Stress and inflammation among older adults: The moderating role of religiosity

Tavares, Jane; Ronneberg, Corina R.; Miller, Edward; Burr, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1080/15528030.2018.1536910

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“…E. Anderson, 2013; Collins, 2015; Darnall, 2017; Field, 2016; Schell, 2014). In addition, given that religiosity has been found to be related to tendencies to accept rape myths and that intrinsic religiosity has been shown to reduce harmful effects of various constructs, the construct of intrinsic religiosity was also examined as a potential moderator (Barnett et al, 2018; Foong et al, 2018; Hansen & Ryder, 2016; Prina & Schatz-Stevens, 2020; Tavares et al, 2019).…”

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“…Intrinsic religiosity has been shown to reduce negative correlates of other constructs. For example, intrinsic religiosity has been found to reduce the impact of depression on cognitive functioning and the impact of stress on inflammation, as well as reduce intergroup hostility (Foong et al, 2018; Hansen & Ryder, 2016; Tavares et al, 2019). As such, it is plausible that religious internalization could reduce the impact of the victim-blaming attitudes associated with purity culture.…”

Section: Rape Myths and Christianitymentioning

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The Relationship between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance

Owens

Hall

Anderson

2020

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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The current study investigated the relationship between purity culture, rape myth acceptance, and intrinsic religiosity in the Christian population. Specifically, this study explored if purity culture endorsement would be associated with increased rape myth acceptance and increased likelihood of incorrectly labeling rape. It was also examined whether intrinsic religiosity would ameliorate the relationship between purity culture and rape myth acceptance. Ninety-nine Christian men and women participated in this study. Results demonstrated that endorsement of purity culture was related to increased endorsement of rape myths and increased likelihood of labeling marital rape and acquaintance rape as consensual sex. Intrinsic religiosity was also found to be a significant moderator of the relationship between purity culture and rape myth acceptance. Overall, these findings have important implications for how purity culture is taught and understood, and how these teachings relate to the Christian population’s involvement in the cultural dialogue surrounding sexual assault.

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Section: Rape Myths and Christianitymentioning

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The Relationship between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance

Owens

Hall

Anderson

2020

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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“…Such a pattern would not preclude stressor effects prior to this life stage. It would still, however, be inconsistent with reports of stressor-CRP linkages based on samples of older adults (Elliot et al, 2017;McDade et al, 2006;Shivpuri et al, 2012;Tavares et al, 2019). As argued above, each of these studies has serious methodological flaws.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The same issues occur with CRP’s “upstream” associations with stressors. Population-based evidence—whether from probability (McDade et al, 2006; Tavares, Ronneberg, Miller, & Burr, 2019) or nonprobability (Shivpuri, Gallo, Crouse, & Allison, 2012) designs—is largely cross-sectional. As of this writing, only one population representative longitudinal study has tested this upstream linkage (Elliot, Mooney, Infurna, & Chapman, 2017).…”

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Chronic Ongoing Stressors and C-Reactive Protein: A Within-Person Study

Das

2019

J Aging Health

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Objectives: Literature suggests C-reactive protein (CRP)—as a marker of low-grade systemic inflammation—may mediate the linkage between chronic stressors and cardiometabolic conditions. Previous population-based reports are based on weak methodologies and may have yielded incorrect inferences. The current study examined linkages of within-person CRP variation with corresponding variation in stressor burdens. Method: Data were from the 2006, 2010, and 2014 waves of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study. Analysis was through unit fixed effects and first-difference estimators. Both gender-combined and gender-specific models were run. Results: In none of the analyses was CRP positively associated with chronic stressors. This was true among both genders, and in models of linear as well as nonlinear change. Results held in a series of separate robustness checks. Discussion: CRP may not mediate the social etiology of degenerative diseases. Population representative evidence of inflammation’s role in these processes remains absent.

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“…For example, in one study, the psychological distress associated with financial hardship was moderated or nonexistent in individuals who attend church frequently (Bradshaw & Ellison, 2010). In another study, the relationship between stress and inflammation was lessened in individuals with higher religiosity (Tavares, Ronneberg, Miller, & Burr, 2019). Regardless of church attendance, higher levels of trauma exposure were associated with a greater likelihood of screening positive for PTSD.…”

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Trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and tobacco use: Does church attendance buffer negative effects?

Mathew

Yang

Avery

et al. 2020

Journal Community Psychology

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Traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are overrepresented in urban African American communities, and associated with health risk behaviors such as tobacco use. Support and resources provided by churches may reduce trauma‐related health risks. In the current study, we assessed weekly church attendance as a moderator of relations between (a) traumatic event exposure and probable PTSD, and (b) probable PTSD and tobacco use. Data were drawn from a health surveillance study conducted in seven churches located in Chicago's West Side. Participants (N = 1015) were adults from churches as well as the surrounding community. Trauma exposure was reported by 62% of participants, with 25% of those who experienced trauma reporting probable PTSD. Overall, more than one‐third of participants (37.2%) reported current tobacco use. As compared with non‐weekly church attendance, weekly church attendance was associated with a lower likelihood of PTSD (odds ratio [OR] = 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.26–0.62; p < .0001) and lower tobacco use overall (OR = 0.22; 95% CI = 0.16–0.30; p < .0001), but did not moderate the effect of trauma exposure on risk of PTSD, or the effect of PTSD on tobacco use. Findings support church attendance as a potential buffer of trauma‐related stress.

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Stress and inflammation among older adults: The moderating role of religiosity

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

The Relationship between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance

The Relationship between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance

Chronic Ongoing Stressors and C-Reactive Protein: A Within-Person Study

Trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and tobacco use: Does church attendance buffer negative effects?

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