Beyond the West: Religiosity and the Sense of Mastery in Modern Taiwan

Liu, Eric Y.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01478.x

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“…Sense of mastery is measured using the Pearlin Mastery Scale (Pearlin and Schooler ) adapted for the Chinese context (Liu ). This scale includes seven items measuring one's sense of mastery, two of which are positively coded.…”

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Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

De-dong

Liu

2013

Scientific Study of Religion

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Debates about whether the relationship between religiousness and depression is nonlinear have continued, but no definitive conclusions thus far have been drawn. Unlike most previous research in this area, which has been based on U.S. populations, this study focuses on a sample of 882 young rural Chinese women. Results from analyses reveal an inverse U‐shaped relationship between intrinsic religiosity and depression. In addition, results show that intrinsic religiosity and religious activities exacerbate the deleterious effects of particular life events such as childbirth issues and marital conflicts. Implications of the findings for future studies on the subject are discussed.

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Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

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Liu

2013

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“…For each of the sampled areas, the investigators randomly selected about twenty registered adults aged 18 or older for face-to-face interviews. The response rate is 47.6%, and the total sample size is 1,881 (see also Liu 2009 Participants were asked the extent that they experienced the following eight symptoms in the past 2 weeks: ''a headache or felt a sort of physical pressure all over your head,'' ''did not sleep well,'' ''lost confidence in yourself,'' ''felt that there was no hope in your life,'' ''felt tense and restless and that there was no way to relax,'' ''felt that you were lonely,'' ''had a bad appetite,'' and ''felt a sort of physical pressure over the chest that caused a lot of discomfort.'' 2 These items tap the malaise and mood features of distress as described by Mirowsky and Ross (2003, p. 24).…”

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Religiousness, Spirituality, and Psychological Distress in Taiwan

Liu

Schieman

Jang

2011

Review of Religious Research

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Most of the previous research on religion and mental health has focused solely on Western, predominantly Christian societies. Using a 2004 national survey of 1,881 adults in Taiwan, this study investigates the relationships between multidimensional measures of religiousness/spirituality and psychological distress in an Eastern context. Our findings differ from previous studies in the West, showing that:(1) religious-based supernatural beliefs are associated with more distress; (2) daily prayer is associated with less distress; (3) engaging in secular-based supernatural activities like fortune-telling is related to more distress; and (4) the frequency of religious attendance is unrelated to levels of distress. Broader theoretical and empirical implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…For example, Liu () verifies a positive association between fatalistic voluntarism and life satisfaction using the 2007 Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS). However, in Taiwan, belief in karma, belief in one supreme god, and prayer are negatively associated with a sense of mastery (Liu ). Zhang () notes that religious participation is significantly associated with a lower risk of mortality for oldest old women and for individuals in poor health.…”

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Christian Identification and Self‐Reported Depression: Evidence from China

Yang

Luo

2017

Scientific Study of Religion

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The nexus between religion and mental health in the East has been understudied, where the coexistence of multiple religions calls for scholarly attention to religious identification. This article investigates the impact on self-reported depression of an individual's identification with Christianity in a non-Judeo-Christian and religion-regulating social setting. Taking advantage of the Chinese General Social Survey 2010, our empirical analyses suggest that people who explicitly identify with Christianity report a significantly higher level of depression compared with both religious nones and self-claimed Buddhists. In contrast, there is no significant difference in self-reported depression between religious nones and self-identified Buddhists. This study supplements current literature on the connection between religious affiliation and mental health with a particular interest in East Asia, suggesting that the consequence on mental health of religious identification is contingent on a religion's social status, and a religion's marginal position may turn religious identification into a detrimental psychological burden.

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Beyond the West: Religiosity and the Sense of Mastery in Modern Taiwan

Cited by 16 publications

References 62 publications

Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

Religious Involvement and Depression: Evidence for Curvilinear and Stress‐Moderating Effects Among Young Women in Rural China

Religiousness, Spirituality, and Psychological Distress in Taiwan

Christian Identification and Self‐Reported Depression: Evidence from China

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