Religion and Mental Health: Aspects of the Relation between Religious Measures and Positive and Negative Mental Health-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Religion and Mental Health: Aspects of the Relation between Religious Measures and Positive and Negative Mental Health

Published:2005-01 Issue:1 Volume:27 Page:19-44
ISSN:0084-6724
Container-title:Archive for the Psychology of Religion
language:en
Short-container-title:Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Author:

Janssen Femke¹,Bänziger Sarah¹,Dezutter Jessie²,Hutsebaut Dirk²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Cultural and Personality Psychology, Radboud University, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

2. K.U. Leuven, Department of Psychology, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

Studies concerning the relationship between religion and mental health have provided substantial evidence for the existence of a positive relationship. Nevertheless, it remains largely unclear which aspects of both religion and mental health take part in this relationship. The present study uses multiple measures of religion and of mental health to obtain a more refined view of this relationship. The results show the importance of distinguishing between if a person believes (inclusion vs. exclusion of transcendence) and how a person believes (literal vs. symbolic). Religious persons who have a symbolic attitude towards religion scored higher on positive aspects of mental health (well-being). No significant results were found for negative mental health (psychological distress).

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychology (miscellaneous),Religious studies

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1163/008467206774355402

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