Financial Hardship, Religious Experience, and Health
BackgroundPrevious research has shown that religion mitigates the deleterious association between financial hardship and health. Although religion is a multidimensional construct, this strand of research has primarily focused on religious behavior or belief.PurposeThe current study aims to extend pr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2022
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Review of religious research
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 521-537 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religious experience
/ Coping
/ Emergency
/ Personal property
/ Health
/ Quantitative method
/ History 2006-2012
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion
B Self-rated health B Coping B Stress |
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| Summary: | BackgroundPrevious research has shown that religion mitigates the deleterious association between financial hardship and health. Although religion is a multidimensional construct, this strand of research has primarily focused on religious behavior or belief.PurposeThe current study aims to extend previous findings by examining a neglected aspect of religious involvement—religious experience—and how it buffers the association between financial hardship and self-rated health.MethodsThe current study analyzes two waves of data from the Portraits of American Life Study (2006-2012) (N = 1020), a nationally representative sampling of American adults. It uses lagged dependent variable regression models.ResultsThe analyses reveal that financial hardship measured at W2 is negatively associated with self-rated health at W2, net of W1 self-rated health and control measures. Religious experience of receiving direct help from angels in time of a need does not moderate this association. By contrast, the negative association between financial hardship and self-rated health is weakened among individuals who strongly agree that they experienced a supernatural miracle.Conclusions and ImplicationsThe findings in the study dovetail with the stress process model, indicating that religious experience serves as a personal resource that helps individuals deal with financial hardship. By highlighting the stress-buffering effects of religious experience, the current study rounds out our understanding of the complex linkages among stress, religion, and health. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-022-00503-3 |