RT Article
T1 Anxious Attachment to God, Spiritual Support, and Obesity: Findings from a Recent Nationwide Survey
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 55
IS 3
SP 485
OP 497
A1 Krause, Neal M. 1948-
A2 Hayward, R. David
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1570659109
AB Some researchers report that people who are more deeply involved in religion may be more obese, but other investigators have been unable to replicate these findings. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between religious life and obesity with data from a recent nationwide survey, the Landmark Spirituality and Health Survey (N = 1,497). The core measure of religion is an anxious or insecure attachment to God. It is hypothesized that study participants with a more anxious attachment to God are more likely to be obese. However, it is further proposed that this relationship will only hold for study participants who receive little spiritual or emotional support from fellow church members. Spiritual support is assistance that is provided with the explicit purpose of bolstering the religious beliefs and behaviors of the recipient. The findings reveal that having an anxious attachment to God is associated with a greater risk of being obese, but this relationship becomes progressively weaker as the level of spiritual and emotional support increases.
K1 Attachment
K1 Obesity
K1 Religion
K1 Social Support
K1 Stress
DO 10.1111/jssr.12284