Neuroticism versus demographic variables as correlates of self-reported life satisfaction in a sample of older adults

Insights From Scholarship the Relationship Between Personal Prayer and Purpose in Life Among Churchgoing and Non‐churchgoing Twelve‐to‐fifteen‐year‐olds in the Uk

“…Different studies have reported positive correlations between church or synagogue attendance and general well-being (Mull, Cox and Sullivan 1987;Steinitz 1980) and life satisfaction (Guy 1982;Levin and Markides 1988;Markides 1983), between religious activities and morale (Koenig, Kvale and Ferrel 1988), selfesteem (Krause and van Tran 1989), lower levels of loneliness (Johnson and Mullins 1989), and personal adjustment (Moberg 1956;Blazer and Palmore 1976), between intrinsic religiosity and life satisfaction (Haitsma 1986) and self-esteem (Nelson 1990), between religious commitment and life satisfaction (Rogalski and Paisey 1987), between religious coping mechanisms and lower levels of depression (Koenig, Cohen, Blazer, Pieper, Meador, Shelp, Goli and DiPasquale 1992) and between religious orthodoxy and happiness (Hunsberger 1985).…”

Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

“…Based on the results of prior research with older adults (Morgan et al, 1987;Nagatomo et al, 1995;Pearlman & Uhlmann, 1988;Rogalski & Paisey, 1987) and younger patients with anxiety disorders (Safren et al, 1997;Shear & Mammen, 1997;Telch et al, 1995), it was expected that severity of anxiety would predict diminished quality of life in the present sample of anxious older adults. Severity of comorbid depression also was expected to predict decreased quality of life.…”

“…The symptoms and functional impairment of GAD might be expected to reduce perceived quality of life. Anxiety has been found to affect life satisfaction among nursing home residents and community-dwelling older adults (Morgan et al, 1987;Nagatomo et al, 1995;Pearlman & Uhlmann, 1988;Rogalski & Paisey, 1987), but this issue has not yet been examined among older adults with well-diagnosed anxiety disorders. Given the prevalence and chronicity of GAD among the elderly, patients with this disorder should be a focus of further work in this area.…”

Meaning, Purpose, and Religiosity in at-Risk Youth: The Relationship between Anxiety and Spirituality

“…Using the same instruments, Baker and Gorsuch (1982) had nearly identical results; intrinsic religious orientation was negatively correlated with trait anxiety and extrinsic religious orientation was positively correlated with trait anxiety. Rogalski and Paisey (1987) studied life satisfaction among retirees and found that religious and devoutly religious respondents, regardless of religious orientation, reported higher levels of life satisfaction than non-religious persons. A step-wise multiple regression analysis showed that only three variables emerged as significant predictors of life satisfaction: trait anxiety (accounting for 38.9% of variance), religious commitment (accounting for 5.1% of variance) and state anxiety (accounting for 2% of variance).…”