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| Does religiousness and spirituality moderate the relations between physical and mental health among aging prisoners? | | Author(s) | Rebecca S Allen, Grant M Harris, Martha R Crowther |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 28, no 7, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 710-717 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Offenders ; Prisoners ; Older men ; Middle aged ; 50-59 age group ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Physical capacity ; Depression. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to examine positive and negative religious coping as moderators of the relation between physical limitations, depression and desire for hastened death among male inmates incarcerated primarily for murder. Inmates over the age of 45 years who passed a cognitive screening completed face-to-face interviews. Multiple regression analyses included age, race/ethnicity, parole belief, physical health, positive or negative religious coping, and all two-way interactions represented by the product of health and a religious coping variable. Older inmates and those who reported greater levels of positive religious coping endorsed fewer symptoms of depression, whereas those who reported greater levels of negative religious coping endorsed more symptoms of depression. Inmates who reported higher levels of depression endorsed a greater desire for hastened death. The effect of physical functioning on desire for hastened death was found to be moderated by negative religious coping such that those who endorsed higher levels of negative religious coping reported a greater desire for hastened death. These findings show that examinations of religious/spiritual practices and mindfulness-based interventions in prison research have assumed a positive stance with regard to the potential impact of religious/spiritual coping on physical and mental health. They provide cautionary information that may further assist in selection of inmates for participation in such interventions. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130621217 A |
| Classmark | TGC: TGF: BC: SE: BBB: TR: EX: BI: ENR |
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