Religion and Pandemic Weight Gain: A Refuge from the Storm?
The COVID-19 pandemic was an inherently stressful global crisis that was associated with weight gain for over 40% of the American public. Building on previous research, we draw on recently collected national survey data from the United States to examine the effects of religious attendance (both in-p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2023
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 392-411 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Weight gain
/ Worship service
/ Providence
/ Doubt
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Attendance
B Covid-19 B divine control B weight gain B R / S struggles |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic was an inherently stressful global crisis that was associated with weight gain for over 40% of the American public. Building on previous research, we draw on recently collected national survey data from the United States to examine the effects of religious attendance (both in-person and virtual), the sense of divine control, and religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles on pandemic weight gain. A series of logistic regression models were conducted. Our findings suggest that divine control and monthly in-person religious attendance were associated with a lower risk of pandemic weight gain, while R/S struggles were associated with a higher risk of weight gain. Our results reveal the complex role that religiosity can play with respect to pandemic weight gain. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00916471231167225 |