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01.09.2009 | Original Paper

“Heart Trouble” and Religious Involvement among Older White Men and Women

verfasst von: Edward H. Thompson Jr., Leslie Killgore, Heather Connors

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 3/2009

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Abstract

Objective Few studies examine how older adults’ health status affects spiritual and religious involvement. This study examined the effects of gender and poor cardiac health on older adults’ ends, means, and quest religious motivations and frequency of private devotion. Method Longitudinal data (12 months between the T₁ and T₂ interviews) with 182 older adults sampled from a Northeast city were used to examine in a multivariate analysis of covariance whether gender and the existence of cardiac health problems at T₁ affected older adults’ spiritual and religious involvement at T₂. Findings A gender and cardiac health condition interaction showed older men with heart trouble had more changes in religious involvement—they engaged in more religious doubt, prayed less, and were not as intrinsically oriented at T₂. Discussion The findings strongly suggest that older men with heart trouble may maintain a masculine style and shun seeking divine help.

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Titel: “Heart Trouble” and Religious Involvement among Older White Men and Women
verfasst von: Edward H. Thompson Jr.
Leslie Killgore
Heather Connors
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2009
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-008-9202-1

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