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1Department of Social Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, One Main Street, N1067, Houston, TX, 77002-1014, USA, eliassena@uhd.edu.
Journal of Religion and Health
|August 15, 2013
Summary
Religious involvement impacts disability perception differently across racial groups. For African Americans, service attendance reduced disability confirmation, while white individuals used coping beliefs to mitigate it.
Area of Science:
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Medical Sociology
- Public Health
Background:
- Religious involvement is a significant factor in health outcomes.
- Understanding how religiosity influences disability perception is crucial for public health initiatives.
- Disparities in disability verification exist across racial and socioeconomic groups.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the influence of religious involvement on the likelihood of verifying previously reported disability.
- To examine these associations separately for African American and white community-dwelling adults.
- To assess the role of socioeconomic status and gender in these relationships.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study comparing adults who confirmed activity limitations (N=348) and those who did not (N=164).
- Logistic regression analyses were employed to examine the associations.
- Religious involvement was measured through service attendance and use of beliefs in coping.
Main Results:
- Service attendance was negatively associated with disability perception exclusively among African Americans.
- For white individuals, the use of beliefs in coping mitigated the confirmation of disability.
- Socioeconomic status and gender significantly conditioned the observed associations.
Conclusions:
- Religiousness, encompassing multidimensional aspects like service attendance and coping beliefs, plays a complex role in disability perception.
- Social context, including race, socioeconomic status, and gender, is critical in understanding the health and disability implications of religiousness.
- These findings highlight the need for culturally sensitive approaches in health and disability research and interventions.
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