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| Religiosity and life satisfaction | | Author(s) | Anne Bergan, Jasmin Tahmeseb McConatha |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 24, no 3, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 23-34 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Worship ; Life satisfaction ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Religiosity has been examined in relation to life satisfaction, subjective well-being, happiness, health and social involvement. Previous social psychological research generally evaluated religiosity as a unidimensional concept focusing primarily on religious attendance. Researchers have noted that reliance on religious attendance as a sole measure of religiosity may be insufficient and lead to incorrect conclusions. Recent studies have explored the relationship between multiple dimensions of religiosity and measures of well being. This study examined the relationships between religiosity, life satisfaction, age and gender. Two dimensions of religiosity were evaluated: religious affiliation and private religious devotion. Results indicate that religious affiliation is more strongly tied to life satisfaction than private religious devotion. Both measures of religiosity increased with age, indicating that adults tend to increase levels of religious affiliation and private religious devotion across the lifespan. Women reported a higher level of religiosity than men in the sample studied, which confirms previous findings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000229202 A |
| Classmark | EX: TR: OWL: F:5HH: 3F: 7T |
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