Religious orientation, aging, and blood pressure reactivity to interpersonal and cognitive stressors

Masters, Kevin S.; Hill, Robert D.; Kircher, John C.; Benson, Tera L. Lensegrav; Fallon, Jennifer A.

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“…As noted earlier, a relatively consistent body of the literature has emerged that demonstrates that intrinsic religiosity is negatively related to depression (Smith et al 2003) and anxiety (Masters and Bergin 1992), positively related to self-control (McCullough and Willoughby 2009), agreeableness and conscientiousness (Saroglou 2002), mitigates terror anxiety (Jonas and Fischer 2006), and dampens cardiovascular reactivity to stress (Masters et al 2004). But just how does intrinsic religiosity mediate the relationship between religious service attendance and indicators of well-being?…”

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What Mediates the Relationship Between Religious Service Attendance and Aspects of Well-Being?

2016

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Religious service attendance predicts increased well-being across a number of studies. It is not clear, however, whether this relationship is due to religious factors such as intrinsic religiosity or due to nonreligious factors such as social support or socially desirable responding. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between religious service attendance and well-being while simultaneously examining intrinsic religiosity, social support, and socially desirable responding as potential mediators of the relationship. A sample of 855 participants (71 % female, average age 19.5) completed questionnaires assessing religiosity, social support, socially desirable responding, and well-being. Path models were estimated using maximum likelihood estimation to analyze the data. Intrinsic religiosity was the strongest mediator of the relationship between religious service attendance and depressive and anxiety symptoms. This suggests that the mental health benefits of religious service attendance are not simply the result of increased social support or a certain response style on questionnaires; rather, it appears that the relationship is at least partly the result of people trying to live their religion in their daily lives.

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What Mediates the Relationship Between Religious Service Attendance and Aspects of Well-Being?

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“…Religious beliefs allow for a greater plan than life's tedious motions, and that greater plan is controlled by a higher power (Schafer, 1996). Religion may reduce stress due to changing the way religious people view life, in that God is aware of their needs and will assist them accordingly (Masters, Hill, Kircher, Benson, & Fallon, 2004). Stressful situations may also be viewed as an opportunity for growth, thereby providing a sense of meaning and purpose in life's challenges (Park, 2005).…”

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The influence of religiosity on positive and negative outcomes associated with stress among college students

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This study presents the impact of religious coping on promoting positive outcomes and minimizing negative outcomes associated with stress among college students. Analyses are based on 742 college students at a large, church-sponsored school in the Western United States who completed a cross-sectional survey. Religiosity had a beneficial influence on both positive and negative outcomes associated with stress among college students. Among the negative outcomes associated with stress, religiosity had the greatest influence on lowering feelings of anger when things happen outside of one's control or minimizing upset feelings because of an unexpected event. Among the positive outcomes associated with stress, religiosity had the greatest effect on promoting feelings of confidence in one's ability to handle personal problems. Thus, higher levels of religiosity have the potential to prevent negative outcomes but promote positive outcomes associated with stress.

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“…Another study shows minor BP reactivity in patients with greater religiousness, suggesting that religious beliefs can be an important variable for the study of patients with arterial hypertension, particularly the elderly 20 . Furthermore, other studies depict lower diastolic arterial pressure in hypertensive patients who were the recipients of spiritual intervention or who participated in religious services 21,22 .…”

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Espiritualidade e religiosidade em pacientes com hipertensão arterial sistêmica

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Systemic arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for complications such as acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, and chronic kidney disease, which results in an important public health problem in Brazil, generating high medical and socioeconomic costs due to such complications. Systemic arterial hypertension associated with aspects such as spirituality and religiosity has been the subject of several studies. Thus, a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted in order to assess the spirituality and religiosity of 65 hypertensive patients of a Service Center for Chronic Diseases. The domains "forgiveness" and "self-assessment" received better scores, with an average of 1.42 and 1.46, respectively. Whereas the "organizational religiosity" domain resulted in a higher average among respondents (3.00). Spirituality and religiosity of hypertensive patients are important dimensions that must be considered in developing a holistic treatment plan. Keywords: Spirituality. Religion. Hypertension. ResumoEspiritualidade e religiosidade em pacientes com hipertensão arterial sistêmica Hipertensão arterial sistêmica é o principal fator de risco para complicações como infarto agudo do miocárdio, acidente vascular cerebral e doença renal crônica, resultando em relevante problema de saúde pública no Brasil e gerando custos médicos e socioeconômicos elevados em decorrência de tais complicações. A hipertensão arterial sistêmica associada a aspectos como espiritualidade e religiosidade tem sido tema de vários estudos. Assim, realizou-se pesquisa descritiva, exploratória, de delineamento transversal, com o objetivo de avaliar a espiritualidade e a religiosidade de 65 pacientes hipertensos atendidos em centro de atendimento a doenças crônicas. Os domínios "perdão" e "autoavaliação" receberam melhor pontuação, apresentando média de 1,42 e 1,46, respectivamente. Já o domínio "religiosidade organizacional" resultou em maior média entre os entrevistados (3,00). A espiritualidade e a religiosidade de hipertensos são importantes dimensões que devem ser consideradas na elaboração de projeto terapêutico holístico. Palavras-chave: Espiritualidade. Religião. Hipertensão. ResumenEspiritualidad y religiosidad en pacientes con hipertensión arterial sistémica La hipertensión arterial sistémica es el principal factor de riesgo de complicaciones como infarto agudo de miocardio, accidente cerebrovascular y enfermedad renal crónica, que se traduce en un importante problema de salud pública en Brasil, lo que genera altos costos médicos y socioeconómicos debido a tales complicaciones. La hipertensión asociada con aspectos tales como la espiritualidad y la religiosidad ha sido objeto de diversos estudios. Por lo tanto, se realizó un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo, de corte transversal, con el objetivo de evaluar la espiritualidad y la religiosidad en 65 pacientes hipertensos de un Centro de Servicio de Enfermedades Crónicas. Los dominios "perdón" y "auto-evaluación" recibieron mejor puntuación, con una med...

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Religious orientation, aging, and blood pressure reactivity to interpersonal and cognitive stressors

Abstract: These findings suggest that religious orientation may be an important variable to study regarding cardiovascular reactivity in, particularly, older adults.

Cited by 58 publications

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What Mediates the Relationship Between Religious Service Attendance and Aspects of Well-Being?

What Mediates the Relationship Between Religious Service Attendance and Aspects of Well-Being?

The influence of religiosity on positive and negative outcomes associated with stress among college students

Espiritualidade e religiosidade em pacientes com hipertensão arterial sistêmica

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