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Religious denomination and depression in older Dutch citizens
— patterns and models | | Author(s) | Arjan W Braam, Aartjan T F Beekman, Cees P M Knipscheer |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 10, no 4, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 483-503 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Religion ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The distribution of depression across religious denominations was examined in this community-based study among 3,020 older people in the Netherlands. Reformed Calvinists had the lowest depressive scores; Protestants from liberal denominations had the highest; Roman Catholics, Dutch Reformed, and non-church members were in between. Two types of explanatory mechanisms were examined: social integration, and positive self-perceptions, which both help to prevent depression. Alternatively, strict Calvinist doctrines were hypothesised to enforce negative self-perceptions, facilitating depression. For 2,509 respondents, complete data were available on social integration and self-perceptions, as well as the parental religious denomination. Explanatory effects were tested using hierarchic regression models. The negative association between Calvinist background and depressive symptoms was partly explained by size of social network, and between Roman Catholic background and depressive symptoms by self-esteem. Leaving church had a positive association with depressive symptoms. This depressogenic effect remained after controlling for explanatory variables. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981109405 A |
| Classmark | ENR: TR: 76H |
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