ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020
Private religion/spirituality, self-rated health, and mental health among US South Asians.
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- The use of spirituality/religiosity by oncology nurse residents in nursing care.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Forgiveness and Health across Racial-Ethnic Cohorts: Exploring the Conditioning Roles of Religious Attendance and Closeness to God in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health.Mental health, religion & culture · 2024Article
- Religiosity and alcohol use in adolescents with orofacial cleft: correlational study.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2024Article
- Self-Rated Health and its Impact on Survival of Older Adults.Advanced biomedical research · 2024Article
- Religion/Spirituality and Prevalent Hypertension among Ethnic Cohorts in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- A multilevel framework to investigate cardiovascular health disparities among South Asian immigrants in the United States.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Review
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purposeConnections between private religion/spirituality and health have not been assessed among US South Asians. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between private religion/spirituality and self-rated and mental health in a community-based sample of US South Asians.
methodsData from the Mediators of atherosclerosis in South Asians living in America (MASALA) study (collected 2010-2013 and 2015-2018) and the attendant study on stress, spirituality, and health (n = 881) were analyzed using OLS regression. Self-rated health measured overall self-assessed health. Emotional functioning was measured using the mental health inventory-3 index (MHI-3) and Spielberger scales assessed trait anxiety and trait anger. Private religion/spirituality variables included prayer, yoga, belief in God, gratitude, theistic and non-theistic spiritual experiences, closeness to God, positive and negative religious coping, divine hope, and religious/spiritual struggles.
resultsYoga, gratitude, non-theistic spiritual experiences, closeness to God, and positive coping were positively associated with self-rated health. Gratitude, non-theistic and theistic spiritual experiences, closeness to God, and positive coping were associated with better emotional functioning; negative coping was associated with poor emotional functioning. Gratitude and non-theistic spiritual experiences were associated with less anxiety; negative coping and religious/spiritual struggles were associated with greater anxiety. Non-theistic spiritual experiences and gratitude were associated with less anger; negative coping and religious/spiritual struggles were associated with greater anger.
conclusionPrivate religion/spirituality is associated with self-rated and mental health. Opportunities may exist for public health and religious care professionals to leverage existing religion/spirituality for well-being among US South Asians.
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