Factors Affecting Subjective Weil-Being for Rural Elderly Individuals

Reflections on the recovery paradigm using religion/spirituality for Korean elderly adults: depression and well-being in life

“…Kim spirituality sub-scales were significantly related to the Geriatric Depression Scale scores after controlling for socio-demographic variables. This result is consistent with previous research that assessed the relationship between depression levels and different populations (Choi, 2003;Kang, 2009;Yoon, 2006). Our findings suggest that the elderly may alleviate depression by regulating their emotions through religious/spiritual activities and by sharing their emotional concerns with others through such activities.…”

“…This sub-scale consisted of four items on a 4-point Likert response format ranging from 1 (none) to 4 (a great deal). Cronbach's alpha was 0.86 among rural senior citizens (Yoon, 2006) and was 0.70 in this study.…”

“…As based on previous studies, 6 out of the 11 sub-scales from the BMMRS were adapted for the analysis of the results (Lee, 2007;Yoon, 2006). These sub-scales included daily spiritual experiences, values/beliefs, forgiveness, private religious practice, religious/spiritual coping and religious support.…”

“…There is a growing awareness that greater involvement in religion and a cultivation of spirituality are associated with better physical and mental health outcomes across the age spectrum. A number of recent studies suggest that for elderly individuals, religion and spirituality play an important role in maintaining health (George, Ellison, & Larson, 2002;Kang & Kim, 2011;Lee, 2007;Yoon, 2006), coping with stress (Kang, 2009;Nelson-Becker, 2005) and recovering from relationship problems (Centore & Clinton, 2008;Kang & Park, 2008).…”

Elementos estructurales de la red social, fuentes de apoyo funcional, reciprocidad, apoyo comunitario y depresión en personas mayores en Chile

“…Estas actividades hacen referencia aquí tanto a la participación en los ritos religiosos (por ejemplo, la asistencia regular a ceremonias de culto y participación en grupos propios de la organización parroquial), como a la implicación en actividades de voluntariado basadas en la pertenencia y en el marco de las instituciones religiosas. La investigación previa ha puesto de manifiesto que la participación religiosa se relaciona con la depresión, de manera que la personas mayores implicadas en sus comunidades religiosas tienen una menor probabilidad de depresión, mientras que aquellas personas que carecen de filiación religiosa muestran comparativamente una mayor probabilidad de experimentar síntomas depresivos (Alvarado, Temper, Bresler y Thomas-Dobson, 1995;George, Kinghorn, Koenig, Gammon y Blazer, 2013;Sternthal, Williams, Musick y Buck, 2010;Yoon, 2008). Estos resultados señalan, por tanto, la centralidad de la dimensión religiosa de la comunidad en la vida de las personas mayores, sugiriendo que la implicación en este tipo de actividades actúa como un factor protector ante el deterioro psicológico.…”