Atheism, Social Networks and Health
A Review and Theoretical Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16899080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Mccaffree (0000-0002-5422-6190) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Secularism and Nonreligion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2053-6712 • E-ISSN: 2053-6712 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press, Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5334/snr.101 |
| OpenAlex | W2981251425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 129 |
Despite accumulating evidence of the importance of social capital in predicting health outcomes, no work has yet systematically investigated the structural differences between the social networks of god-believers and atheists. This is an especially important gap in the religion/secularism research because religiosity appears to be declining throughout the Western world (Zuckerman, Galen & Pasquale, 2016). Despite stereotypes of atheists as atomized, psychologically unhealthy and anti-social (e.g., Bainbridge, 2005), a growing body of evidence suggests that strongly-identified atheists are more likely to join secular social clubs as well as benefit from better mental and physical health compared to less affirmatively-identified secular individuals. As a step toward developing this line of research, the present article operationalizes social network structure within the study of secularism, discusses the available research with a focus on atheism in particular, and integrates this research into a schematic theoretical model of atheist self-identity, network structure and health
Atheism · Epistemology · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Secularism · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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Religiosity, Social Self-Esteem, and Psychological Adjustment
Religious involvement and mortality
Network Environments and Well-Being
The Social Determinants of Chronic Disease
Association of Religious Service Attendance With Mortality Among Women
Religion and spirituality
Religion and Well-Being
Religiousness/Spirituality and Health
Why rejection hurts
Status Syndrome
Religion and Spirituality Along the Suicidal Path
Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress
Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality
Atheism Looking In
Happy Tweets
Religion, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality
How Many Atheists Are There
Friends in high places
Focusing on the nonreligious reveals secular mechanisms underlying well-being and prosociality
Religious coping among diverse religions
Assessing the unique role of religious coping in suicidal behavior among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
The echo chamber is overstated
Psychological Distress Among Religious Nonbelievers
Facebook Friends with (Health) Benefits? Exploring Social Network Site Use and Perceptions of Social Support, Stress, and Well-Being
Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites
When Social Networking Is Not Working
America’s Changing Religious Landscape
Is It Really Religion? Comparing the Main and Stress-buffering Effects of Religious and Secular Civic Engagement on Psychological Distress
Mental disorder among nonreligious adolescents
Teleological explanation and positive emotion serially mediate the effect of religion on well‐being
Atheists and Other Cultural Outsiders
Increased Wellbeing from Social Interaction in a Secular Congregation
Adopting a Stigmatized Label
The strength of family ties
Understanding atheism/non-belief as an expected individual-differences variable
Do secular and religious social networks meet the same individual and societal needs
Personality and Social Integration Factors Distinguishing Nonreligious from Religious Groups
Psychological resources, positive illusions, and health
Faith to move mountains
From Existential to Social Understandings of Risk
Religious Attendance and Biological Functioning
Are people incidentally exposed to news on social media? A comparative analysis
On the Receiving End
Consequences of media and Internet use for offline and online network capital and well-being. A causal model approach
Personality Ratings Are Influenced by Religious Stereotype and Ingroup Bias
The Law of Group Polarization
Atheistic, agnostic, and religious older adults on well-being and coping behaviors
The ties that bind
Stressful social relations and mortality
The Influence of Neighborhood Aesthetics, Safety, and Social Cohesion on Perceived Stress in Disadvantaged Communities
God help me
Diversity, Macrosociology, and Religious Belonging
Impact of Religiosity on the Sexual Risk Behaviors of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men
Sacrifice and Stigma
Social Cohesion and Self‐Rated Health
Religion as a Resource for Positive Youth Development
Differing profiles of developmental experiences across types of organized youth activities
Networks and Religion
Sender- and receiver-specific blockmodels
Religion as Reassurance? Testing the Insecurity Theory in 26 European Countries
A Cross-National Test of the Uncertainty Hypothesis of Religious Belief
Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality
Filter Bubbles, Echo Chambers, and Online News Consumption
Do you believe in atheists? Distrust is central to anti-atheist prejudice
The religiosity as social value hypothesis
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Structural Reform of Social Security
The National Rise in Residential Segregation
Measuring access to social capital
Public and private domains of religiosity and adolescent health risk behaviors
Does religious belief promote prosociality? A critical examination
Social contact frequency and all-cause mortality
Conservative Protestant Congregations and Racial Residential Segregation
"Atheists As "Other
Why More Americans Have No Religious Preference
Can the Secular Be the Object of Belief and Belonging? The Sunday Assembly
Social Capital and Health
The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes
Prosocial skeptics
Theodicy and Life Satisfaction among Black and White Americans
Measuring Tie Strength
Religious Involvement and Social Resources
Religious Involvement, Social Ties, and Social Support in a Southeastern Community
Shared Visions? Diversity and Cultural Membership in American Life
The Nones
Social Affect and Political Disagreement on Social Media
Discursive Deflection
Faith and Facebook in a Pluralistic Age
Social Capital and Psychological Distress
Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental Health
Social Relationships and Health
Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities
Neighborhood Disorder, Subjective Alienation, and Distress
The Social Psychology of Health Disparities
Birds of a Feather
Social Isolation in America
The Social Context of Organized Nonbelief
Social Support and the Religious Dimensions of Close Ties
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |