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Religiousness, social support and reasons for living in African American and European American older adults
— an exploratory study | | Author(s) | Andrea June, Daniel L Segal, Frederick L Coolidge |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 13, no 5, September 2009 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, September 2009 |
| Pages | pp 753-760 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Informal care ; Well being ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between religiousness, perceived social support, and reasons for living among 37 European American (mean age 67.7 years) and 35 African American (mean age 71.1 years) older adults, where ethnicity was predicted to behave as a moderator. Community-dwelling participants completed the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality, the Multidimensional Measure of Perceived Social Support, and the Reasons for Living Inventory. As expected, high religiousness was associated with more reasons for living. Ethnicity alone did not meaningfully account for variance differences in reasons for living, but significant interactions indicated that the relationship between religiousness and reasons for living was stronger for African Americans, whereas the relationship between social support and reasons for living was stronger for European Americans. The present findings may be valuable for understanding potentially modifiable pathways to suicide resilience in diverse populations of older adults. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091109217 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: TR: EX: P6: D:F:5HH: 48: 7T |
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