ArticleCommunity mental health journal2021
Let Go and Let God: A Study of Religiosity and Depressive Symptoms in the Black Church.
Article in Community mental health journal, 2021. 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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- Faith and access: The role of religion in formal mental health service utilization among Black adolescents.Children and youth services review · 2025Article
- Quality of life, religion/spirituality, and dementia risk among Black people in the US.Aging & mental health · 2025Observational
- Identifying Variation in Physical Health Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms among Religiosity Clusters of African American Adults in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Religiosity and Depression Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in India: Results of a National Survey in 2017-2018.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Hope, Purpose, and Religiosity: The Impact of Psychosocial Resources on Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Blacks.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
- Financial Hardship, Hope, and Life Satisfaction Among Un/Underemployed Individuals With Psychiatric Diagnoses: A Mediation Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Higher Residence Attachment and Religiosity Are Associated With Less Depressive Symptoms After Terror Event Exposure.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of religiosity (organizational, non-organizational, subjective) and depressive symptoms in the Black church. Surveys were administered to attendees of four churches in the northeastern U.S. The Multidimensional Measure of Religious Involvement for African Americans examined religiosity and the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 items assessed depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analysis was employed to examine the relationship between religiosity and depressive symptoms adjusting for potentially influential covariates. Participants reporting high organizational religiosity were significantly more likely to report non-significant depressive symptoms (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05, 3.08) in comparison with those reporting low organizational religiosity, when controlling for potentially influential covariates. Our findings suggest that organizational religiosity may be protective against depression. These findings inform the development of initiatives seeking to reduce the burden of depression in the Black church.
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