RT Article
T1 Religion and health: the application of a cognitive-behavioural framework
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 13
IS 7/8
SP 749
OP 759
A1 Maltby, John
A1 Lewis, Christopher Alan
A1 Freeman, Anna
A1 Day, Liza
A1 Cruise, Sharon Mary
A1 Breslin, Michael J.
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1838984178
AB The empirical examination of the relationship between religion and health has often lacked theoretical direction. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of religiosity and health within the context of James and Wells’ cognitive-behavioural framework of religion. A community sample of 177 UK adults completed measures of religious orientation, religious coping, and prayer activity alongside the SF-36 Health Survey. Consistent with the cognitive-behavioural framework of religion, intrinsic religiosity and meditative prayer scores accounted for unique variance in both physical and mental health scores over a number of religious measures. These findings suggest the potential usefulness and importance of a cognitive-behavioural framework to understand the relationship between religion (as measured by meditative prayer and intrinsic religiosity) and health.
K1 behavioural
K1 Cognitive
K1 Mental Health
K1 Physical Health
K1 Prayer
K1 Religion
DO 10.1080/13674670802596930