Religious-service attendance and subsequent health and well-being throughout adulthood: evidence from three prospective cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Religious-service attendance has been linked with a lower risk of all-cause mortality, suicide and depression. Yet, its associations with other health and well-being outcomes remain less clear.

Methods

Using longitudinal data from three large prospective cohorts in the USA, this study examined the association between religious-service attendance and a wide range of subsequent physical health, health behaviour, psychological distress and psychological well-being outcomes in separate cohorts of young, middle-aged and older adults. All analyses adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics, prior health status and prior values of the outcome variables whenever data were available. Bonferroni correction was used to correct for multiple testing.

Results

Estimat

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7825951 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature