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Physical, psychological and social adaptation of African American nuns to their religious communities as they age
— implications for aging in place | | Author(s) | Shirley A Bryant |
| Journal title | Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 14, no 4, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 35-54 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Black people ; Older women ; Ministers of religion ; Roman Catholicism ; Mental health [elderly] ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The author uses a purposive sample of 72 African American nuns to examine the association between health status, stress, depression, satisfaction and the relationship with the religious community, alienation from significant persons, racial or cultural identity, and "ageing in place" as measured by length of time in the same community. Ageing in place was significantly associated with perceptions of better health status, less stress and depression, and greater satisfaction with relationships with the religious community. However, the study also found that the longer nuns lived in their respective communities, the less racially or culturally identified they became. These findings underscore the need for finding ways to keep nuns in their religious communities as they age, and to provide avenues of racial or cultural expression for African American nuns. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007202 A |
| Classmark | TKE: BD: XR: TSA: D: DP: 7T |
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