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ArticleMental health, religion & culture2024

Forgiveness and Health across Racial-Ethnic Cohorts: Exploring the Conditioning Roles of Religious Attendance and Closeness to God in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health.

Laura Upenieks, Blake Victor Kent, Alka M Kanaya, A Heather Eliassen, Alexandra E Shields

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Laura UpenieksDepartment of Sociology, Baylor University.
Blake Victor KentDepartment of Sociology, Westmont College.
Alka M KanayaSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
A Heather EliassenT.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University.
Alexandra E ShieldsHarvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001872 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COLLARD, HAROLD R, JACOBY, VANESSA · 2016 to 2025
$112.1M
UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
Life Course Cancer Epidemiology Cohort in WomenU01CA176726 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI ELIASSEN, A. HEATHER, WILLETT, WALTER C. · 2018 to 2025
$22.4M
UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK098722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTIAN VAISSE · 2015 to 2026
$14.6M
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in AmericaR01HL093009 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2010 to 2018
$5.4M
RELIGION, AGING, AND HEALTHR01AG014749 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KRAUSE, NEAL · 1997 to 2007
$3.1M
Social and Cultural Influences on Cardiovascular Risk in South AsiansR01HL120725 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KANDULA, NAMRATHA R · 2014 to 2017
$2.6M
Psychological stress, associate biologic mediators, and ovarian cancer riskR01CA163451 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TWOROGER, SHELLEY S · 2012 to 2015
$1.7M
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Abstract

Empirical research has found a robust association between greater forgiveness and well-being, but we know little of how this may operate in diverse samples of respondents. This study draws on data from the Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII; White women) and the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) to address this gap and test the possible moderating role of religious attendance and perceived closeness with God. Regression results suggest that self and other forgiveness were associated with lower depressive symptoms in both samples. Yet, the relationship between self-forgiveness and lower depressive symptoms was stronger for White women who attended religious services more frequently and had a closer perceived relationship with God. In the South Asian sample, these same moderation patterns were observed, but for the forgiveness of others only. We suggest several directions for future research on forgiveness and well-being beyond predominantly White, Christian samples.

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attendancecloseness to Godforgivenessmental healthSouth Asian religionWhite women

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