ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2022
Depression, religiosity, and telomere length in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH).
Article in International journal of mental health and addiction, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the association between depression and telomere length: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Caregiving responsibilities, living alone, and mental health among older women during a time of collective stress.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- The Structure of Religion and Spirituality in a Diverse Sample of Adults in the U.S.: A Report on Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2025Article
- Religious affiliations, religious practices, and health behaviors in US South Asians.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Why Is Religious Attendance Linked to More Anxiety in U.S. South Asians? The Mediating Role of Congregational Neglect.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Absent Relations of Religious Coping to Telomere Length in African American and White Women and Men.Experimental aging researchArticle
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Abstract
Prospective studies on the association between depression and telomere length have produced mixed results and have been largely limited to European ancestry populations. We examined the associations between depression and telomere length, and the modifying influence of religion and spirituality, in four cohorts, each representing a different race/ethnic population. Relative leukocyte telomere length (RTL) was measured by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Our result showed that depression was not associated with RTL (percent difference: 3.0 95% CI: -3.9, 10.5; p = 0.41; p-heterogeneity across studies = 0.67) overall or in cohort-specific analyses. However, in cohort-specific analyses, there was some evidence of effect modification by the extent of religiosity or spirituality, religious congregation membership, and group prayer. Further research is needed to investigate prospective associations between depression and telomere length, and the resources of resilience including dimensions of religion and spirituality that may impact such dynamics in diverse racial/ethnic populations.
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