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Church-Based Volunteering, Providing Informal Support at Church, and Self-Rated Health in Late Life

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Krause, Neal·2009·Journal of Aging and Health
DOI 10.1177/0898264308328638PMC PMC2844660
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Objective: To assess the relationships among volunteer work at church, providing informal support to fellow church members, religious commitment, and change in self-rated health over time. Method: Data are obtained from a nationwide longitudinal sample of 681 older adults. The study participants are aged 66 years or older at the baseline interview. The between-round interval was 6 years. Results: The findings suggest that providing informal tangible support to fellow church members is associated with better health but only for study participants who were more deeply committed to their faith. In contrast, a comparable interaction effect between volunteer work at church and religious commitment do not emerge from the data. Discussion: Although older people may assist others in different ways within the church, the informal assistance they provide to coreligionists appears to be more strongly associated with health when they are more deeply committed to their faith.

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Authors
Krause, N.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Krause, Neal
ORCID
Krause, Neal
Venue
Journal of Aging and Health
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-02
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
63-84
ISSN
  • 0898-2643 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6887
DOI
10.1177/0898264308328638
PMC
PMC2844660
OpenAlex
W2063655692
Cited by
116
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
FWCI
5.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Aging and Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R01 AG 14749, R01AG014749)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
informal support, self-rated health, older adults, religious commitment, faith, religiosity and health
MeSH terms
Aged, Black or African American, Female, Health Status, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Religion, Self-Assessment, Self Concept, Social Support, United States, Volunteers, White People

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