Religiosity and mental health: A further exploration of the relative importance of religious behaviors vs. religious attitudes

Dezutter, Jessie; Soenens, Bart; Hutsebaut, Dirk

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2005.08.014

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“…Bergan and McConatha's (2000) study of adolescents, young adults, and adults in later life, demonstrated a small positive relation between religiosity and happiness across all three age groups: "Overall, the results of studies examining religiosity and life satisfaction generally indicate that people who express stronger religious faith and involvement also report fewer stressful life events and greater life satisfaction" (p. 25). Religious affiliation was found to be a significant predictor of general life satisfaction and a sense of belonging and purpose in life, as is indicated in a number of studies, including recent studies regarding the benefits of religiosity by Dezutter, Soenens, and Hutsebaut (2006), Walker (2003), and Fontaine, Duriez, Luyten, Corveleyn, and Hutsebaut (2005).…”

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“…Focusing on the cognitive dimension of religiosity, a study by Dezutter et al (2006) found that religious orientation and social-cognitive approaches to religion were significantly related to well-being. A review of the effect of formal religious training on moral development in Beit-Hallahmi and Argyle (1997) referred to a study by Kedem and Cohen (1987), which found positive effects of formal religious education at school, especially for older children.…”

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What is Religiosity

Holdcroft¹

2006

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Section: Relationship Of the Cognitive Dimension Of Religiosity To Bementioning

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What is Religiosity

Holdcroft¹

2006

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“…The most consistently reported association concerns the positive relationship between purpose in life and intrinsic religiosity, as measured by various instruments. The association was reported by Crandall and Rasmussen (1975) among 71 students, by Bolt (1975) among 52 students, by Soderstrom and Wright (1977) among 427 students, by Paloutzian, Jackson, and Crandall (1978) among 84 students and 177 adults, by Chamberlain and Zika (1988) among 188 women having at least one child under the age of five and no paid employment, by Weinstein and Cleanthous (1996) among 11 protestant ministers and 38 parishioners, by Ardelt (2003) among 103 community dwelling older adults (using a shortened form of the Purpose in Life Test), by Janssen, Bänziger, Dezutter, and Hutsebaut (2005) among 130 Dutch adults, by Dezutter, Soenens, and Hutsebaut (2006) among 472 adults, and by Byrd, Hageman, and Isle (2007) among 161 undergraduate students.…”

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Implicit religion, explicit religion and purpose in life: an empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents

Francis

2013

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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In his analysis of the construct 'implicit religion' Edward Bailey speaks of those individuals 'who believe in Christianity' but who do not display the behaviours of explicit religion, like church attendance. A recent research tradition has tried to operationalise this understanding of implicit religion by studying those who believe that they can be a Christian without going to church. A longer established research tradition has demonstrated the association between explicit religiosity and an enhanced sense of purpose in life. The aim of the present study is to test the hypothesis that implicit religiosity (in the sense of believing that you can be a Christian without going to church) is also associated with an enhanced sense of purpose in life. Data provided by a sample of 25,825 13-to 15-year-old adolescents support this hypothesis. In turn these findings support the notion that implicit religion (in the sense operationalised by this study) fulfils some functions similar to those fulfilled by explicit religion.

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“…A substantial body of research reports a positive association between religiosity, mental health, and SWB (e.g., Dezutter, Soenens, & Hutsebaut, 2006;Lavric & Flere, 2008;Seybold, 2007). For example, Jensen, Jensen, and Wiederhold (1993) found a positive association between religiosity and mental health measured with three scales: depression, emotional maturity, and self-esteem.…”

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Mental health, subjective well-being, and religiosity: Significant associations in Kuwait and USA

Abdel‐Khalek¹,

Lester²

2013

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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This paper explores the associations between mental health, subjective wellbeing, and religiosity among Kuwaiti and American college students. Our method involved recruiting two convenience samples of 154 Kuwaiti and 154 American undergraduates (28 men, 125 women in both samples), with a mean age of 20.8 yr. (SD = 2.4), and 21.8 (SD = 5.0), respectively. They completed the Arabic Scale of Mental Health (ASMH), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Arabic Scale of Optimism and Pessimism, the Hopelessness Scale, and self-rating scales assessing physical health, mental health, and religiosity. The scales were administered in Arabic to the Kuwaiti students and in English to the American students.Kuwaiti students obtained a significantly higher mean score on religiosity than did their American counterparts, whereas American students had higher mean scores on the ASMH, and the self-rating scales of both mental health and physical health. Significant correlations were found between the ASMH, self-esteem, optimism and religiosity (positive), whereas the correlations between these scales and pessimism and hopelessness were negative. Two factors were retained in both countries: "Mental health versus hopelessness" and "Self-ratings of religiosity and health". Predictors of ASMH were optimism, self-esteem and the selfrating of mental health in both countries and, in addition, hopelessness (negative) and religiosity in the American sample.

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Religiosity and mental health: A further exploration of the relative importance of religious behaviors vs. religious attitudes

Cited by 105 publications

References 23 publications

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Implicit religion, explicit religion and purpose in life: an empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents

Mental health, subjective well-being, and religiosity: Significant associations in Kuwait and USA

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