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Functional limitations and religious service attendance in later life
 — barrier and/or benefit mechanism?
Author(s)Jessica A Kelley-Moore, Kenneth F Ferraro
Journal titleJournals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 6, November 2001
Pagespp S365-S373
KeywordsChurch services ; Participation ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; United States of America.
AnnotationWhy do some studies report a negative relationship between religious service attendance and functional limitations? Two possible mechanisms - the health benefit, and the functional barrier - were systematically examined using data from the Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) study. Findings suggest that there is a temporal and salient decline in social activities such as service attendance when lower body functional limitations are highest. However, long-term engagement in religious service attendance is not predicted by baseline functional limitations, indicating that there are not long-term declines in attendance because of higher levels of functional limitations. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-020107218 A
ClassmarkOWM: TMB: CA: C4: 7T

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