Meredith O Hope
Biographic Data
| ID | 114852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith O Hope |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith |
| FAMILY NAME | O Hope |
| SIGNATURE | HOPE M O |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Wooster |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2963-5969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Religious Socialization of African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents: Ethnic Differences and Covariates, Key Socialization Agents, and Parental Messages
Correlates of Religious Coping for African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults
Religious involvement has often been harnessed by Black adults to navigate stressful life events. Although substantial evidence documents the use of religious coping for Black adults, less work highlights the role of religious coping for Black Caribbeans in general and specifically for Black emerging adults (both Black Caribbean and African American). Data from the National Survey of American Life were used to assess demographic correlates of two…
Religious Participation Among African American Adolescents
This paper examines the sociodemographic correlates of religious participation among African American adolescents. It uses data from the National Survey of American Life Adolescent Supplement (NSAL-A; aged 13–17). Twelve indicators of organizational religiosity, nonorganizational religiosity, subjective religiosity, religious coping, and an item that indicated whether parents compelled religious service attendance were examined. Our findings indi…
Parents and God: Examining the Quality of Relational Ties for Black Undergraduate Women’s Depressive Symptoms
Black undergraduate women in the United States tend to report higher levels of religiosity and spirituality when compared to their counterparts in other racial/ethnic groups. These factors are often associated with positive mental health outcomes. For Black Americans in college, parental relationships have likewise been associated with a range of academic and social outcomes. However, limited research has examined how perceptions of relationship …
“Seeing How the System Works…”: How Do Institutions of Higher Education Support Black Undergraduate Women’s Religious and Spiritual Development
Black Undergraduate Flourishing: Contributions of Racial Centrality and Religiosity
Flourishing has emerged as an important concept in human thriving. Yet, limited research has examined flourishing among Black emerging adults. Ethnic and racial identity (ERI) and religiosity are critical cultural strengths that promote positive outcomes for Black emerging adults. However, their unique and concurrent contributions to flourishing remain understudied. Data from 591 African American, Black Caribbean, and Continental African Christia…
My life’s light”: Black college women’s religious and spiritual responses to racial discrimination
Religious Correlates of Life Satisfaction among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: The Significance of Organizational and Subjective Dimensions of Religion
Life satisfaction is a primary indicator of subjective well-being and is associated with positive psychological status and an overall sense of well-being. This study examined the association between life satisfaction and four dimensions of religion (i.e., organizational religion, nonorganizational religion, subjective religion, and religious coping). The sample consisted of 3,570 African Americans and 1,621 Blacks of Caribbean descent drawn from …
Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life
Correlates of Spirituality among African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults
Spirituality is a significant cultural strength and resource for Black emerging adults. Numerous studies show that increasing numbers of emerging adults tend to identify themselves as being spiritual but not religious. However, no studies to date have identified the demographic correlates of spirituality for Black emerging adults from different ethnic groups (i.e., African American and Black Caribbean). Data from the National Survey of American L…
Intersections of Racial/Ethnic and Religious Identities on Bodily Well-Being for Black College-Attending Emerging Adults
Sitting in the Pews: Theological Beliefs and Racial/Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents
Church attendance, prayer, and faith practices play a significant role in the life experiences among African Americans, especially youth. Few studies on religious behaviors among African American youth investigate the relationship between theological orientations and racial identity. These orientations include biblical principles, other-worldliness, and social legacy. A total of 187 African American adolescents ( Mage = 15) attending 18 predomina…
Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement
Racial discrimination jeopardizes a wide range of health behaviors for African Americans. Numerous studies demonstrate significant negative associations between racial discrimination and problematic alcohol use among African Americans. Culturally specific contexts (e.g., organized religious involvement) often function protectively against racial discrimination’s adverse effects for many African Americans. Yet organized religious involvement may a…
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions
To date, few scholars have explored religious and spiritual socialization among emerging adult Black women. In this study, we analyzed semi-structured interview data from 50 Black undergraduate women to explore associations between childhood religious socialization messages and current religious beliefs in emerging adulthood. Consensual qualitative methods revealed two broad domains and six themes. The first domain, “religious alignment,” include…
A very present help: The role of religious support for Black adolescent girls' mental well‐being
This study explored religious emotional support as a mediator of the association between organized religious involvement (ORI) and mental well-being among African American and Caribbean Black girls. Data are drawn from a nationally representative survey of Black adolescents. The sample was composed of African American (n = 412) and Caribbean Black (n = 165) girls, aged 13-17. Structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect effects of ORI …
Victimization and religious engagement: Links to school attachment and subsequent adjustment outcomes
Black Caribbean Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review of Religion and Health
Mindfulness in primary school children as a route to enhanced life satisfaction, positive outlook and effective emotion regulation
Taken together, this study provides preliminary evidence that the Living Mindfully Primary Programme is feasibly delivered by school staff, enjoyed by the children and may significantly improve particular components of wellbeing. Importantly, higher levels of mindfulness as a result of training may be related to effective emotional regulatory and cognitive reappraisal strategies
Racial discrimination trajectories predicting psychological well-being: From emerging adulthood to adulthood
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been documented as a risk factor for worse psychological well-being among African Americans. Yet, most researchers have not examined how trajectories of PRD during emerging adulthood shape psychological well-being in adulthood. Moreover, less is known about whether demographic factors and components of racial identity shape PRD over time. We identified trajectories of PRD among 605 African American emergi…
Disrupting the Behavioral Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination: A Longitudinal Investigation of Racial Identity Profiles and Alcohol-Related Problems
Researchers have documented the negative associations between racial discrimination and alcohol use for young Black people, yet fewer researchers have examined these associations longitudinally and with racial identity as a protective factor. We use data from the Flint Adolescent Study (465 Black/African Americans) to investigate the relationship between discrimination and alcohol-related problems over time, and how that relationship differs with…
Nonorganizational Religious Involvement and Psychosocial Well-Being Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth
Often cited as a developmental and cultural resource, religion has been widely studied. However, few studies have explored the relationship between nonorganizational religious involvement (NRI) and psychosocial well-being among Black youth or within ethnic groups of Black youth. This study examined this relationship among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black youth who participated in the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent Supplemen…
Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk Behaviors for African American Adolescent Girls: The Protective Role of Natural Mentorship and Organizational Religious Involvement
Highlights Violence exposure adversely implicates sexual health behaviors among African American girls. Religiosity and mentorship can offset the effect of violence exposure on sexual risk behaviors. Culturally relevant contexts shape adolescent health behaviors and promote resilience
Church support networks of African Americans: The impact of gender and religious involvement
We examined the sociodemographic and religious involvement correlates of church support networks in a nationally representative sample of African Americans across the adult life span. Data from the National Survey of American Life was used for analysis. Ordinary least squares regression was conducted to identify correlates of frequency of contact, subjective closeness, provision and receipt of overall support, receipt of emotional support, and ne…
Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes
Social science research offers a particular, narrow view of the lived experiences of Black urban-residing people. When the religious and spiritual lives of Black urban residents are viewed through this narrow lens, the diversity of religious and spiritual experiences and the connections between everyday life and positive outcomes, such as compassion, hope, liberation, joy, etc., become flattened, doing a disservice to the very people whose experi…
Pathways from racial discrimination to cortisol/DHEA imbalance: Protective role of religious involvement
Objective: Racial discrimination (RD) is hypothesized to dysregulate the production of stress reactive hormones among African Americans. Psychological processes that may mediate the association between RD and such dysregulation (e.g. cortisol/DHEA ratio) are not well articulated. Organizational religious involvement (ORI) has been discussed as a psychological protective factor within the context of RD, but our understanding of ORI as a physiologi…
Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents
Church and family support networks and depressive symptoms among African Americans: Findings from The National Survey of American Life
Aims: We examined the associations between informal social support from church members and social support from extended family members and depressive symptoms within a national probability sample of African American adults ranging in age from 18 to 93. Methods: This analysis used data from the National Survey of American Life and accounted for religious service attendance and various demographic variables that have known associations with and are…
