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02.03.2023 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Disorder and Health in the United States?

verfasst von: Terrence D. Hill, Laura Upenieks, Julia K. Wolf, Lynne Cossman, Christopher G. Ellison

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 1/2024

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Abstract

Over the past two decades, numerous studies have linked the subjective experience of neighborhood disorder (perceptions of crime, dilapidation and ambient strains) with poorer health. We test whether religious struggles (religious doubts and feeling abandoned or punished by God) mediate this association. Our counterfactual mediation analyses of data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (CHAPS) (n = 1741) revealed consistent indirect effects of neighborhood disorder through religious struggles for anger, psychological distress, sleep disturbance, poorer self-rated health, and shorter subjective life expectancy. This study contributes to previous work by integrating the study of neighborhood context and religion.
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Metadaten
Titel
Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Disorder and Health in the United States?
verfasst von
Terrence D. Hill
Laura Upenieks
Julia K. Wolf
Lynne Cossman
Christopher G. Ellison
Publikationsdatum
02.03.2023
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 1/2024
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01780-0