Financial Hardship, Religious Experience, and Health

BackgroundPrevious research has shown that religion mitigates the deleterious association between financial hardship and health. Although religion is a multidimensional construct, this strand of research has primarily focused on religious behavior or belief.PurposeThe current study aims to extend pr...

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Главный автор: Jung, Jong Hyun (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer 2022
В: Review of religious research
Год: 2022, Том: 64, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 521-537
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B USA / Религиозный опыт / Преодоление (психология) / Экстренное положение / Личное имущество / Здоровье (мотив) / Количественный метод / История (мотив) 2006-2012
Индексация IxTheo:AD Социология религии
AG Религиозная жизнь
KBQ Северная Америка
TK Новейшее время
Другие ключевые слова:B Религия (мотив)
B Стресс
B Self-rated health
B Coping
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Итог:BackgroundPrevious research has shown that religion mitigates the deleterious association between financial hardship and health. Although religion is a multidimensional construct, this strand of research has primarily focused on religious behavior or belief.PurposeThe current study aims to extend previous findings by examining a neglected aspect of religious involvement—religious experience—and how it buffers the association between financial hardship and self-rated health.MethodsThe current study analyzes two waves of data from the Portraits of American Life Study (2006-2012) (N = 1020), a nationally representative sampling of American adults. It uses lagged dependent variable regression models.ResultsThe analyses reveal that financial hardship measured at W2 is negatively associated with self-rated health at W2, net of W1 self-rated health and control measures. Religious experience of receiving direct help from angels in time of a need does not moderate this association. By contrast, the negative association between financial hardship and self-rated health is weakened among individuals who strongly agree that they experienced a supernatural miracle.Conclusions and ImplicationsThe findings in the study dovetail with the stress process model, indicating that religious experience serves as a personal resource that helps individuals deal with financial hardship. By highlighting the stress-buffering effects of religious experience, the current study rounds out our understanding of the complex linkages among stress, religion, and health.
ISSN:2211-4866
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-022-00503-3