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Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans.

Journal for the scientific study of religion

Roth DL, Usher T, Clark EM, Holt CL.
PMID: 28502992
J Sci Study Relig. 2016 Jun;55(2):417-424. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12269. Epub 2016 Aug 09.

In this study, two telephone interviews that assessed both religious involvement and health-related quality of life were conducted approximately 2.5 years apart in a national sample of 290 African Americans. Religious involvement was assessed with an instrument that measured...

Meaning in Life Predicts Decreased Depressive Symptoms and Increased Positive Affect over Time but Does Not Buffer Stress Effects in a National Sample of African-Americans.

Journal of happiness studies

Park CL, Knott CL, Williams RM, Clark EM, Williams BR, Schulz E.
PMID: 33343225
J Happiness Stud. 2020 Dec;21(8):3037-3049. doi: 10.1007/s10902-019-00212-9. Epub 2020 Jan 01.

Few studies have specifically focused on meaning in life in African Americans and many important questions remain, including whether effects of meaning in life are direct or moderated by levels of stress. In a national sample of 909 African...

Positive and Negative Religious Beliefs Explaining the Religion-Health Connection Among African Americans.

The International journal for the psychology of religion

Holt CL, Clark EM, Roth DL.
PMID: 28546736
Int J Psychol Relig. 2014;24(4):311-331. doi: 10.1080/10508619.2013.828993. Epub 2013 Aug 05.

Theory and literature suggests that the reason religiously-involved people tend to have good health outcomes is because they have healthy lifestyles and behaviors in accord with religious beliefs. Other literature suggests that religious involvement may play a negative role...

Development and Validation of Instruments to Assess Potential Religion-Health Mechanisms in an African American Population.

The Journal of black psychology

Holt CL, Clark EM, Roth D, Crowther M, Kohler C, Fouad M, Foushee R, Lee PA, Southward PL.
PMID: 19774107
J Black Psychol. 2009 May 01;35(2):271-288. doi: 10.1177/0095798409333593.

The health disparities that negatively affect African Americans are well-documented; however, there are also many sociocultural factors that may play a protective role in health outcomes. Religious involvement is noted to be important in the African American community and...

Positive and Negative Religious Coping Styles as Prospective Predictors of Well-Being in African Americans.

Psychology of religion and spirituality

Park CL, Holt CL, Le D, Christie J, Williams BR.
PMID: 30505376
Psycholog Relig Spiritual. 2018 Nov;10(4):318-326. doi: 10.1037/rel0000124. Epub 2017 Apr 27.

Research on religious coping has proliferated in recent years, but many key questions remain, including the independent effects of positive and negative religious coping styles on well-being over time. Further, little research on religious coping styles has been conducted...

A longitudinal examination of social support as a mediator of the personality-health relationship in a national sample of African Americans.

The Journal of black psychology

Clark EM, Ma L, Knott CL, Williams BR, Park CL, Schulz EK, Ghosh D.
PMID: 34354319
J Black Psychol. 2020 Nov 01;46(8):607-637. doi: 10.1177/0095798420966826. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

The present study investigates whether social support mediates the relationship between personality traits and health among African Americans over a five-year period, filling a gap in the literature on longitudinal tests of the personality-health association. Data were collected from...

The relationship between religious beliefs and behaviors and changes in spiritual health locus of control over time in a national sample of African Americans.

Mental health, religion & culture

Clark EM, Huang J, Roth DL, Schulz E, Williams BR, Holt CL.
PMID: 29398951
Ment Health Relig Cult. 2017;20(5):449-463. doi: 10.1080/13674676.2017.1356274. Epub 2017 Oct 11.

Using data from a sample of African Americans, the present study examined the role of religious beliefs and behaviors in predicting changes in spiritual health locus of control (SHLOC), or beliefs about the role that God plays in a...

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