Associations of religious and existential variables with psychosocial factors and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in bereavement.

ABSTRACT: Bereavement increases in prevalence as people age and is associated with multiple psychological and health risks, including cardiovascular risk. Religious and existential variables may play an important role in the health impacts of bereavement. Theorized pathways linking religious and existential variables with health have suggested these associations are due to intermediary psychosocial variables, but have not been tested in bereavement. This research empirically tested these pathways in a bereaved population. In N = 73 adults within 1 year of bereavement (mean age = 64.36), this study examined associations between (1) religious and existential characteristics (religious and spiritual struggles, intrinsic religiosity, and existential quest) and intermediary psychosocial variables (depres

SUBMITTER: Palitsky R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10776136 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature