ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2014
Positive self-perceptions as a mediator of religious involvement and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans.
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- Disability and Health in African Americans: Population Research and Implications for Occupational Therapy Community-Based Practice.The open journal of occupational therapy · 2022Article
- "A Charge to Keep I Have": Black Pastors' Perceptions of Their Influence on Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Their Churches and Communities.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- A longitudinal examination of social support as a mediator of the personality-health relationship in a national sample of African Americans.The Journal of black psychology · 2020Article
- The Influence of Religiosity on the Emotional-Behavioral Health of Adolescents.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Perceptions of the Efficacy of Prayer and Conventional Medicine for Health Concerns.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Health Conditions, Access to Care, Mental Health, and Wellness Behaviors in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults.International journal of chronic diseases · 2020Article
- Religious and Spiritual Salience, Well-Being, and Psychosocial Functioning Among Psychotherapy Clients: Moderator Effects for Humility.Journal of religion and health · 2018Article
- Advancing our understanding of religion and spirituality in the context of behavioral medicine.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Review
- Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Physical Activity with Partner and Parental Status in African American Adults.Journal of family medicine & community health · 2017Article
- Religious Participation is Associated with Increases in Religious Social Support in a National Longitudinal Study of African Americans.Journal of religion and health · 2016Article
- Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans.Journal for the scientific study of religion · 2016Article
- Incorporating Spirituality in Primary Care.Journal of religion and health · 2016Review
- Gender differences in the roles of religion and locus of control on alcohol use and smoking among African Americans.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2015Article
- Participant Retention in a Longitudinal National Telephone Survey of African American Men and Women.Ethnicity & disease · 2015Article
- Religion and health in African Americans: the role of religious coping.American journal of health behavior · 2014Article
- Discrimination, affect, and cancer risk factors among African Americans.American journal of health behavior · 2014Article
- Positive and Negative Religious Beliefs Explaining the Religion-Health Connection Among African Americans.The International journal for the psychology of religion · 2014Article
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Abstract
Self-esteem and self-efficacy are theorized to serve as mediators of the relationship between religious involvement and health outcomes. Studies confirming these relationships have produced mixed evidence. This study examined whether self-esteem and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between religious involvement (beliefs, behaviors) and a set of modifiable health behaviors in a national probability sample of African Americans. African Americans, in general, are relatively high in religious involvement and have higher than average rates of chronic disease. Participants were interviewed by telephone, and a Religion-Health Mediational Model was tested using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that self-esteem and self-efficacy at least in part mediate the relationship between religious beliefs (e.g., relationship with God) and greater fruit and vegetable consumption, and lower alcohol consumption. Religious behaviors (e.g., service attendance) were found to have direct, unmediated effects on health behaviors. Findings have implications for church-based health promotion in African American communities such as education or support groups.
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