Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies

IF 1.7 2区 哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2020-02-27 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2020.1729570
B. Garssen, A. Visser, Grieteke Pool
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ABSTRACT The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. We summarized 48 longitudinal studies (59 independent samples) using a random effects model. Mental health was operationalized as a continuous and a dichotomous distress measure, life satisfaction, well-being, and quality of life. R/S included participation in public and private religious activities, support from church members, importance of religion, intrinsic religiousness, positive religious coping, meaningfulness, and composite measures. The meta-analysis yielded a significant, but small overall effect size of r = .08 (95% CI: 0.06 to 0.10). Of eight R/S predictors that were distinguished, only participation in public religious activities and importance of religion were significantly related to mental health (r = .08 and r = .09, respectively; 95% CI: 0.04 to 0.11 and 0.05 to 0.12, respectively). In conclusion, there is evidence for a positive effect of R/S on mental health, but this effect is small.
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精神或宗教对心理健康有积极影响吗?纵向研究的Meta分析
本荟萃分析的目的是确定宗教或灵性(R/S)对心理健康的纵向积极影响。我们使用随机效应模型总结了48项纵向研究(59个独立样本)。心理健康作为一种连续的和二分的痛苦测量、生活满意度、幸福感和生活质量来运作。R/S包括参与公共和私人宗教活动、教会成员的支持、宗教的重要性、内在的宗教性、积极的宗教应对、意义和综合措施。荟萃分析产生了显著但较小的总体效应大小r = 0.08 (95% CI: 0.06至0.10)。在8个被区分的R/S预测因子中,只有参与公共宗教活动和宗教的重要性与心理健康显著相关(R = 0.08和R = 0.09);95% CI分别为0.04 ~ 0.11和0.05 ~ 0.12)。总之,有证据表明R/S对心理健康有积极影响,但这种影响很小。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.
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