Racial discrimination trajectories predicting psychological well-being: From emerging adulthood to adulthood
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been documented as a risk factor for worse psychological well-being among African Americans. Yet, most researchers have not examined how trajectories of PRD during emerging adulthood shape psychological well-being in adulthood. Moreover, less is known about whether demographic factors and components of racial identity shape PRD over time. We identified trajectories of PRD among 605 African American emergi…
Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk Behaviors for African American Adolescent Girls: The Protective Role of Natural Mentorship and Organizational Religious Involvement
Highlights Violence exposure adversely implicates sexual health behaviors among African American girls. Religiosity and mentorship can offset the effect of violence exposure on sexual risk behaviors. Culturally relevant contexts shape adolescent health behaviors and promote resilience
Church support networks of African Americans: The impact of gender and religious involvement
We examined the sociodemographic and religious involvement correlates of church support networks in a nationally representative sample of African Americans across the adult life span. Data from the National Survey of American Life was used for analysis. Ordinary least squares regression was conducted to identify correlates of frequency of contact, subjective closeness, provision and receipt of overall support, receipt of emotional support, and ne…
Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes
Social science research offers a particular, narrow view of the lived experiences of Black urban-residing people. When the religious and spiritual lives of Black urban residents are viewed through this narrow lens, the diversity of religious and spiritual experiences and the connections between everyday life and positive outcomes, such as compassion, hope, liberation, joy, etc., become flattened, doing a disservice to the very people whose experi…
Disrupting the Behavioral Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination: A Longitudinal Investigation of Racial Identity Profiles and Alcohol-Related Problems
Researchers have documented the negative associations between racial discrimination and alcohol use for young Black people, yet fewer researchers have examined these associations longitudinally and with racial identity as a protective factor. We use data from the Flint Adolescent Study (465 Black/African Americans) to investigate the relationship between discrimination and alcohol-related problems over time, and how that relationship differs with…
Nonorganizational Religious Involvement and Psychosocial Well-Being Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth
Often cited as a developmental and cultural resource, religion has been widely studied. However, few studies have explored the relationship between nonorganizational religious involvement (NRI) and psychosocial well-being among Black youth or within ethnic groups of Black youth. This study examined this relationship among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black youth who participated in the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent Supplemen…
A very present help: The role of religious support for Black adolescent girls' mental well‐being
This study explored religious emotional support as a mediator of the association between organized religious involvement (ORI) and mental well-being among African American and Caribbean Black girls. Data are drawn from a nationally representative survey of Black adolescents. The sample was composed of African American (n = 412) and Caribbean Black (n = 165) girls, aged 13-17. Structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect effects of ORI …
Psychological pathway from racial discrimination to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption: Religious coping as a protective factor
While racial discrimination (RD) is associated with increased alcohol-related problems among African Americans (AAs), researchers have not examined how RD contributes to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption over time. In addition, the protective role of religious coping has been discussed but not formally tested in pathways connecting RD to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption. To address this gap, we estimated latent grow…
Pathways from racial discrimination to cortisol/DHEA imbalance: Protective role of religious involvement
Objective: Racial discrimination (RD) is hypothesized to dysregulate the production of stress reactive hormones among African Americans. Psychological processes that may mediate the association between RD and such dysregulation (e.g. cortisol/DHEA ratio) are not well articulated. Organizational religious involvement (ORI) has been discussed as a psychological protective factor within the context of RD, but our understanding of ORI as a physiologi…
Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life
Sitting in the Pews: Theological Beliefs and Racial/Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents
Church attendance, prayer, and faith practices play a significant role in the life experiences among African Americans, especially youth. Few studies on religious behaviors among African American youth investigate the relationship between theological orientations and racial identity. These orientations include biblical principles, other-worldliness, and social legacy. A total of 187 African American adolescents ( Mage = 15) attending 18 predomina…
