Religious Attendance and the Social Support Trajectories of Older Mexican Americans

Mattering to God and to the Congregation: Gendered Effects in Mattering as a Mechanism Between Religiosity and Mental Health

“…This reflection of others onto the self is captured by the concept of mattering. Given the well-established relationship between religion and mental health (Koenig, King, and Carson 2012) and recent interest in understanding how religiosity associates with psychosocial resources such as self-esteem and social support (Hill et al 2019;Schieman et al 2017), we examined how several measures of religiosity impact a person's sense of mattering, a less studied psychosocial resource within studies of religion and health, and whether mattering is an explanatory mechanism between religiosity and mental health. We also evaluated gender differences in how these processes may unfold.…”

“…As a parallel trend to the extensive work conducted on religion and well-being, there has been significant progress made on positive religious influences on various psychosocial resources recognized as precursors to mental health, such as self-esteem (Schieman et al 2017), mastery or the sense of personal control (Ellison and Burdette 2012;Schieman and Bierman 2007), and social support (Ellison and George 1994;Hill et al 2019). Some research also suggests that these psychosocial resources explain some of the beneficial effect of religiosity on mental health (Mc-Farland 2010; see also Ellison and Henderson 2011).…”

Religious Attendance and Physical Health in Later Life: A Life Course Approach

“…In fact, the health behavior profiles of those who were highly observant in adolescence but decline in attendance over time are statistically indistinguishable from the stable nonattenders. Although reasons for religious decline were not asked of the NLSY79 respondents, it is possible that some individuals decrease their religiosity because they wish to engage in risky health behaviors that do not align with the tenets of their faith (Hill et al 2019). This selection process may help explain why those people who maintain frequent religious practice over time possess a health advantage.…”

Religious fasting and eating habits in older people

“…Большая часть наблюдений состояния психического здоровья религиозных пожилых [14] демонстрирует у них минимальную вероятность развития депрессии [15] и суицидальных мыслей [16] на фоне более высокой самооценки [17] и ощущения благополучия [18,19]. В исследовании NHANES III, проведенном в США среди 3194 людей старше 65 лет, проводилась оценка 5 показателей социальных аспектов (контактов), в том числе калорийность пищи, ее состав, оценка индекса здорового питания (Healthy Eating Index), религиозная принадлежность [20].…”