ArticleJournal of religion and health2021
Does Childhood Religiosity Delay Death?
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2021. 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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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Childhood predictors of adults' belief in god, gods, and spiritual forces across 22 countries.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Linking Multi-Dimensional Religiosity in Childhood and Later Adulthood: Implications for Later Life Health.Research on aging · 2025Article
- Do early-life circumstances predict late-life suicidal ideation? Evidence from SHARE data using machine learning.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Spiritually Well, Mentally Well? Examining the Early Life Religious Antecedents of the Impact of Spiritual Well-Being on Mental Health Among United Methodist Clergy in North Carolina.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Religiosity of Baby-Boomers in Young Adulthood: Associations with Psychological Well-Being over the Life Course.Advances in life course research · 2022Article
- Does Religious Participation Predict Future Expectations About Health? Using a Life Course Framework to Test Multiple Mechanisms.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
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- Psychometric Validation and Translation of Religious and Spiritual Measures.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Resilience in the Aftermath of Childhood Abuse? Changes in Religiosity and Adulthood Psychological Distress.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study explores the potential long-term health effects of religiosity in the childhood home. Analyses use retrospective childhood data from the MIDUS survey linked to National Death Index records from 1995 to 2014. Findings from Cox proportional hazard models suggest that children brought up in highly religious households have a higher risk of mortality than those socialized in more moderately religious households, this despite such individuals having better overall health profiles. The surprising link between high childhood religiosity and mortality was confined to those who downgraded their religiosity. Those who intensified from moderate to high religiosity, in fact, seemed to be most protected. We call for future research to more clearly specify the intervening mechanisms linking childhood religion with adult health and mortality over the life course.
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