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Religion and Mental Health in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: A Review of the Literature

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Nguyen, Ann W·2020·Innovation in Aging
DOI 10.1093/geroni/igaa035PMC PMC7518711
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Religion has been an important source of resiliency for many racial and ethnic minority populations. Given the salience, sociohistorical context, and importance of religion in the lives of black and Latino Americans, this literature review focuses on the mental health and well-being outcomes of religion among black and Latino Americans across the adult life course and specifically in later life. This review provides an overview of religious participation and religiosity levels and an in-depth discussion of extant research on the relationship between the multiple dimensions of religiosity and mental health in these 2 populations. Racial differences between blacks, Latinos, and non-Latino whites are also examined. Suggestions for limitations of the current literature and future directions for research on religion and mental health in racial/ethnic minority populations, especially older minorities, are proposed.

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  • Two studies found that those with greater religiosity tended to have greater mental health utilization: one involved only Black women, and the other controlled for race.

    “Two studies found that those with greater religiosity tended to have greater mental health utilization: one involved only Black women, and the other controlled for race.20,21”

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    The ‘Mental health outcomes’ section for older Black Americans discusses associations between religiosity and psychiatric disorders, not mental health service utilization. The ‘Practice Implications’ section discusses barriers to service use, but does not report the claimed two studies or their Black-women-only and race-controlled designs. Searches for utilization, mental health service use, Black women, and race adjustment did not locate the claimed finding in our copy; page numbers were unavailable. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. Nguyen A W (2018). African American elders, mental health, and the role of the church. Generations, 42(2), 61– 67.

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Authors
Nguyen, A. W.
Affiliations
Case Western Reserve University (US)
Corresponding author
Nguyen, Ann W
ORCID
Nguyen, Ann W
Venue
Innovation in Aging
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2020
Volume
4
Issue
5
Pages
igaa035-igaa035
ISSN
2399-5300 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1093/geroni/igaa035
PMC
PMC7518711
OpenAlex
W3047861520
Cited by
153
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 3
FWCI
7.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Innovation in Aging (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords
religion and mental health, racial and ethnic minorities, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, religiosity, religious participation, resilience, old age, older adults, racial differences, well-being

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