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| Religious activity, alcohol use, and depression in a sample of elderly Baptists | | Author(s) | Marc A Musick, Dan G Blazer, Judith C Hays |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 22, no 2, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 91-116 |
| Keywords | Church services ; Alcoholism ; Depression ; Rural areas ; Baptist Church ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent research has shown the beneficial effects of religious activity for individual health and well-being among older adults. The aim of this article is to determine whether breaking the norms of the religious group can have deleterious consequences for individual mental health and whether this effect is exacerbated by frequent service attendance. Using data collected from a sample of older Baptists, the authors tested whether attending services more often and living in rural areas were associated with a smaller likelihood of alcohol use, and whether the use of alcohol was associated with higher counts of depressive symptoms. The results indicated that older Baptists who lived in rural areas and who attended services more often were less likely to use alcohol. It was also found that alcohol use had no effect on depressive symptoms. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000410401 A |
| Classmark | OWM: ETA: ENR: RL: TUA: 7T |
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