God-Mediated Control and Change in Self-Rated Health
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The purpose of this study was to see if feelings of God-mediated control are associated with change in self-rated health over time. In the process, an effort was made to see if a sense of meaning in life and optimism mediated the relationship between God-mediated control and change in health. The following hypothesized relationships were contained in the conceptual model that was developed to evaluate these issues: (1) people who go to church more often tend to have stronger God-mediated control beliefs than individuals who do not attend worship services as often; (2) people with a strong sense of God-mediated control are more likely to find a sense of meaning in life and be more optimistic than individuals who do not have a strong sense of God-mediated control; (3) people who are optimistic and who have a strong sense of meaning in life will rate their health more favorably over time than individuals who are not optimistic, as well as individuals who have not found a sense of meaning in life. Data from a longitudinal nationwide survey of older adults provided support for each of these hypotheses.
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Of the 11 best studies on R/S and optimism, eight (73%) reported significant positive relationships.
“Of the 11 best studies, eight (73%) reported significant positive relationships [82–85].”
From Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications (2012) · cites this paper as [85]
The Results > Substantive Findings section reports significant positive associations between church attendance, God-mediated control, and optimism among older adults. This supports the paper as an example of a positive R/S–optimism study, but it does not establish that eight of 11 studies (73%) found significant positive relationships. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Krause, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Krause, Neal
- ORCID
- Krause, Neal
- Venue
- International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-09-28
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 267-287
- ISSN
- 1050-8619 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7582
- PMC
- PMC2971554
- OpenAlex
- W2050330272
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 67
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- FWCI
- 1.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- John Templeton Foundation
- University of Michigan
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG026259, R01AG014749)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- self-rated health, meaning in life, optimism, religious service attendance, church attendance, older adults, mediation, religiosity and health
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