Religious Involvement and Sleep Among Older African Americans

Nguyen, Ann W.; Taylor, Harry Owen; Lincoln, Karen D.; Wang, Fei; Hamler, Tyrone; Mitchell, Uchechi A.

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“…32 Religious involvement among African Americans has also been associated with fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and sleep maintenance. [33][34][35] In addition, religious engagement has been associated with lower CRP in African Americans 36 and potentially buffering the adverse effects of perceived racism on inflammatory markers. 37 Notably, the Jackson Heart Study found a significant association between religiosity/spirituality and ideal cardiovascular health among men, but not women.…”

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“…In the Jackson Heart Study, religious/spiritual practices (eg, private prayer, attendance at services) were associated with better cardiovascular health across multiple indicators including physical activity, diet, smoking, and blood pressure 32 . Religious involvement among African Americans has also been associated with fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and sleep maintenance 33-35 . In addition, religious engagement has been associated with lower CRP in African Americans 36 and potentially buffering the adverse effects of perceived racism on inflammatory markers 37 …”

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Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

Williams,

Harris,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Menopause

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Objective This study aimed to evaluate the association between daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load (AL) trajectories in midlife African American women. Methods A longitudinal analysis of public-use data from 727 African American women in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) was performed. We included African American women who completed the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale at SWAN visit 4 (2000-2001) and had AL data at three or more study visits over 7 years. AL was calculated at each visit using 10 biomarkers: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, C-reactive protein, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, waist-to-hip ratio, fasting serum glucose, triglycerides, and dehydroepiandrosterone. Group-based trajectory modeling identified women with similar patterns of AL. We used multinomial logistic regression to estimate associations between daily spiritual experiences (some days or less, most days, daily, many times a day) and AL trajectories. Findings Our sample had a mean ± SD age of 49.9 ± 2.66 years, 47% were early perimenopausal, and 17% earned <$19,999 annually. The mean ± SD AL score was 2.52 ± 1.68. Three AL trajectories were identified: low (35.1%), moderate (44.7%), and high (20.2%). In age-adjusted models, women who reported daily comfort in religion and spirituality were less likely to follow a high AL trajectory (odds ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.18‐0.93); the association was attenuated when controlling for depressive symptoms (odds ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.19‐1.21). Conclusions Findings from this study do not support an independent association between spirituality in African American women and AL trajectories in midlife. Studies with a larger sample and additional measures of spirituality are warranted in this population.

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Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

Williams,

Harris,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Menopause

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“…Nguyen et al’s article investigates the link between religious involvement and sleep quality among older African Americans. Their research focused on organizational, nonorganizational, and subjective aspects of religious involvement and found that watching religious television programs was associated with more restless sleep.…”

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Contemporary Research on Older Black Americans, a Special Issue of Journal of Aging and Health in Honor of the Life and Legacy of James S. Jackson

Taylor

2022

J Aging Health

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This special issue of the Journal of Aging and Health honors the memory of James Jackson by elevating his many research contributions to the physical and mental health of older Black Americans. The articles focus on the central problems and questions that James Jackson addressed throughout his illustrious career. All articles in the special issue focus on older Black Americans and include at least one of the following elements: (1) articles based on the National Survey of American Life, the data set for which James Jackson was the Principal Investigator; (2) articles that utilize the Environmental Affordances Model which was developed by James Jackson; (3) articles that include the Everyday Discrimination scale which was originally published by David Williams, James Jackson, and colleagues; (4) and articles based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the data set for which James Jackson served as Editor for a special issue of The Gerontologist.

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What’s your religious coping profile? Differences in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States

Dubar,

Watkins,

Hope

2024

Sleep Health

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Religious Involvement and Sleep Among Older African Americans

Cited by 4 publications

References 50 publications

Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

Daily spiritual experiences and allostatic load trajectories: a longitudinal study of midlife African American women

Contemporary Research on Older Black Americans, a Special Issue of Journal of Aging and Health in Honor of the Life and Legacy of James S. Jackson

What’s your religious coping profile? Differences in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States

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