the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between religiosity of iranians and their attitude toward democracy. the subjects of the study consisted of 383 students (both male and female) from shiraz university, and the data was collected through a questionnaire in spring 2004. to determine the relationship, the writers used max weber's theory. students' religiosity was measured...

European demographers rarely study religion as a determinant of contemporary demographic behaviour. One reason could be the secularisation observed in European countries, implying that the effect of religiosity has been diminishing. This paper aims to show that religion can have an important impact on ideals, intentions and behaviour related to fertility. First we discuss recent trends in relig...

Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. F...

BACKGROUND Religious involvement has been associated with improved health practices and outcomes; however, no ethnically diverse community-based study has examined differences in cardiac risk factors, subclinical cardiovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events across levels of religiosity. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 5474 white, black, Hispanic, and Chinese participants wh...

OBJECTIVE The effects of religious belief and activity on remission of depression were examined in medically ill hospitalized older patients. METHOD Consecutive patients aged 60 years or over who had been admitted to medical inpatient services at a university medical center were screened for depressive symptoms. Of 111 patients scoring 16 or higher on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depr...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To explain the variations in depressive symptomatology among primary caregivers of community dwelling activities of daily living disabled elderly and to evaluate the role of family and religiosity on the mental health consequences of caregiving in Spain. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING City of Leganés in the metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain. PARTICIPANTS All caregi...

INTRODUCTION Studies on the relationship between spirituality and health are increasingly common in the international literature, showing the association of spirituality with lower levels of depression and anxiety, better quality of life, and lower hospitalization and mortality rates. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between spirituality/religiosity and health in dialysis patients. M...

Too few studies have assessed the relationship between youth risk behaviors and religiosity using measures which captured the varied extent to which youth are engaged in religion. This study applied three measures of religiosity and risk behaviors. In addition, this study ascertained information about youths' participation in religious activities from a parent or caretaker. Based on a national ...

Many nurses today are religious and sometimes there exist some religious motivations on becoming a nurse. They are often responsible through their care to assess and facilitate spiritual well-being, identify spiritual distress and to provide religious and spiritual care. Nurses need to understand their own spirituality and religiosity before they can successfully integrate them into their care....

This research aimed to understand the perception of nurses working in an adult intensive care unit regarding spirituality and religiosity. This is an exploratory and qualitative study conducted in a medium-sized hospital of Paraná. Participants were 09 professionals of the nursing staff who work in the ICU. For data collection, a semistructured interview was used. Data were analyzed according t...