One size doesn’t fit all
Religious/spiritual identities moderate salutary effects of religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Speed (0000-0001-7033-2068, University of New Brunswick, corresponding author), Ken Fowler (0000-0001-5044-3588, Memorial University of Newfoundland) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-127 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-07 |
| 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 | 10.1080/13674676.2020.1863934 |
| OpenAlex | W3142257821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 32 |
Religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours are frequently described as having salutary effects, but there are likely unexplored exceptions to this general finding. We combined data from the 2011/2012 Canadian Community Health Surveys (N > 7077) to investigate how religion/spirituality predicted five health outcomes (i.e., three subscales on the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form, self-rated health, and satisfaction with life), and whether these relationships were moderated by a person’s religious/spiritual identity. We found that while attendance, prayer/meditation, and religiosity had a statistical relationship with health outcomes, these relationships were frequently weak and often did not apply to people who were Nones, nonspiritual, or nonspiritual-Nones. Moreover, the results suggested that religious/spiritual identities moderated the relationship between religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours, and health outcomes. Specifically, Nones, nonspiritual, and nonspiritual-Nones reported a nonpositive relationship between religion and health. Overall, the conclusion that “religion = better health” is an inadequate generalisation that fails to describe the nuance of the relationship
Attendance · Meditation · Mental health · Prayer · Psychotherapist · Religiosity · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Spiritual Health · Spirituality · Theology · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |