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| Childhood adversity, religion, and change in adult mental health | | Author(s) | Jong Hyun Jung |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 40, no 2, February 2018 |
| Publisher | Sage, February 2018 |
| Pages | pp 155-179 |
| Source | http://www.journals.sagepub.com/home/roa |
| Keywords | Life span ; Children ; Stress ; Mental health [elderly] ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research indicates that childhood adversity is associated with poor mental health in adulthood. This study examines whether the deleterious long-term effects of childhood adversity on adult mental health are reduced for individuals who are involved in religious practices. Using longitudinal data from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study, a representative sample of American adults (N = 1,635), the author finds that religious salience and spirituality buffer the noxious effects of childhood abuse on change in positive affect over time. By contrast, these stress-buffering properties of religion fail to emerge when negative affect serves as the outcome measure. These results underscore the importance of religion as a countervailing mechanism that blunts the negative impact of childhood abuse on adult mental health over time. The author discusses the theoretical implications of these findings for views about religion, childhood adversity and mental health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180209219 A |
| Classmark | BG6: SBC: QNH: D: TR: EX: 49: 7T |
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