RESEARCH: "Church-Based Social Ties, A Sense of Belonging in a Congregation, and Physical Health Status"

Krause, Neal; Wulff, Keith

doi:10.1207/s15327582ijpr1501_6

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“…More research should be conducted along these lines. Diminished solidarity may also influence more than congregational community feeling because conflict and negative interaction at church is inversely related to physical health (Krause and Wulff, 2005). Future work should explore the link between educational make-up of congregations, conflict, and health.…”

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Education and religion: Individual, congregational, and cross-level interaction effects on biblical literalism

Stroope¹

2016

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a b s t r a c tUsing ideas from cultural and organizational theory, I examine the interplay of individual and congregation-level educational attainment on biblical literalism. Data on 387 congregations and 100,009 worshippers (US Congregational Life Survey, 2001) are used to test hypotheses. Results indicate that the effects of congregational education and individual educational attainment are among the largest effects in models. This study is the first to show that regardless of an individual's own education, affirmations of biblical literalism are less likely when persons with higher education dominate a congregation. This finding brings into relief the important role of social context in persons' belief in biblical literalism. Additionally, congregational education amplifies the influence of individual education on biblical literalism such that the gap in belief between college/non-college education individuals widens in high education congregations. This finding suggests that high education persons more deeply absorb the influence of a more educated congregational context.

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Education and religion: Individual, congregational, and cross-level interaction effects on biblical literalism

Stroope¹

2016

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“…Burris and Jackson (2000) found that an intrinsic motivational orientation toward one's religious group predicted intensified commitment to the group in response to unfavorable feedback about how well one has met the group's behavioral standards. Applying this framework to well-being, strength of identification with the religious group has been found both to mediate some of the effects of social support on health (Krause & Wulff, 2005), and to mediate some of the effects of religious attendance on psychological well-being (Greenfield & Marks, 2007). Additional work is needed to build upon the findings of these promising studies and to further integrate social psychological theory into the study of religion and well-being.…”

Section: A Group Processes View Of Religionmentioning

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Fitting in with the flock: Social attractiveness as a mechanism for well‐being in religious groups

Hayward

Elliott

2008

Euro J Social Psych

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For most people, religion is practiced and experienced within a social group of believers who interact regularly. Yet the role of social psychological intergroup processes has largely been ignored with respect to religious phenomena. The present study explores social attraction as a mechanism by which religious groups affect the psychological well-being of their members. Data were taken from a large survey of the members of 411 religious congregations in the United States. Linear mixed modeling analyses were conducted predicting two aspects of well-being in the religious context from a range of variables at the levels of the individual, of the group, and of individual-group fit. Fit measures between individual characteristics and norms within congregations were found to be significant predictors of well-being for a variety of measures across domains of demographics, religious beliefs, religious behavior, and group integration. These results support the view that the intragroup process of social attraction is a mechanism by which people obtain some benefits from belonging to religious groups.

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“…Religiosity is a complex phenomenon that is multiply determined (Sedikides, 2010). In the arena of motives or needs alone, explanations for religiosity include control (Kay, Gaucher, McGregor, & Nash, 2010), uncertainty reduction (Hogg, Adelman, & Blagg, 2010), death anxiety avoidance (Vail et al, 2010), attachment (Granqvist et al, 2010), meaning (Park, 2005), and belongingness (Krause & Wulff, 2005). We added to this literature the self-enhancement motive.…”

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Religiosity as Self-Enhancement: A Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Socially Desirable Responding and Religiosity

Sedikides

Gebauer

2009

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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In a meta-analysis, the authors test the theoretical formulation that religiosity is a means for self-enhancement. The authors operationalized self-enhancement as socially desirable responding (SDR) and focused on three facets of religiosity: intrinsic, extrinsic, and religion-as-quest. Importantly, they assessed two moderators of the relation between SDR and religiosity. Macro-level culture reflected countries that varied in degree of religiosity (from high to low: United States, Canada, United Kingdom). Micro-level culture reflected U.S. universities high (Christian) versus low (secular) on religiosity. The results were generally consistent with the theoretical formulation. Both macro-level and micro-level culture moderated the relation between SDR and religiosity: This relation was more positive in samples that placed higher value on religiosity (United States > Canada > United Kingdom; Christian universities > secular universities). The evidence suggests that religiosity is partly in the service of self-enhancement.

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RESEARCH: "Church-Based Social Ties, A Sense of Belonging in a Congregation, and Physical Health Status"

Cited by 148 publications

References 31 publications

Education and religion: Individual, congregational, and cross-level interaction effects on biblical literalism

Education and religion: Individual, congregational, and cross-level interaction effects on biblical literalism

Fitting in with the flock: Social attractiveness as a mechanism for well‐being in religious groups

Religiosity as Self-Enhancement: A Meta-Analysis of the Relation Between Socially Desirable Responding and Religiosity

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