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Religious Affiliation and Psychiatric Morbidity in Brazil: Higher Rates Among Evangelicals and Spiritists

Dalgalarrondo, Paulo, Marín-León, Leticia, Botega, Neury José, De Azevedo Barros, Marilisa Berti, Bosco de Oliveira, Helenice·2008·International Journal of Social Psychiatry
DOI 10.1177/0020764008091439
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Aims: To verify the association between the prevalence of mental symptoms and excessive alcohol intake with religious affiliation, church attendance and personal religiosity. Methods: A household survey of 515 adults randomly sampled included the WHO SUPRE-MISS questionnaire, SRQ-20 and AUDIT. Weighted prevalences were estimated and logistic analyses were performed. Results: Minor psychiatric morbidity was greater among Spiritists and Protestants/ Evangelicals than in Catholics and in the `no-religion' group. The latter had a greater frequency of abusive alcohol drinking pattern and Protestants/Evangelicals showed lower drinking patterns. Conclusions: Although belonging to Protestant/Evangelical churches in Brazil may inhibit alcohol involvement it seems to be associated to a higher frequency of depressive symptoms. Processes of seeking relief in new religious affiliations among sub-groups with previous minor psychiatric symptoms may probably occur in the Brazilian society.

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Authors
Dalgalarrondo, P., Marín-León, L., Botega, N. J., De Azevedo Barros, M. B., & Bosco de Oliveira, H.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
  • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Corresponding author
Dalgalarrondo, Paulo
ORCID
Dalgalarrondo, Paulo
Venue
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-11
Volume
54
Issue
6
Pages
562-574
ISSN
  • 0020-7640 (ISSN-L)
  • 1741-2854
DOI
10.1177/0020764008091439
OpenAlex
W2060318771
Cited by
12
References
23
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2025: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
0.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society in Latin America
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
religious affiliation, psychiatric morbidity, evangelical Christians, spiritism, Protestants, Catholics, church attendance, individual religiosity, depressive symptoms, alcohol abuse, excessive alcohol intake, new religious movements, Brazil
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Brazil, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Religion, Spiritualism, Urban Population, Protestantism, Young Adult

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