ArticleJournal of religion and health2022
Religiosity and the Spread of COVID-19: A Multinational Comparison.
Article in Journal of religion and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bridging science and spirituality: the intersection of religion and public health in the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Religiosity and anxiety in relation to health-promoting attitudes toward COVID-19.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2025Article
- Association of COVID-19 outcomes with measures of institutional and interpersonal trust: an ecological analysis using national data from 61 countries.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Long COVID and Associated Factors Among Chinese Residents Aged 16 Years and Older in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Online Study.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- The Scientist, the Therapist, and the Conspiracy Theorist: Three Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Within the Ultra-orthodox Jewish Revival Movement in Israel.Journal of religion and health · 2024Review
- Life satisfaction of Palestinian and Polish students after pandemic COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Religious Fundamentalism, Delusions, and Conspiracy Beliefs Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cross-National Comparison of Religion as a Predictor of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This article considers the relationships between population religiosity and the coronavirus pandemic situation across different countries. Country-level analyses were based on data from the World Values Survey, Worldometer, and International Monetary Fund covering information about internal (beliefs) and external (practices) religiosity, religious fundamentalism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic situation at two time points in 47 countries. Results showed that declared attendance at religious services is related to more COVID-19 infections and deaths, as well as when controlling for gross domestic product per capita and the number of coronavirus tests per 1 million population. This effect remained in the longitudinal perspective (of six months) and extended from external religiosity only, to both internal and external religiosity indices.
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