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Religious Involvement and Self-Perception among Black Americans
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This study focuses on the relationships between the religious involvement of black Americans and two important dimensions of self-perception: self-esteem, or one's sense of personal worth, and personal mastery, or feelings of control over one's affairs. This article argues that participation in church communities may foster positive self-perception through the interpersonal supportiveness and positive reflected appraisals of coreligionists. Private devotional activities may also be linked with positive self-regard via processes of religious role taking. Analyses of data from the 1979–80 National Survey of Black Americans support these arguments with regard to self-esteem, but not personal mastery. In addition, the findings suggest that public religious participation buffers the negative influence of physical unattractiveness on self-esteem, while private religious devotion buffers the negative impact of chronic illness on self-esteem. The results shed new light on the contemporary psychosocial role of religious life among black Americans.
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- Authors
- Ellison, C. G.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ellison, Christopher G.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1993-06
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1027
- ISSN
- 0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987568537
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Forces (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Keywords
- religious involvement, self-esteem, personal mastery, African Americans, church participation, interpersonal support, chronic disease
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