My Body is a Temple: Eating Disturbances, Religious Involvement, and Mental Health Among Young Adult Women

A growing body of the literature outlines the undesirable mental health consequences of eating disturbances. However, little attention has been given to the possible mitigating effects of cultural institutions, such as religion, in the lives of women suffering from such pathologies. Our work contrib...

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Главные авторы: Henderson, Andrea K. (Автор) ; Ellison, Christopher G. 1960- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2015]
В: Journal of religion and health
Год: 2015, Том: 54, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 954-976
Другие ключевые слова:B Eating disturbances
B Религия (мотив)
B Health
B Body Image
B Mental Health
B Gender
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Итог:A growing body of the literature outlines the undesirable mental health consequences of eating disturbances. However, little attention has been given to the possible mitigating effects of cultural institutions, such as religion, in the lives of women suffering from such pathologies. Our work contributes to the literature by (a) outlining a series of arguments linking eating disturbances, religion, and mental health; (b) specifying two conceptual models of these relationships; and (c) testing relevant hypotheses using data on a large nationwide sample of young women. Results indicate that religious involvement—organizational, non-organizational, and subjective religiousness—moderates the effects of eating disturbances on mental health, particularly for self-esteem. Study limitations are identified and several promising directions for future research are discussed.
ISSN:1573-6571
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9838-y