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Religion among disabled and nondisabled persons II
— attendance at religious services as a predictor of the course of disability | | Author(s) | Ellen L Idler, Stanislav V Kasl |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp S306-S316 |
| Keywords | Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Mobility ; Participation ; Church services ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Does religious involvement influence changes in physical health? The authors perform longitudinal analysis of the effect of religious participation on functioning over a 12-year follow-up period in a large, prospective, representative sample of older people from New Haven, Connecticut (CT), a religiously diverse community. To examine the possibility that disability or changes in disability may be affecting religious involvement, they perform a second longitudinal analysis of changes in religious practice. Finally, they ask whether psychosocial correlates explain the effect of religious involvement on disability. Findings are: that attendance at services is a strong predictor of better functioning, even when intermediate changes in functioning are included; that health practices, social ties, and indicators of well-being reduce, but do not eliminate these effects; and that disability has minimal effects on subsequent attendance. The findings illustrate the short- and long-term importance of religious participation to the health and well-being of older people, and suggest a particular significance for religious participation in the lives of disabled older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980121417 A |
| Classmark | TR: EX: BN: C4: TMB: OWM: CC: D:F:5HH: 3J: 7T |
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