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| The social foundation of religious meaning in life | | Author(s) | Neal Krause |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 30, no 4, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp 395-427 |
| Keywords | White people ; Black people ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Pastoral care ; Informal care ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Does informal social support from fellow church members sustain an older person's sense of religious meaning in life over time? To answer this question, two types of church-based social support were evaluated: spiritual support and emotional support. Data from a nationwide US longitudinal survey of older people suggested that both emotional and spiritual support tend to sustain a sense of religious meaning in life, but of the two, spiritual support appeared to exert the greatest effect. The findings further revealed that older African Americans are more likely than older European Americans to derive a sense of meaning in life through religion. The race difference is largely explained by the fact that older African Americans tend to receive more church-based social support than older European Americans. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080911201 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKE: EX: OW: P6: 48: 7T |
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