How does religion benefit health and well-being? Are positive emotions active ingredients?

By Barbara L. Fredrickson. 2002

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Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists. (2013, background): “Spirituality has also been linked to an increased sense of meaning, purpose, resilience, satisfaction, and happiness (Fredrickson, 2002; Fry, 2000; Pargament, 2007; Pargament, Exline et al. 2013).”
Awe Activates Religious and Spiritual Feelings and Behavioral Intentions (2012, background): “A variety of positive emotions, such as joy, gratitude, awe, wonder, or hope, may result from R/S experiences (Emmons, 2005), and this may explain the connection between R/S and well-being (Fredrickson, 2002; Fredrickson, Cohn, Cofeey, Pek, & Finkel, 2008).”
Believing, Bonding, Behaving, and Belonging (2011, background): “(I) the meaning-making process and the belief in meaningfulness of the world and life (Park, 2005); (II) positive emotions and experiences such as joy, optimism, and emotional well-being (Fredrickson, 2002), attachment security or securing in the context of previous attachment insecurity (Buxant et ”
Religion as a source of variation in the experience of positive and negative emotions (2009, background): “suggested that perhaps it would be important to consider the role of emotions, in and of themselves, in attempting to better understand the relation between religion and well-being (Fredrickson, 2002).”
Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality (2008, background): “Positivity in people’s life and the experience of positive emotions are often theorized as being consequences of R/Sp (Fredrickson, 2002; Hill, 2002; see also Ciarrocchi & Yanni-Brelsford, 2007; Joseph, Linley, & Maltby, 2006), especially in the presence of previous negative events and emotions, but”
Resilience and mental health. (2010, unknown): “Similarly, religion/spirituality as a resilience factor may be associated with meaning in life, a broad form of social support, greater access to resources through regular attendance at church/ services, but also at another level may determine diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use (Fredrickson, 20”
What good are positive emotions in crises? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. (2003, background): “Holding spiritual or religious beliefs or otherwise appreciating the meaning of life on philosophical levels can increase people’s likelihood of finding positive meaning (Folkman, 1997; Frankl, 1959; Fredrickson, 2002a; Park & Folkman, 1997).”
Religion and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions (2014, background): “Although some authors have suggested the potential role of positive emotions in fostering the well-being of believers (Fredrickson 2002; and more recently Park and Slattery 2012), they have also noted that empirical support for this claim remains only indirect.”