期刊
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
卷 71, 期 1, 页码 196-204出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.015
关键词
USA; Mental health; Relative deprivation; Subjective socioeconomic status; Perceived social position; Afterlife; Religion; Buffering
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [T32 AG000155] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [R24 HD050924] Funding Source: Medline
Despite ample precedent in theology and social theory, few studies have systematically examined the role of religion in mitigating the harmful effects of socioeconomic deprivation on mental health. The present study outlines several arguments linking objective and subjective measures of financial hardship, as well as multiple aspects of religious life, with psychological distress. Relevant hypotheses are then tested using data on adults aged 18-59 from the 1998 US NORC General Social Survey. Findings confirm that both types of financial hardship are positively associated with distress, and that several different aspects of religious life buffer against these deleterious influences. Specifically, religious attendance and the belief in an afterlife moderate the deleterious effects of financial hardship on both objective and subjective financial hardship, while meditation serves this function only for objective hardship. No interactive relationships were found between frequency of prayer and financial hardship. A number of implications, study limitations, and directions for future research are identified. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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