‘Does Religion Cause Health?’: Differing Interpretations and Diverse Meanings

Oman, Doug; Thoresen, Carl E.

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‘Does Religion Cause Health?’: Differing Interpretations and Diverse Meanings

Oman, Doug, Thoresen, Carl E.·2002·Journal of Health Psychology

DOI 10.1177/1359105302007004326

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The question, ‘Does religion (or spirituality) cause physical health benefits?’ may be given at least four diverging interpretations in terms of causal path diagrams. In common usage, the question may be interpreted to indicate that religion causally influences health by: (1) any mechanism, including well-established factors such as social support and improved health behaviors; (2) additional mechanisms, such as enhanced positive psychological states (e.g. faith, hope, inner peace) acting through psychoneuroimmunologic or psychoneuroendocrinologic pathways; (3) offering psychological strength for acquiring or maintaining positive health behaviors; or (4) causally influencing health by distant healing or intercessory prayer. We review historical confusion between these interpretations, arguing that disentangling them is important for collaborative health care, promotion and research.

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Dimensions of religious involvement and leukocyte telomere length
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The interface between psychology and spirituality in palliative care
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Exploring Religion-Health Mediators among African American Parishioners
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Religiosity, spirituality, and help‐seeking among Filipino Americans: Religious clergy or mental health professionals?
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Religiousness/spirituality and health behaviors in younger adult cancer survivors: does faith promote a healthier lifestyle?
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Longitudinal effects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans
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Positive Affect, Negative Affect, Stress, and Social Support as Mediators of the Forgiveness-Health Relationship
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Racial/Ethnic Identity and Subjective Physical and Mental Health of Latino Americans: An Asset Within?
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The Religion–Health Connection Among African Americans: What Is the Role of Social Capital?
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Religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning among African Americans: The mediating role of religious support
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Weighing the Evidence: What Is Revealed by 100+ Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews of Religion/Spirituality and Health?
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Towards a Biopsychosocial–Spiritual Approach in Health Psychology: Exploring Theoretical Orientations and Future Directions
Hatala, A. R. (2013) · Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health · doi:10.1080/19349637.2013.776448 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Religious and ethnic differences in health: evidence from the Health Surveys for England 1999 and 2004
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The Role of Spirituality as a Mediator for Psychological Well-Being across Different Contexts
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Chronic Disease in the Elderly: Spirituality and Coping
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Spirituality predicts outcome independently of expectancy following flower essence self-treatment
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Expansion and Validation of the Spiritual Health Locus of Control Scale
Holt, C. L., Clark, E. M., & Klem, P. R. (2007) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105307078166 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
Subgroup differences in psychosocial factors relating to coronary heart disease in the UK South Asian population
Williams, E. D., Nazroo, J. Y., Kooner, J. S., & Steptoe, A. (2010) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.03.015 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Pilot Study and Evaluation of Postgraduate Course on "The Interface Between Spirituality, Religion and Psychiatry"
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Advance in the Study of Religious and Spiritual Coping
Klaassen, D., McDonald, M. J., & James, S. (2007) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/0-387-26238-5_6 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
Expanding coping goodness-of-fit: religious coping, health locus of control, and depressed affect in heart failure patients
Park, C. L., Sacco, S. J., & Edmondson, D. E. (2011) · Anxiety Stress & Coping · doi:10.1080/10615806.2011.586030 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Religious Involvement and Cognitive Functioning at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Mid-Life and Older Adults.
Henderson, A., Walsemann, K., & Ailshire, J. A. (2021) · The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · doi:10.1093/geronb/gbab034 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
Spirituality, Chronic Illness, and Rural Life
Craig, C. E., Weinert, C., Walton, J., & Derwinski-robinson, B. (2006) · Journal of Holistic Nursing · doi:10.1177/0898010105282526 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Perceptions of the Religion—Health Connection Among African Americans in the Southeastern United States: Sex, Age, and Urban/Rural Differences
Holt, C. L., Schulz, E., & Wynn, T. A. (2006) · Health Education & Behavior · doi:10.1177/1090198107303314 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Are Religiosity and Spirituality Useful Constructs in Drug Treatment Research?
Longshore, D. L., Anglin, M. D., & Conner, B. T. (2008) · The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research · doi:10.1007/s11414-008-9152-0 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Spirituality and Treatment Choices by South and East Asian Women with Serious Mental Illness
Chiu, L., Morrow, M., Ganesan, S., & Clark, N. (2005) · Transcultural Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/1363461505058920 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Types of prayer, optimism, and well-being of middle-aged and older patients undergoing open-heart surgery
Ai, A. L., Tice, T. N., Huang, B., Rodgers, W. L., & Bolling, S. F. (2007) · Mental Health Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/13674670701324798 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
Religiousness and Treatment Adherence in Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Park, C. L., Moehl, B., Fenster, J. R., Suresh, D. P., & Bliss, D. (2008) · Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging · doi:10.1080/15528030802232270 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Role of religious involvement and spirituality in functioning among African Americans with cancer: testing a mediational model
Holt, C. L., Wang, M. Q., Caplan, L. S., Schulz, E., Blake, V., & Southward, V. L. (2011) · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10865-010-9310-8 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Dimensions of Religion/Spirituality and Relevance to Health Research
Haber, J. R., Jacob, T., & Spangler, D. J. C. (2007) · International Journal for the Psychology of Religion · doi:10.1080/10508610701572770 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Development and Validation of Instruments to Assess Potential Religion-Health Mechanisms in an African American Population
Holt, C. L., Clark, E. M., Roth, D. L., Crowther, M. R., Kohler, C. L., Fouad, M. N., Foushee, R., Lee, P. A., & Southward, P. L. (2009) · Journal of Black Psychology · doi:10.1177/0095798409333593 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
Fitting in with the flock: Social attractiveness as a mechanism for well‐being in religious groups
Hayward, R. D., & Elliott, M. (2009) · European Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1002/ejsp.552 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Subjective and objective fit in religious congregations: Implications for well-being
Hayward, R. D., & Elliott, M. (2010) · Group Processes & Intergroup Relations · doi:10.1177/1368430210370041 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease in UK South Asian men and women
Williams, E. D., Steptoe, A., Chambers, J. C., & Kooner, J. S. (2009) · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech.2008.084186 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
Development of a Spiritually Based Educational Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African American Men and Women
Holt, C. L., Roberts, C., Scarinci, I. C., Wiley, S. R., Eloubeidi, M. A., Crowther, M. R., Bolland, J. M., Litaker, M. S., Southward, V. L., & Coughlin, S. S. (2009) · Health Communication · doi:10.1080/10410230903023451 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
The psychosocial challenges associated with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of qualitative studies
Siahkal, S. F., Javadifar, N., Najafian, M., Iravani, M., Zakerkish, M., & Heshmati, R. (2021) · Primary care diabetes · doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2021.09.003 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Spiritual and Religious Resources in African American Women
Cheadle, A. C. D., Schetter, C. D., Lanzi, R. G., Vance, M. R., Sahadeo, L., Shalowitz, M. U., the Community Child Health Network, Vance, M., Minkovitz, C. S., O'Campo, P. J., et al. (2014) · Clinical Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/2167702614531581 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Putting the Waz on Social Media: Infrastructuring Online Islamic Counterpublic through Digital Sermons in Bangladesh
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A Transcultural Spiritually Based Program to Enhance Caregiving Self-Efficacy: A Pilot Study
Oman, D., Hedberg, J. G., Downs, D., & Parsons, D. (2003) · Complementary health practice review · doi:10.1177/1076167503250796 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
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Religious Involvement and Prostate Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Southeastern African American Men
Holt, C. L., Wynn, T. A., & Darrington, J. (2008) · American Journal of Men s Health · doi:10.1177/1557988308318686 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Health Behavior Change Promotion Among Latter-day Saint College Students
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Are religious beliefs and practices of Buddhism associated with disability and salivary cortisol in office workers with chronic low back pain?
Sooksawat, A., Janwantanakul, P., Tencomnao, T., & Pensri, P. (2013) · BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · doi:10.1186/1471-2474-14-29 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
African Culture and Health
Amzat, J., & Razum, O. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61672-8_5 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Exploring the Relationship of Religiosity, Religious Support, and Social Support Among African American Women in a Physical Activity Intervention Program
