Association of Religious Service Attendance With Mortality Among Women

Li, Shanshan; Stampfer, Meir J.; Williams, David R.; VanderWeele, Tyler J.

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.1615

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“…With research in the United States, this is arguably the outcome for which the evidence is most substantial [1–3,7,24–27]. However, even in Europe, at least two moderately large longitudinal mortality studies with religious service attendance as the exposure have been carried out, suggesting a protective association between service attendance and mortality in Finland [28] and in Denmark [29], two countries that are relatively low in religiosity [20].…”

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“…For mortality, evidence from longitudinal mediation analysis [37] suggests that better social support, reduced smoking, greater optimism, and less depression may all be important mechanisms [27]. Other proposed mechanisms have included greater meaning and purpose in life and greater self-control [1,3].…”

Section: Other Mechanisms For Religion and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other proposed mechanisms have included greater meaning and purpose in life and greater self-control [1,3]. While social support does seem to explain some of the associations between attendance and mortality, it does not seem to explain the majority of the effect [3,25,27]. Again other mechanisms seem to be present.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Again other mechanisms seem to be present. Current evidence from longitudinal studies suggests that service attendance is subsequently associated not only with all-cause mortality but also with less smoking, alcohol abuse, and drug use [1,38]; less depression and lower suicide rates [1,3,10,34,35]; greater meaning and purpose [39]; great optimism [27]; greater happiness and life-satisfaction [21]; lower crime [40,41]; greater social support and greater likelihood of developing a more extensive social and friendship network [21,25,27] as well as lower likelihood of divorce [25,42,43]. The mechanisms by which religious participation affects health may thus be numerous and quite diverse, and current evidence thus perhaps suggests that it may be the small contribution of many different pathways, rather than the substantial contribution of any specific one, that supplies religious service attendance with its powerful effects on health.…”

Section: Other Mechanisms For Religion and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Religion and health in Europe: cultures, countries, context

VanderWeele

2017

Eur J Epidemiol

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Much of the research on the relationships between religious participation and health comes from the United States. Studies in other geographic regions or cultural contexts is more sparse. Evidence presented by Ahrenfelt et al., and that from other research studies, is reviewed concerning the associations between religion and health within Europe and world-wide. The evidence within Europe suggests protective associations between various forms of religious participation and lower depression, lower mortality, and better self-rated health. Methodological challenges in such research are reviewed, and discussion is given as to whether a person-culture-fit explanation suffices to account for the existing data and to what other mechanisms might be operative.

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Section: Other Mechanisms For Religion and Healthmentioning

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Section: Other Mechanisms For Religion and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Other Mechanisms For Religion and Healthmentioning

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Religion and health in Europe: cultures, countries, context

VanderWeele

2017

Eur J Epidemiol

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“…Thus, it is imperative this area of diversity is acknowledged early in treatment and integrated as appropriate. For example, clients utilizing religiously-integrated therapies or relying on their religious beliefs and practices experience fewer depressive symptoms and faster recoveries (Koenig 2004;Koenig et al 2015;McCullough and Larson 1999;Wink and Scott 2005), less anxiety (Koenig 2004;Rosmarin et al 2010; Van Ness and Larson 2002), lower suicide rates (Koenig 2004;, and lower overall mortality (Li et al 2016).…”

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The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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Abstract:Helping professionals' religious and spiritual beliefs and practices have been reported as important components in the consideration of clients' religion/spirituality (RS) in mental and behavioral health treatment. However, no study to date has simultaneously examined and compared five helping professions' RS beliefs and practices, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and marriage and family therapists. The current study is a secondary analysis of 536 licensed helping professionals in Texas to answer the following questions: (1) What levels of intrinsic religiosity and frequency of religious activities exist across these five professions, and how do they compare?; (2) To what extent do these five professions consider themselves religious or spiritual, and how do they compare?; and (3) What are the religious beliefs and practices across these five professions, and how do they compare? Results indicated significant differences across the five professions with regards to their religious affiliation, frequently used RS practices and activities, degree to which each profession self-identifies as spiritual, as well as intrinsic religiosity. A general comparison between helping professionals' responses with the general population's RS is also discussed. Implications based on these findings, as well as recommendations for future studies are included, particularly given the recent movement toward transdisciplinary clinical practice.

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Health and Spirituality

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2017

JAMA

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For centuries, physicians and other healers have witnessed how illness focuses attention on "ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and … relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred." 1 Patients often discover strength and solace in their spirituality, both informally through deeper connections with family and friends, and formally through religious communities and practices. However, modern day clinicians regularly overlook dimensions of spirituality when considering the health of others-or even themselves.This relative neglect represents a departure from the substantial history linking health, religion, and spirituality within most cultures. 2 However, accumulating evidence that highlights the richness of the interconnection can inform future strategies for population health as well as individualized, patient-centered care. According to a 2016 Gallup Poll of 1025 adults in the United States, 89% believe in God or a universal spirit, and 75% consider religion of considerable importance. 3 The potential ramifications of these perspectives are substantial, especially given that increasing numbers of people in an aging society may be facing difficult endof-life decisions.

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Association of Religious Service Attendance With Mortality Among Women

Cited by 264 publications

References 42 publications

Religion and health in Europe: cultures, countries, context

Religion and health in Europe: cultures, countries, context

The Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Practices among Practitioners across Five Helping Professions

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