ArticleJournal for the scientific study of religion2016
Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans.
Article in Journal for the scientific study of religion, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Adaptation of the Short Version of Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire in Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- "I Struggle with Breast Cancer and I Struggle with God": Insights from African American Breast Cancer Survivors.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- The Influence of Parental Religiosity on the Health of Children during Late Adolescence/Early Adulthood: A Test of Mediation.Sociological perspectives : SP : official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association · 2022Article
- Is Belonging to a Religious Organization Enough? Differences in Religious Affiliation Versus Self-ratings of Spirituality on Behavioral and Psychological Variables in Individuals with Heart Failure.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Religion and Health Behaviors in Primary Care Patients.Korean journal of family medicine · 2020Article
- Quality of Life Among Black Prostate Cancer Survivors: An Integrative Review.American journal of men's health · 2018Review
- Role of religious social support in longitudinal relationships between religiosity and health-related outcomes in African Americans.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
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Abstract
In this study, two telephone interviews that assessed both religious involvement and health-related quality of life were conducted approximately 2.5 years apart in a national sample of 290 African Americans. Religious involvement was assessed with an instrument that measured both personal religious beliefs (e.g., having a personal relationship with God) and more public religious behaviors (e.g., attending church services). Health-related quality of life was measured with version 2 of the Medical Outcomes Study 12-item short form (SF-12v2). Structural equation models indicated that higher religious beliefs at baseline predicted better physical and mental health 2.5 years later. Higher religious behaviors at baseline contributed smaller, complementary suppression effects. Physical and mental health indicators from the SF-12v2 at baseline did not predict changes in either religious beliefs or religious behaviors over time. These findings indicate that, for African Americans, personal religious beliefs lead to beneficial health effects over time, whereas individual differences in health do not appear to predict changes in religious involvement.
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