What's God Got to Do with It? How Religiosity Predicts Atheists' Health

被引：22

作者：

Speed, David ^{[1
]}

Fowler, Ken ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Psychol, St John, NL A1B 3X9, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH | 2016年 / 55卷 / 01期

关键词：

Atheism; Health; Statistical moderation; General Social Survey; Homoscedasticity; OLDER-ADULTS; SPIRITUALITY; INVOLVEMENT; ATTENDANCE; OUTCOMES; BELIEFS; FAITH; LIFE;

D O I：

10.1007/s10943-015-0083-9

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The relationship between atheism and health is poorly understood within the Religion/Spirituality-health literature. While the extant literature promotes the idea that Attendance, Prayer, and Religiosity are connected to positive health outcomes, these relationships have not been established when controlling for whether a person is an atheist. Data from the 2008-2012 American General Social Survey (n = 3210) were used to investigate this relationship. Results indicated that atheists experienced Religiosity more negatively than non-atheists. Additionally, results demonstrated that non-belief in God was not related to better or worse perceived global health, suggesting that belief in God is not inherently linked to better reported health.

引用

页码：296 / 308

页数：13

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