Samenvatting
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. We summarized 48 longitudinal studies (59 independent samples) using a random effects model. Mental health was operationalized as a continuous and a dichotomous distress measure, life satisfaction, well-being, and quality of life. R/S included participation in public and private religious activities, support from church members, importance of religion, intrinsic religiousness, positive religious coping, meaningfulness, and composite measures. The meta-analysis yielded a significant, but small overall effect size of r = .08 (95% CI: 0.06 to 0.10). Of eight R/S predictors that were distinguished, only participation in public religious activities and importance of religion were significantly related to mental health (r = .08 and r = .09, respectively; 95% CI: 0.04 to 0.11 and 0.05 to 0.12, respectively). In conclusion, there is evidence for a positive effect of R/S on mental health, but this effect is small.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 4-20 |
Aantal pagina's | 18 |
Tijdschrift | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion |
Volume | 31 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 1 |
Vroegere onlinedatum | 27-feb.-2020 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 2021 |