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Church-based social support and mortality
Author(s)	Neal Krause
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 61B, no 3, May 2006
Pages	pp S140-S146
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Pastoral care ; Religion ; Social contacts ; Death ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Finding ways to help older fellow church members become more involved in providing support to others at the church may form the basis for developing interventions aimed at improving their quality of life and reduce the deleterious effects of financial strain on mortality in later life. Interviews were conducted with a US nationwide sample of 1500 older people in 2001 and 2004. Participants were asked in 2001 about financial strain, church-based social support, and a range of private and public religious practices. Mortality status was determined at follow-up in 2004. The findings indicate that providing social support to fellow church members reduced the effects of support providers' own financial problems on mortality. In contrast, the data suggest that receiving support from people at church did not have the same stress-buffering effect. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070504213 A
Classmark	OW: TR: TOA: CW: 3J: 7T
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