Religious Involvement, Humility, and Self-Rated Health

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a conceptual model that assesses the following theoretical linkages: (1) people who go to church more often tend to receive more spiritual support from fellow church members (i.e., encouragement to adopt religious teachings and principles); (2) individuals who get more frequent spiritual support are more likely to be humble; and (3) people with greater humility tend to rate their health more favorably. The data come from the third wave of a nationwide longitudinal survey of older adults. The data provide support for each of the conceptual linkages identified above.

Humility: Our Current Understanding of the Construct and its Role in Organizations

“…This finding suggests that the humblest employees are likely to be the most resilient at work in times of economic uncertainty, recession or organizational layoffs. Likewise, longitudinal studies by Krause (2010Krause ( , 2012) using a subset of MH items found that humility positively predicted self-reported health.…”

“…Data from four studies (Krause 2010(Krause , 2012(Krause , 2014Krause and Hayward 2014) have indicated that more religious commitment and spiritual support (such as trust in God and receiving social support at church) are predictors of selfreported humility assessed via subsets of the MH scale items. In addition, Rowatt et al's (2002) study assessed humility using self-versus other-ratings and suggested that quest religiousness leads to more humility.…”

The impact of stress on fluctuations in relational humility as couples transition to parenthood

“…For example, one's self-rated humility buffered the association between stress and mental health outcomes, suggesting that humility allows individuals to cope more effectively with stressors (Krause, Pargament, Hill, & Ironson, 2016). Being perceived as humble has also been associated with better adjustment (Exline & Geyer, 2004) and perceptions of health (Krause, 2010), which tend to spread positive effects to the perceiver. Missing in the extant literature is a clear understanding of the direct link between stress and relational humility.…”

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