Unbelievable?! Theistic/Epistemological Viewpoint Affects Religion–Health Relationship

Speed, David

doi:10.1007/s10943-016-0271-2

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“…Our findings suggest that atheists/theists and the religiously unaffiliated/ affiliated do not systematically differ with regard to fatalism and nihilism, constructs that are routinely linked with psychological well-being. Overall, these findings would be consistent with at least a few other studies that find that atheists or the religiously unaffiliated do not suffer from psychological deficits because of their position (Galen & Kloet, 2011;Speed, 2017).…”

Section: Are the Irreligious More Likely To Be Fatalists And Nihilists?supporting

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“…However, other research has shown that the irreligious do not experience deficits in meaning in life (Caldwell-Harris et al, 2011;Wilkinson & Coleman, 2010), happiness (Speed, 2017;, or well-being (Galen, 2015;Streib & Klein, 2013), and that the irreligious do not differ in terms of psychological well-being (Galen, 2015;Streib & Klein, 2013;although cf. Hayward, Krause, Ironson, Hill, & Emmons, 2016).…”

Section: Nonreligion and Meaning In Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…One is an inability to separate the functioning of purely secular psychological mechanisms from any specific religious/spiritual processes (Galen, 2017a(Galen, , 2017b. This inability may be related to research suggesting that religious/ spiritual activities do not have intrinsic benefits, but rather benefits that are contingent on an individual's valuation of those activities (Speed, 2017;. This accords with the simple view that "whatever makes life meaningful is heavily loaded with whatever people value" (Klinger, 2012, p. 29).…”

Section: Nonreligion and Meaning In Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

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What Do You Mean, “What Does It All Mean?” Atheism, Nonreligion, and Life Meaning

2018

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Nonreligion is often thought to be commensurate with nihilism or fatalism, resulting in the perception that the nonreligious have no source of meaning in life. While views to this effect have been advanced in various arenas, no empirical evaluation of such a view has been conducted. Using data from the 2008 American General Social Survey (N = ~1,200), we investigated whether atheists, the religiously unaffiliated, and persons raised religiously unaffiliated were more likely than theists, the religiously affiliated, and persons raised with a religious affiliation to report greater levels of fatalism, nihilism, and the perception that meaning in life is self-provided. Results suggested that these groups did not differ with regard to fatalism or nihilism. However, atheists and the religiously unaffiliated (but not persons raised in a religiously unaffiliated household) were more likely to indicate that meaning in life was endogenous-that is, self-produced. While atheists and the nonreligious differed from their counterparts on source of meaning in life, this was not associated with any "penalty" for overall existential meaning.

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Section: Nonreligion and Meaning In Lifementioning

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Section: Nonreligion and Meaning In Lifementioning

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What Do You Mean, “What Does It All Mean?” Atheism, Nonreligion, and Life Meaning

2018

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“…Studies looking at affiliation have often found that being nonaffiliated is not associated with self‐reported measures of health . Studies that differentiated between different types of nonaffiliation (atheists, agnostics, nonreligious, etc) found that these effects are complex, often with some nonaffiliated groups having better health outcomes than other nonaffiliates and the religiously affiliated …”

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Longitudinal Associations of Religiosity and Physical Function in Older Irish Adults

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Kenny

McGarrigle

2020

J American Geriatrics Society

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OBJECTIVES Research into the link between religion and physical function has shown inconsistent results. Most studies have used self‐reported measures of physical function, and many have excluded those who are not religious and only compared levels of religious engagement within those groups that are religious. We aimed to assess the longitudinal associations of religious affiliation and religious attendance on two objective measures of physical function. DESIGN Longitudinal study using five waves of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). SETTING Community‐dwelling adults in Ireland. PARTICIPANTS Adults aged 50 and over who participated in two or more waves of TILDA (n = 6,122),and a supplementary analysis of a sub‐sample aged 65 and over (n = 2,359). MEASUREMENTS Timed Up and Go (TUG) and grip strength were measured on at least two occasions. Data were collected approximately every 2 years over 10 years. Longitudinal linear mixed effects models were estimated to calculate the effect of religious affiliation and attendance on TUG and grip strength over time. RESULTS TUG scores increased by an average of .1 seconds with each year of age, which increased to .3 seconds by age 72 years. Grip strength scores decreased by .2 kg with each year of age and increased to −.3 kg per year by age 72. No overall differences were observed between religious affiliations in scores of TUG or grip strength. CONCLUSION Religious affiliation does not predict performance on objective physical function measures. Results are discussed with reference to the changing religious characteristics of the Irish population.

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“…In recent years, numerous studies have been conducted on the relationship between religion and mental health. These studies have generally shown that there is a positive relationship between religion and health (Speed, ,2017). But in some studies, vague and inaudible connection has been reported between various aspects of religiosity and psychological compilation.…”

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Relationship between Coping Styles and Religious Orientation with Mental Health in the Students of the Nursing - Midwifery Faculty of Zabol

Dastras¹,

Mokarrar²,

Dastras³

2017

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Unbelievable?! Theistic/Epistemological Viewpoint Affects Religion–Health Relationship

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

What Do You Mean, “What Does It All Mean?” Atheism, Nonreligion, and Life Meaning

What Do You Mean, “What Does It All Mean?” Atheism, Nonreligion, and Life Meaning

Longitudinal Associations of Religiosity and Physical Function in Older Irish Adults

Relationship between Coping Styles and Religious Orientation with Mental Health in the Students of the Nursing - Midwifery Faculty of Zabol

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