Religiousness and depression: evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events.

By Timothy B. Smith, M. McCullough, Justin Poll. Psychological bulletin, 2003

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Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Health

1. C. Ellison
2. M. Steger
3. Jinwoo Lee
4. K. Flannelly
5. H. Koenig
6. M. Bataineh
7. Grieteke Pool
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1. C. Ellison
2. M. Bataineh
3. K. Flannelly
4. H. Koenig
5. M. Steger
6. P. Frazier
7. M. Bradshaw
8. M. McCullough

Citations in the corpus

• Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies (2020, background): “A common factor might also be the environment in which children grow up; a warm and caring child-parent bond may be both a positive factor in the development of religious interests and a protective factor against depression (Smith et al., 2003).”
• Mental well-being in the religious and the non-religious: evidence for a curvilinear relationship (2011, background): “10) was found in a meta-analysis of religiosity and depression symptoms (Smith, McCullough, & Poll, 2003 ).”
• Attachment to God, Stressful Life Events, and Changes in Psychological Distress (2012, background): “Considerable research suggests that religious involvement is associated with desirable mental health outcomes (Ellison and Levin 1998; Hackney and Sanders 2003; Smith et al. 2003).”
• Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications (2012, background): “Also, the average correlation reported in the 2003 review was 50% stronger in stressed versus nonstressed populations [151].”
• Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations (2005, neutral): “…examining the correlation between religious participation and subjective measures of wellbeing and distress (Diener et al., 1999; Pargament, 2002; Smith et al., 2003).2 While we know of no other study looking at the ability of religious participation to buffer against income shocks, a number of…”
• Gratitude in intermediate affective terrain: links of grateful moods to individual differences and daily emotional experience. (2004, result): “As far as we are aware, the present studies yield the first evidence that gratitude may be a positive mood characteristic of religiously and spiritually engaged people, just as an absence of depressive symptoms is a negative mood characteristic of spiritually and religiously engaged people (T. B. S”
• Daily Spiritual Experiences and Psychological Well-being Among US Adults (2008, background): “However, perhaps the largest single body of studies has centered on aspects of psychological well-being, ranging from depression and anxiety to non-specific distress, to indicators of positive mental health such as morale, happiness, and life satisfaction (Hackney and Sanders 2003; Smith et al. 200”
• Religion and Preferences for Social Insurance (2006, background): “4 See in particular Pargament (1997) and Smith, McCullough, and Poll (2003), who draw on the theory of appraisal developed by Lazarus and Folkman (1984).”
• Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Religious Identity (2013, background): “Consequently, these persons may experience anger toward God (Exline et al., 2011; Pargament et al., 2001, 2004). comes (Ano & Vasconcelles, 2005; Exline et al., 2011; Smith et al., 2003).”
• Spiritual Struggles and Psychological Distress: Is There a Dark Side of Religion? (2010, background): “Another meta-analysis of more than 100 studies also revealed that this form of spiritual struggle is positively associated with depressive symptoms (Smith et al. 2003).”