Sexual Orientation, Religiosity, and Subjective Wellbeing in Canada

The cumulative weight of evidence supports that religious involvement has a positive association with subjective wellbeing. This association is found to vary by cultural context, gender, and age. No large scale study exists regarding the effects of sexual orientation on the association between relig...

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Autor principal: Dilmaghani, Maryam (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Sage [2018]
En: Studies in religion
Año: 2018, Volumen: 47, Número: 4, Páginas: 540-565
Otras palabras clave:B Canada
B orientation sexuelle
B Sexual Orientation
B bien-être subjectif
B subjective wellbeing
B Religiosity
B Religiosité
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:The cumulative weight of evidence supports that religious involvement has a positive association with subjective wellbeing. This association is found to vary by cultural context, gender, and age. No large scale study exists regarding the effects of sexual orientation on the association between religiosity and subjective wellbeing. This article, using nationally representative Canadian data from 2010 to 2014, fills this gap. As a prelude, the sexual orientation-related differences in religiosity, also not previously examined using Canadian data, are assessed. Both gay males and lesbians are found more likely to be unaffiliated than their heterosexual counterparts. The association of religiosity with subjective wellbeing is found to be positive, though small, for heterosexuals of both genders and for gay males. No statistically significant effect is found for lesbians. Various venues of explanation are explored.
ISSN:2042-0587
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Studies in religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0008429818796801