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| The role of religious identity in the mental health of older working and retired adults | | Author(s) | C L M Keyes, D C Reitzes |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 11, no 4, July 2007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 434-443 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Retired persons ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Self esteem ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Does religious identity explain unique variance of the self-esteem and depressive symptoms of older working and retired people? Data were collected from a larger, 5-year project begun in 1992 that compared the well-being of older workers with that of new retirees living in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina metropolitan area. Data are from the third and final wave, collected March-June 1997, during which 242 of the eligible 255 people participated. Net of religious attendance, religiosity and various control variables, religious identity predicted both mental health outcomes. As predicted, self-esteem increased and depressive symptoms decreased as religious identity increased (i.e. viewing oneself as more competent, confident and sociable as a religious person). Though there was a trend toward religious identity being more strongly predictive of mental health among retirees than among the working adults, these interactions did not reach statistical significance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124224 A |
| Classmark | GC: BB6: EX: TR: DPA: ENR: CT: 48: 7T |
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