Correlates of Spirituality among African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults
Spirituality is a significant cultural strength and resource for Black emerging adults. Numerous studies show that increasing numbers of emerging adults tend to identify themselves as being spiritual but not religious. However, no studies to date have identified the demographic correlates of spirituality for Black emerging adults from different ethnic groups (i.e., African American and Black Caribbean). Data from the National Survey of American L…
Researching and Facilitating African American Global Volunteerism
There has been little theoretical or empirical study regarding the factors that promote or thwart international service among African American adults. A review of the extant research on international volunteerism highlights factors that may facilitate or inhibit international service among African Americans. Religion can play a role in promoting African American volunteerism generally, and international service specifically. Building on existing …
Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents
Pathways from racial discrimination to cortisol/DHEA imbalance: Protective role of religious involvement
Objective: Racial discrimination (RD) is hypothesized to dysregulate the production of stress reactive hormones among African Americans. Psychological processes that may mediate the association between RD and such dysregulation (e.g. cortisol/DHEA ratio) are not well articulated. Organizational religious involvement (ORI) has been discussed as a psychological protective factor within the context of RD, but our understanding of ORI as a physiologi…
Church and family support networks and depressive symptoms among African Americans: Findings from The National Survey of American Life
Aims: We examined the associations between informal social support from church members and social support from extended family members and depressive symptoms within a national probability sample of African American adults ranging in age from 18 to 93. Methods: This analysis used data from the National Survey of American Life and accounted for religious service attendance and various demographic variables that have known associations with and are…
Psychological pathway from racial discrimination to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption: Religious coping as a protective factor
While racial discrimination (RD) is associated with increased alcohol-related problems among African Americans (AAs), researchers have not examined how RD contributes to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption over time. In addition, the protective role of religious coping has been discussed but not formally tested in pathways connecting RD to the physical consequences of alcohol consumption. To address this gap, we estimated latent grow…
Violence Exposure and Sexual Risk Behaviors for African American Adolescent Girls: The Protective Role of Natural Mentorship and Organizational Religious Involvement
Highlights Violence exposure adversely implicates sexual health behaviors among African American girls. Religiosity and mentorship can offset the effect of violence exposure on sexual risk behaviors. Culturally relevant contexts shape adolescent health behaviors and promote resilience
Church support networks of African Americans: The impact of gender and religious involvement
We examined the sociodemographic and religious involvement correlates of church support networks in a nationally representative sample of African Americans across the adult life span. Data from the National Survey of American Life was used for analysis. Ordinary least squares regression was conducted to identify correlates of frequency of contact, subjective closeness, provision and receipt of overall support, receipt of emotional support, and ne…
Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes
Social science research offers a particular, narrow view of the lived experiences of Black urban-residing people. When the religious and spiritual lives of Black urban residents are viewed through this narrow lens, the diversity of religious and spiritual experiences and the connections between everyday life and positive outcomes, such as compassion, hope, liberation, joy, etc., become flattened, doing a disservice to the very people whose experi…
Victimization and religious engagement: Links to school attachment and subsequent adjustment outcomes
Black Caribbean Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review of Religion and Health
Mindfulness in primary school children as a route to enhanced life satisfaction, positive outlook and effective emotion regulation
Taken together, this study provides preliminary evidence that the Living Mindfully Primary Programme is feasibly delivered by school staff, enjoyed by the children and may significantly improve particular components of wellbeing. Importantly, higher levels of mindfulness as a result of training may be related to effective emotional regulatory and cognitive reappraisal strategies
Racial discrimination trajectories predicting psychological well-being: From emerging adulthood to adulthood
Perceived racial discrimination (PRD) has been documented as a risk factor for worse psychological well-being among African Americans. Yet, most researchers have not examined how trajectories of PRD during emerging adulthood shape psychological well-being in adulthood. Moreover, less is known about whether demographic factors and components of racial identity shape PRD over time. We identified trajectories of PRD among 605 African American emergi…
Disrupting the Behavioral Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination: A Longitudinal Investigation of Racial Identity Profiles and Alcohol-Related Problems
