Evangelical group membership, depression, and well-being among older Mexican Americans
A comparison with older non-Hispanic Whites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R David Hayward (0000-0002-9845-6131, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), N Krause (0000-0002-9979-2997, University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 273-285 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13674676.2015.1022519 |
| OpenAlex | W1966387229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
This study assesses denominational differences in well-being among older Mexican Americans and examines differences between this group and older non-Hispanic Whites. Data came from two representative surveys of the US older adult population, focusing on each of these ethnic groups (N = 996 and N = 612, respectively). Evangelical Mexican Americans reported fewer symptoms of depression and greater life satisfaction than their Catholic counterparts, but there were no such differences among non-Hispanic Whites. Potential explanatory mechanisms examined included differences in frequency of attendance at religious services, use of positive and negative religious coping, and social support or conflict in the congregation. Among these, only the relationship of attendance and denomination varied by ethnicity, but this factor did not appear to explain differences in well-being. We propose that aspects of conflict between Catholic and Mexican-American identities contribute to making Evangelical affiliation more strongly related to well-being in this group
Attendance · Church attendance · Ethnic group · Life satisfaction · Mexican americans · Non-Hispanic whites · Population · Religiosity · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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Multiple Imputation in Practice
The many methods of religious coping
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The CES-D Scale
Congregations and Social Services
Is Latin America Turning Protestant
Emotional expressiveness during worship services and life satisfaction
Subjective and objective fit in religious congregations
A Comprehensive Strategy for Developing Closed-Ended Survey Items for Use in Studies of Older Adults
Church-Based Social Support and Health in Old Age
Religion, suffering, and health among older Mexican Americans
La Llorona’s Children
Intrinsic religiousness and religious coping as life stress moderators for Catholics versus Protestants
Religiosity, Religious Coping, and Distress
Mexican Americans and the Catholic Church, 1900-1965
Fundamentalism et al
Spiritual Struggles and Psychological Distress
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |