The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Mental and Physical Health

By K. Seybold, Peter C. Hill. 2001

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Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Beyond Beliefs: Religions Bind Individuals Into Moral Communities (2010, unknown): “The relationship between religiosity and self-reported happiness persists even when controlling for age, sex, race, education, income, and family status (see also Myers, 2000; Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality. Implications for physical and mental health research. (2003, unknown): “…and spirituality to physical health (George, Ellison, & Larson, 2002; Koenig, McCullough, & Larson, 2001; Larson, Swyers, & McCullough, 1998; Seybold & Hill, 2001; Thoresen, 1999; Thoresen, Harris, & Oman, 2001; see also Powell, Shahabi, & Thoresen, 2003, this issue; Seeman, Dubin, &…”
Religion, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality (2015, background): “…2010; Holt, Wang, Clark, Williams, & Schulz, 2013; Krause & Wulff, 2005; Maselko & Kubzansky, 2006; McCullough & Laurenceau, 2005) as well as to lower rates of a variety of diseases, such as heart and blood pressure conditions, stroke, and kidney failure (for a review, see Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Definitions and Evaluation of Religion and Spirituality Items by Religious Professionals: A Pilot Study (2006, background): “Recently, Seybold and Hill (2001) stated that researchers must take care to properly conceptualize the multifaceted nature of religion and spirituality.”
Getting off the Hedonic Treadmill, One Step at a Time: The Impact of Regular Religious Practice and Exercise on Well-Being (2008, background): “Religious involvement has also been found to be positively related to more objective measures of well-being such as mental and physical health (e.g., Hackney & Sanders, 2003; Larson et al., 1992; Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Who Benefits from Religion? (2011, background): “1989), and longer life expectancy (George et al. 2002; Hummer et al. 1999; Idler and Kasl 1997; Koenig 1997; Larson et al. 1997; Litwin 2007; Plante and Sherman 2001; Seybold and Hill 2001) Researchers investigating a wide array of psychological disorders—such as depression—have generally found reli”
RELIGIOSITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND HELP-SEEKING AMONG FILIPINO AMERICANS: RELIGIOUS CLERGY OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS? (2004, background): “…personal encounters with transcendence, search for ultimate truth, or search for an ultimate reality that is considered sacred to an individual ~Seybold & Hill, 2001!. Religiosity is typically measured in terms of such variables as frequency of religious service attendance, private devotional…”
A Review Study on Spiritual Intelligence, Adolescence and Spiritual Intelligence, Factors that May Contribute to Individual Differences in Spiritual Intelligence, and the Related Theories (2010, background): “…has proposed that spiritual beliefs, practices and commitments seem to be linked with positive results like psychological, psychological and physical health; marital satisfaction and stability; positive interpersonal performance and improved quality of life (Seybold and Hill, 2001).”
Assessing Spirituality: The Relationship Between Spirituality and Mental Health (2013, background): “The integration of spirituality into the counseling process is reflective of recognition that spirituality can be beneficial to client welfare (Koenig, 2010; Miller & Thoresen, 2003; Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists. (2013, unknown): “…between various dimensions of SRBP and psychological health (George, Ellison, & Larson, 2002; Green & Elliott, 2010; Koenig, King, & Carson, 2012; Miller & Kelley, 2005; Miller & Thoresen, 2003; Oman & Thoresen, 2005; Plante & Sherman, 2001; Seybold & Hill, 2001; Wong, Rew, & Slaikeu, 2006).”
Locus of control as a mediator of the relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction: Age, race, and gender differences (2006, methodology): “Although many of these implications are positive (e.g., Ellison, 1991; McFadden, 1995), some are negative (e.g., Seybold & Hill, 2001).”
Religiosity, stress and psychological distress: no evidence for an association among undergraduate students (2003, unknown): “Contrary to Seybold and Hill (2001) we did not find evidence that religion (and spirituality) had a beneficial effect on mental and physical health status.”
Religiosity and its association with positive and negative emotions among college students from Algeria (2007, background): “These results have practical implications, given the recent rise in emphasis on psychotherapeutic use of religiosity or religious involvement (Seybold & Hill, 2001 ; Shafranske, 1996).”
A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses (2011, background): “While the benefits of religious involvement for both mental and physical health are well documented [23-25], its function as a resource for coping is still less well known.”