Past or present spirituality? Predicting mental health outcomes in older adults
Although the relationship between current religion/spirituality (R/S) and health outcomes is well-established, we know very little about the extent to which R/S experiences across a lifetime affect those outcomes. This may be due to the limited availability of tools designed to measure lifetime R/S....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2020]
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Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-87 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old person (60-80 years, motif)
/ Mental health
/ Spirituality
/ Psychometrics
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
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cost of religiousness / spirituality
B Religious / spiritual history B SHS-4 B Confirmatory Factor Analysis B Psychometrics |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Although the relationship between current religion/spirituality (R/S) and health outcomes is well-established, we know very little about the extent to which R/S experiences across a lifetime affect those outcomes. This may be due to the limited availability of tools designed to measure lifetime R/S. One measurement tool that attempts to address this need is the Spiritual History Scale in Four Dimensions (SHS-4), but no study has examined the psychometric quality of the SHS-4 since the original development study. A convenience sample of 387 older adults completed the SHS-4 and several measures of current R/S and mental health. A confirmatory factor analysis found the hypothesized four-factor structure to be a reasonably good model fit, and three of the four factors (God Helped, Family History of Religiousness, and Lifetime Religious Social Support) were significantly positively correlated with measures of current R/S. On the other hand, only one SHS-4 factor (Cost of Religiousness) added value to the prediction of depression and anxiety symptoms beyond self-reported physical health and current R/S, suggesting that the length of association with religion may not be as important as current religious activity/commitment for predicting mental health outcomes in older adults. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2019.1663772 |