Unbelievable?! Theistic/Epistemological Viewpoint Affects Religion–Health Relationship

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• 作者：David Speed
• 关键词：Atheism ; Theism ; Gnosticism ; Agnosticism ; Happiness ; Health ; General Social Survey ; Statistical moderation
• 刊名：Journal of Religion and Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：56
• 期：1
• 页码：238-257
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Clinical Psychology; Religious Studies, general; Aging;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-6571
• 卷排序：56

文摘

Research suggests that Religion/Spirituality promotes a variety of positive health outcomes. However, despite reporting lower levels of Religion/Spirituality, non-believers report comparable levels of health to believers. The current study tested the hypothesis that Religion/Spirituality does not have a uniform effect on health for all persons, and tested theological/epistemological categories as moderators. Using the 2012 and 2014 General Social Survey (N = 2670), the relationship between Religion/Spirituality and happiness and self-rated health was investigated. Results indicated that Gnostic Theists experienced Religion/Spirituality more positively than their peers did; Agnostic Theists experienced Religion/Spirituality less positively than their peers did; and Negative Atheists experienced Religion/Spirituality less positively than their peers did. These findings suggested that Religion/Spirituality is not associated with salutary effects for all persons, and that whether a person believes in god(s) and how confident he/she was in god(s)’ existence, influenced his/her experience with Religion/Spirituality.