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Age differences in religiousness and psychological well-being.

Sakel, Katie L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1560159172515105

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2019, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Developmental.
In general, religion and spirituality have significant positive correlations with mental health in several domains. Moreover, those who have a stronger faith often report better coping methods, which is, in turn, associated with greater health. However, the effects of religiousness on mental health throughout the lifespan are still poorly understood from developmental perspectives. Compared to earlier research on this topic, the present study has three major contributions. First, the present study uses a developmental perspective to study age differences in religiousness and well-being. Second, previous studies have rarely included the transition from adolescent to adulthood by targeting either adolescents or adults in their population samples. The present study closes this gap by including both adolescents and adults. Third, the present study examines the possibility of a significant indirect effect of age on well-being through religiousness. For the present work, participants from the Roman Catholic faith tradition (N = 187, 33.2% males, 65.8% females, 1.1% other, Mage=39.2, SD=21.8) were recruited from the Midwest. After completing an informed consent, participants were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, the Centrality of Religiousness scale, and Ryff’s Psychology WellBeing Scale. To summarize, (1) religiousness positively related to age, (2) psychological wellbeing correlated positively with religiousness, (3) high psychological well-being was not directly positively correlated with age, and (4) age had an indirect effect on psychological well-being through religiousness. However, further testing needs to be completed in other faiths and in those who chose not to have a faith.
Joshua Grubbs, Ph. D. (Advisor)
Dara Musher-Eizenman, Ph. D. (Committee Chair)
Jari Willing, Ph. D. (Committee Chair)
56 p.
Psychology
religiousness; psychological well-being; age; developmental psychology

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  • Sakel, K. L. (2019). Age differences in religiousness and psychological well-being. [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1560159172515105

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sakel, Katie. Age differences in religiousness and psychological well-being. 2019. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1560159172515105.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sakel, Katie. "Age differences in religiousness and psychological well-being." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1560159172515105

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This open access ETD is published by Bowling Green State University and OhioLINK.