems than other ethnicities (Randolph-Seng, Nielsen, Bottoms, & Filipas, 2008). Other quantitative research has found blacks to be more likely to seek help from clergy than obtain professional psychological services (Allen et al, 2010;Ezemenari & Frederick, 2009;Kane, 2010;Lesniak, Rudman, Rector, & Elkin, 2006;Lewis-Coles & Constantine, 2006); forgiveness to be strongly related to the mental health of African American women (Faison, 2007); their perceived relationship with God (Hatcher, 2001); and spirituality to be strong indicators of mental health for African Americans (Ojelade, McCray, Ashby, & Meyers, 2011).…”
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confidence: 94%
“…Similarly, researchers have found a positive relationship between strong racial identity status attitudes and religious involvement or orientation (Sanchez & Carter, 2005). Finally, researchers have demonstrated a beneficial effect of religiosity on personal psychological distress in a population of young Black American adults living in the South of the United States (Lesniak, Rudman, Rector, & Elkin, 2006). However, a better understanding of the intersection of cultural values and religious denominations would provide a more comprehensive framework to understand religiosity and positive outcomes.…”
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confidence: 96%