Researchers have documented the negative associations between racial discrimination and alcohol use for young Black people, yet fewer researchers have examined these associations longitudinally and with racial identity as a protective factor. We use data from the Flint Adolescent Study (465 Black/African Americans) to investigate the relationship between discrimination and alcohol-related problems over time, and how that relationship differs with…
Nonorganizational Religious Involvement and Psychosocial Well-Being Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth
Often cited as a developmental and cultural resource, religion has been widely studied. However, few studies have explored the relationship between nonorganizational religious involvement (NRI) and psychosocial well-being among Black youth or within ethnic groups of Black youth. This study examined this relationship among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black youth who participated in the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent Supplemen…
A very present help: The role of religious support for Black adolescent girls' mental well‐being
This study explored religious emotional support as a mediator of the association between organized religious involvement (ORI) and mental well-being among African American and Caribbean Black girls. Data are drawn from a nationally representative survey of Black adolescents. The sample was composed of African American (n = 412) and Caribbean Black (n = 165) girls, aged 13-17. Structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect effects of ORI …
Racial Discrimination and Trajectories of Problematic Alcohol Use Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Organizational Religious Involvement
Racial discrimination jeopardizes a wide range of health behaviors for African Americans. Numerous studies demonstrate significant negative associations between racial discrimination and problematic alcohol use among African Americans. Culturally specific contexts (e.g., organized religious involvement) often function protectively against racial discrimination’s adverse effects for many African Americans. Yet organized religious involvement may a…
Religious Socialization and Self-Definition Among Black Undergraduate Women Attending Predominantly White Institutions
To date, few scholars have explored religious and spiritual socialization among emerging adult Black women. In this study, we analyzed semi-structured interview data from 50 Black undergraduate women to explore associations between childhood religious socialization messages and current religious beliefs in emerging adulthood. Consensual qualitative methods revealed two broad domains and six themes. The first domain, “religious alignment,” include…
Sitting in the Pews: Theological Beliefs and Racial/Ethnic Identity Among African American Adolescents
Church attendance, prayer, and faith practices play a significant role in the life experiences among African Americans, especially youth. Few studies on religious behaviors among African American youth investigate the relationship between theological orientations and racial identity. These orientations include biblical principles, other-worldliness, and social legacy. A total of 187 African American adolescents ( Mage = 15) attending 18 predomina…
Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life
Correlates of Spirituality among African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults
Spirituality is a significant cultural strength and resource for Black emerging adults. Numerous studies show that increasing numbers of emerging adults tend to identify themselves as being spiritual but not religious. However, no studies to date have identified the demographic correlates of spirituality for Black emerging adults from different ethnic groups (i.e., African American and Black Caribbean). Data from the National Survey of American L…
Intersections of Racial/Ethnic and Religious Identities on Bodily Well-Being for Black College-Attending Emerging Adults
Black Undergraduate Flourishing: Contributions of Racial Centrality and Religiosity
Flourishing has emerged as an important concept in human thriving. Yet, limited research has examined flourishing among Black emerging adults. Ethnic and racial identity (ERI) and religiosity are critical cultural strengths that promote positive outcomes for Black emerging adults. However, their unique and concurrent contributions to flourishing remain understudied. Data from 591 African American, Black Caribbean, and Continental African Christia…
My life’s light”: Black college women’s religious and spiritual responses to racial discrimination
Religious Correlates of Life Satisfaction among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: The Significance of Organizational and Subjective Dimensions of Religion
Life satisfaction is a primary indicator of subjective well-being and is associated with positive psychological status and an overall sense of well-being. This study examined the association between life satisfaction and four dimensions of religion (i.e., organizational religion, nonorganizational religion, subjective religion, and religious coping). The sample consisted of 3,570 African Americans and 1,621 Blacks of Caribbean descent drawn from …
The Religious Socialization of African American and Black Caribbean Adolescents: Ethnic Differences and Covariates, Key Socialization Agents, and Parental Messages
Psychology (21 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (11 works) · African american (10 works) · Ethnic group (10 works) · Religiosity (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works)