Religiosity and Mental Health: A contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F20%3A73600272" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/20:73600272 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/494/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/494/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020494" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph17020494</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Religiosity and Mental Health: A contribution to Understanding the Heterogeneity of Research Findings
Original language description
Most studies report positive associations between religiosity and spirituality and aspects of mental health, while a small proportion report mixed or fully negative associations. The aim of this study was to assess the associations of religiosity measured more specifically, with mental health in a secular environment, using a nationally representative sample of Czech adults (n = 1795). We measured religious affiliation, conversion experience, non-religious attitudes and the stability of these attitudes, mental health problems, and anxiety levels. Compared to stable non-religious respondents, unstable non-religious and converted respondents who perceived God as distant were more likely to experience anxiety in close relationships, and had higher risks of worse mental health. Our findings support the idea that the heterogeneity of findings in associations between religiosity/spirituality and mental health could be due to measurement problems and variation in the degree of secularity. A shift towards religiosity could be expected to be seen in a substantial part of non-religious respondents in problematic times.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-19526S" target="_blank" >GA19-19526S: Biological and psychological aspects of spiritual experience and their associations with health</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000516827400115
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85077940959