Harvey, I. S., Story, C. R., Knutson, D., & Whitt‐Glover, M. C. (2015) · Journal of Religion and Health · doi:10.1007/s10943-015-0017-6 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Exploratory Factor Analysis of the 12-Item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Spiritual Well-Being Scale in People Newly Diagnosed With Advanced Cancer
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Culture, Ageing and the Construction of Pain
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Integrating Spirituality in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives
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Sociocultural factors influencing HIV/AIDS caregiving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Without Spirituality Does Critical Health Psychology Risk Fostering Cultural Iatrogenesis?
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Mechanisms In The Relation Between Religion And Health With Emphasis On Cardiovascular Reactivity To Stress
Masters, K. S. (2008) · BRILL eBooks · doi:10.1163/ej.9789004166462.i-299.29 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Religious Social Support Protects against Social Risks for Adolescent Substance Use
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Religiously/Spiritually Involved, but in Doubt or Disbelief—Why? Healthy?
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An Age–Period–Cohort Analysis of Religious Involvement and Adult Self-Rated Health: Results from the USA, 1972–2008
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The Impact of religiosity/spirituality on slowing the progression of substance use: Based on the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III)
Hassan, A. N., Agabani, Z., Ahmed, F., Shapiro, B., & Foll, B. L. (2023) · International Journal of Social Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/00207640231162819 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Changes in social support over time in a faith-based physical activity intervention
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Spirituality, Religion, and Psychological Counseling
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Jehovah’s Witness parents’ refusal of blood transfusions: Ethical considerations for psychologists
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Rethinking Prayer and Health Research: An Exploratory Inquiry on Prayer’s Psychological Dimension
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Relationship between religiosity and smoking among undergraduate health sciences students
Martínez, E. Z., Bueno-Silva, C. C., Bartolomeu, I. M., Ribeiro-Pizzo, L. B., & Zucoloto, M. L. (2021) · Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy · doi:10.47626/2237-6089-2019-0031 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
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<p>Pain and Evil: From Local Nociception to Misery Following Social Harm</p>
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Pentecostal healing as an expression of godly love: an empirical study
Cartledge, M. J. (2012) · Mental Health Religion & Culture · doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.696601 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Model of Individual Health Effects from Religion/Spirituality: Supporting Evidence
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Impact of Spiritual Behavior on Self-Reported Illness: A Cross-Sectional Study among Women in the Kailali District of Nepal
Ranabhat, C. L., Kim, C.-B., Park, M.-B., & Bajgai, J. (2018) · Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · doi:10.15280/jlm.2018.8.1.23 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
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The Association Between Individualised Religiosity and Health Behaviour in Denmark: Are Social Networks a Mediating Factor?
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Religiosity, Spirituality, and Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood
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Asociación entre religiosidad y estilo de vida en adolescentes
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Cultural Values Religiosity and Spirituality as Predictors of Professional Psychological Help-Seeking Behavior of Black Adults in the United States
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Factors Associated with Inclusion of Spirituality in Secular Social Work Education
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Psychology as the Science of Human Nature: Reflections and Research Directions.
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Authors: Oman, D., & Thoresen, C. E.
Affiliations: University of California, Berkeley (US)
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author: Oman, Doug
ORCID: Oman, Doug
Venue: Journal of Health Psychology
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2002-07
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Pages: 365-380
ISSN: 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
1461-7277
DOI: 10.1177/1359105302007004326
OpenAlex: W2059500951
Cited by: 151
References: 128
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 4.26
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
Keywords: religion and health, spirituality, causal pathways, social support, health behavior, positive psychological states, psychoneuroimmunology, psychoneuroendocrinology, intercessory prayer, distant healing, faith and hope, collaborative care

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