Aim of the current study is to examine whether previous depressive symptoms modify possible effects of religiousness on mood in the last week of life. After-death interviews with proxy respondents of deceased sample members of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam provided information on depressed mood in the last week of life, as well as on the presence of a sense of peace with the approachin...

Although numerous studies link adolescent religiousness to a variety of outcomes, limitations in the measurement of adolescent religiousness constrain interpretation of the findings. We introduce a multi-item measure of adolescent religiousness, the Religious Commitment Inventory for Adolescents (RCI-A), that assesses both religious behavior and sentiments and is appropriate for use with adoles...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students. METHODS The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55 years. All study participants had completed undergraduate courses in health-related areas. RESU...

The literature on religiousness, spirituality (R/S), and health has increased dramatically in the past decade, but suffers from a lack of integrative theoretical models and well-defined constructs. Drawing on self-regulation theory, we hypothesized that the effects of religiousness (e.g., affiliation, service attendance) on health affects behavioral self-regulation of health habits; in contrast...

The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of an instrument that measures both spirituality and religiousness, to examine the relation between spirituality and religiousness and important health outcomes for people living with HIV and to examine the potential mediators of these relations. One aim was to determine whether subscales of spirituality, religiousness, or ...

It has long been assumed in sociology that gender differences in religiousness are a product of differential socialization. Yet, there is little empirical support for this assumption. To address this gap in the literature, this study draws on an extensive investigation of the relationship between differential socialization and differential religiousness. Using the American General Social Survey...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between religiousness and mental health, hospitalization, pain, disability and quality of life in older adults from an outpatient rehabilitation setting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS A total of 110 patients aged 60 years or older were interviewed during attendance at an outpatient rehabilitation service. METHO...

This study examined factors associated with brain donation program participation among African American and White elders. By postal mail, participants were recruited from an Alzheimer's research registry (all of whom had been invited to participate in the Center's brain donation program) and asked to complete surveys assessing brain donation knowledge, trust in healthcare systems, and religious...

This paper examines the hypothesis that religious firms are more socially responsible. By utilizing a novel measure of religiosity reflects firm-level adherence to Christian values, we find religiousness is positively associated with CSR engagement large US after controlling for county-level and various firm characteristics. The results indicate have higher social environmental responsibility s...

“welfare” can be hardly defined. we defined it simply as enjoyment from life facilities in three dimensions: being, becoming and belonging. “welfare culture” which is our keyword in this essay, designates the centrality of body welfare accompanied by self-expression of humanist subject. in present era, welfare culture has been immensely formed and alongside new values, ideas and concepts which ...