Religion and subjective well-being/mental health

More than 200 studies showed correlations between religiosity and mental health, which are predominantly positive, but also negative and neutral. A model is proposed, which refers not only to clinical perspectives, but also to the sociological research concerning the relationships between religiosity and subjective well-being (life satisfaction, happiness etc.). This model conceptualizes subjective well-being as a protective counterpart to mental health deficits. More specifically, this model describes important processes of religiously motivated social interaction and intrapsychic regulation of emotions, and interprets them as interactions between religiosity and subjective well-being.