ArticleHeliyon2022
The relationship between fatalistic beliefs and well-being depends on personal and national religiosity: A study in 34 countries.
Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Association of Fatalism and Diabetes-Related Stigma With Self-Care in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- The Association of Fatalistic Determinism With Problematic Smartphone Use in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing the Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Grit.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- 'Life Minus Illness = Recovery': A Phenomenological Study About Experiences and Meanings of Recovery Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illness from Southern India.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Understanding the interplay of colorectal cancer awareness and attitudes among Palestinians: a national cross-sectional study.BMC cancer · 2024Article
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- Are Health Fatalism and Styles of Coping with Stress Affected by Poverty? A Field Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Modern social science suggests that fatalistic beliefs are generally detrimental to mental well-being because these beliefs reflect a lack of perceived efficacy and control. However, many religions downplay the role of personal agency and emphasize the importance of external factors that determine people's lives (e.g., God's will and fate). Thus, individual and cross-cultural differences in the links between fatalism and well-being are to be expected. Using a sample of 38,426 individuals from 34 countries and Bayesian multilevel modeling, this study shows that personal and national religiosity moderate the relationship between fatalism and life satisfaction. Whereas fatalism is negatively associated with life satisfaction in more secular countries and among less religious individuals, it is unrelated to life satisfaction in more religious countries and among highly religious individuals.
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