RT Article
T1 The relationship between Americans' spiritual/religious beliefs and behaviors and mental health: New evidence from the 2016 General Social Survey
JF Journal of spirituality in mental health
VO 22
IS 1
SP 30
OP 48
A1 Bosco-Ruggiero, Stephanie A.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1687360839
AB This study uses 2016 General Social Survey (GSS) data to examine the relationship between Americans' religious and spiritual beliefs and behaviors and their mental health. Mental health is measured by days of poor mental health, depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression subscale score), and general happiness. Spiritual/religious beliefs and behaviors measured include afterlife beliefs, belief in God, prayer, service attendance, and self-perceived religiosity and spirituality. More frequent service attendance was the most consistent predictor of enhanced mental health and well-being. Findings are consistent with those of prior studies using GSS data, which showed associations between Americans' religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviors, especially service attendance, and mental health.
K1 General Social Survey
K1 Depression
K1 Happiness
K1 Mental Health
K1 Prayer
K1 Religious Beliefs
K1 Religious service attendance
K1 spiritual beliefs
DO 10.1080/19349637.2018.1515052