Buddhists' Religious and Health Practices

A web survey of Buddhists' religious practices and beliefs, and health history and practices was conducted with 886 Buddhist respondents. Eighty-two percent were residents of the USA. Ninety-nine percent practiced Buddhist meditation and 70% had attended a formal retreat for intensive meditatio...

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Publié dans:Journal of religion and health
Auteurs: Wiist, W. H. (Auteur) ; St. George, D. M. (Auteur) ; Sullivan, B. M. (Auteur) ; Wayment, H. A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2012]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2012, Volume: 51, Numéro: 1, Pages: 132-147
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religious Practices
B Buddhists
B Buddhism
B Web survey
B Health practices
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Résumé:A web survey of Buddhists' religious practices and beliefs, and health history and practices was conducted with 886 Buddhist respondents. Eighty-two percent were residents of the USA. Ninety-nine percent practiced Buddhist meditation and 70% had attended a formal retreat for intensive meditation practice. Eighty-six percent were converts to Buddhism and had been a Buddhist for a median of 9 years. Sixty-eight percent of respondents rated their health as very good or excellent. A one-point increase on a Buddhist Devoutness Index was associated with a 15% increase in the odds of being a non-smoker and an 11% increase in the odds of being in good to excellent health.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9348-5