ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2017
Invited Commentary: Explaining the Relationship Between Attending Worship Services and Mortality-A Brief Excursion Into the Contribution of Social Relationships in Religious Institutions.
Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Community Religiosity and Sport Opportunities: Implications for Physical Activity and Gender Equity in the USA.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- "Which comes first": Religious/spiritual engagement or health? Initial observations from longitudinal analyses.PloS one · 2025Article
- Regression and machine learning approaches identify potential risk factors for glioblastoma multiforme.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Frequency of Private Prayer Predicts Survival Over 6 Years in a Nationwide U.S. Sample of Individuals with a Chronic Illness.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Praying for People You Know Predicts Survival over 17 Years Among People Living with HIV in the U.S.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Religion, Spirituality, and Health: New Considerations for Epidemiology.American journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- VanderWeele and Koenig Respond.American journal of public health · 2017Article
- VanderWeele et al. Respond to "Church Attendance and Mortality".American journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
In this issue of the Journal, VanderWeele et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2017;000(00):000-000) report that more frequent attendance at worship services is associated with a lower mortality risk. However, the underlying processes that might explain this relationship were not discussed fully. A problem arises because the potentially beneficial association between attending worship services and mortality risk may be due to a number of different factors. At least part of the explanation may be found by turning to social relationships that arise in religious institutions. Within this context, there are potentially important benefits of providing social support to others. Support can be provided in several ways that involve potentially important health-related associations. In this commentary, I briefly examine the possible relationships between religious social support systems and other dimensions of congregational life and health. In-depth conceptual analyses are needed to move research in religious involvement and mortality to the next level.
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