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Roth, D. L., Usher, T., Clark, E. M., & Holt, C. L. (2016). Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans. Journal for the scientific study of religion, 55(2), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12269
Roth, David L, et al. "Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans." Journal for the scientific study of religion vol. 55,2 (2016): 417-424. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12269
Roth DL, Usher T, Clark EM, Holt CL. Religious Involvement and Health over Time: Predictive Effects in a National Sample of African Americans. J Sci Study Relig. 2016 Jun;55(2):417-424. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12269. Epub 2016 Aug 09. PMID: 28502992; PMCID: PMC5423663.
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J Sci Study Relig. 2016 Jun;55(2):417-424. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12269. Epub 2016 Aug 09.

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

Journal for the scientific study of religion

David L Roth, Therri Usher, Eddie M Clark, Cheryl L Holt

Affiliations

  1. Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University.
  2. Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University.
  3. Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland.

PMID: 28502992 PMCID: PMC5423663 DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12269

Abstract

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 both personal religious beliefs (e.g., having a personal relationship with God) and more public religious behaviors (e.g., attending church services). Health-related quality of life was measured with version 2 of the Medical Outcomes Study 12-item short form (SF-12v2). Structural equation models indicated that higher religious beliefs at baseline predicted better physical and mental health 2.5 years later. Higher religious behaviors at baseline contributed smaller, complementary suppression effects. Physical and mental health indicators from the SF-12v2 at baseline did not predict changes in either religious beliefs or religious behaviors over time. These findings indicate that, for African Americans, personal religious beliefs lead to beneficial health effects over time, whereas individual differences in health do not appear to predict changes in religious involvement.

Keywords: African American; cross-lagged panel analysis; health; longitudinal; religious involvement

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