Role of Faith in the Well-Being of Older Adults : Linking Theories with Evidence in an Interdisciplinary Inquiry.

Intro -- FAITH AND WELL-BEINGIN LATER LIFE: LINKING THEORIESWITH EVIDENCEIN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- REFERENCES -- SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MULTIFACETEDFAITH EFFECTS IN AGING:A THEORY-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUSNESS ON POSITIVEAND NEGATIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONGNURSING HOME RESIDENTS -- ABSTRACT -- SOCIAL FUNCTIONING -- MODELS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGIOUSNESS ANDSOCIAL BEHAVIOR -- DIRECT EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUSNESS: THE DISTRESSDETERRENTMODEL -- INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUSNESS: THE MODERATIONAND EXACERBATION MODELS -- METHOD -- Sample -- Data Collection Procedure -- MEASURES -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Strength in their Faith -- Preference for Religious Activities -- ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Statistics -- Correlations -- Regression Results for Positive Social Behavior: Whites -- Regression Results for Positive Social Behavior: Blacks -- Regression Results for Negative Social Behavior: Whites -- Regression Results for Negative Social Behavior: Blacks -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- THE BUFFERING ROLE OF RELIGIOUSNESSAND SPIRITUAL SEEKING ON SENSE OF CONTROLAMONG OLDER ADULTS IN POOR PHYSICALHEALTH: A GENDER INFLUENCE -- ABSTRACT -- RELIGION, SENSE OF CONTROL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH -- RELIGIOUSNESS AND SPIRITUALITY -- INFLUENCE OF GENDER -- AIMS AND HYPOTHESES -- METHODS -- Data Source -- Sample Characteristics -- Measures -- RESULTS -- Relationships Among the Study's Variables in Late Adulthood -- Buffering Effect of Religiousness and Gender Influence -- Buffering Effect of Spiritual Seeking -- Psychosocial Functioning of Individuals in Poor Health as a Function ofReligion and Gender -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- DIMENSIONS OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITYIN PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT IN OLDER ADULTSLIVING WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.

INTRODUCTION -- CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE -- RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY AS A PREDICTOR OF ADJUSTMENTIN CHRONIC ILLNESS -- PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY -- METHOD -- Participants -- Procedure -- Measures -- DATA ANALYSIS PLAN -- RESULTS -- Interrelations Among the Dimensions of R/S -- Interrelations of the Three Adjustment Measures and Change over Time -- TIME 1 R/S PREDICTING CHANGE IN ADJUSTMENT OVER TIME -- TIME 1 R/S DETERMINANTS OF TIME 2 CHANGES IN DEPRESSIVESYMPTOMS, SELF-EFFICACY, AND STRESS-RELATED GROWTH -- DISCUSSION -- Endnotes -- REFERENCES -- THE TEMPORAL NATURE OF DIRECT FAITH EFFECTON GLOBAL FUNCTIONING AND VITALITYIN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OPEN-HEART SURGERY -- ABSTRACT -- EARLY POSTOPERATIVE MOBILIZATION AND UNDER-INVESTIGATEDPOSTOPERATIVE FUNCTIONING -- THE ROLE OF VITALITY IN CARDIAC DISEASE PROGNOSIS -- FAITH EFFECTS ON POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND REASONSFOR MIXED FINDINGS -- THE PRESENT PROJECT -- METHODS -- Subjects -- Data Collection -- Measures -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- Part I -- Part II -- RESULTS -- Descriptive -- PART I -- PHASE-I: BIVARIATE CORRELATES OF ADL SCORESOR POOR GLOBAL FUNCTIONING -- PHASE-II: PREDICTORS OF ADL SCORESOR POOR GLOBAL FUNCTIONING -- PART II -- PHASE-I: BIVARIATE CORRELATES OF PHYSICAL AND MENTALFATIGUE OR POOR VITALITY -- PHASE-II: PREDICTORS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FATIGUESCORES OR POOR VITALITY -- DISCUSSION -- PART I -- PART II -- Limitations and Implications -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- DIFFERENTIAL ROLES OF RELIGIOUS ORIENTATIONON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AND DEATHATTITUDES IN OLD AGE: MEDIATION OF SPIRITUALACTIVITIES AND PURPOSE IN LIFE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION -- RELIGIOSITY, SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEINGAND ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH -- THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIESAND PURPOSE IN LIFE ON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEINGAND ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH -- THE PRESENT STUDY.

METHODS -- Procedure -- Sample -- Measures -- Analysis -- RESULTS -- Bivariate Analyses -- Path Models -- DISCUSSION -- COMPARISON OF AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNITYRESIDENTS AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS -- COMPARISON OF PATH MODELS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTSAND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS -- AUTHORS' NOTE -- REFERENCES -- COUNTERACTING PATHWAYS OF PRAYER COPINGTO THE SHORT-TERM POSTOPERATIVE ADJUSTMENTIN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER CARDIAC PATIENTS -- ABSTRACT -- HEGEL'S DIALECTICAL ONTOLOGY OF REALITY -- PRAYER COPING AND CARDIAC SURGERY -- FOUR TYPES OF PRAYER IN RELATION TO WELL-BEING -- OPTIMISM AS A POTENTIAL POSITIVE PATHWAY -- ACUTE STRESS AS A POTENTIAL NEGATIVE PATHWAY -- TWO HYPOTHETICAL MODELS FOR PARALLEL PATHWAYS -- METHOD -- The Sample -- PROCEDURE -- MEASURES -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- Mental Health Symptoms and Prayer Coping -- NORMALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION -- DIFFERENTIAL PATHWAYS -- DISCUSSION -- LIMITATIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- UNTANGLING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEENRELIGIOUSNESS, SOCIAL NETWORKSAND THE VARIETY AND QUALITY OF SOCIALSUPPORT AMONG MIDDLE-AGEDAND OLDER ADULTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT∗ -- ABSTRACT -- SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND RELIGIOUS SOCIAL SUPPORT -- CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE EFFECTSOF RELIGIOUSNESS ON SOCIAL SUPPORT -- EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIALINTEGRATION THROUGH RELIGION -- Religiousness and the Variety and Quality of Support -- Religiousness, Social Support and Network Coherence -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- METHOD -- Participants -- MEASURES -- Sample Descriptive Variables -- Level of Religiousness -- Kin Social Network -- Nonkin Social Network -- Social Support Variety -- Social Support Quality -- Procedures -- Design and Analysis -- RESULTS -- Levels of Religious Involvement -- Religiousness and Social Support Resources.

Univariate Analysis -- Bivariate Analysis -- SEM Analysis -- DISCUSSION -- Strengths and Limitations -- Implications -- AUTHOR NOTE -- REFERENCES -- FAITH AND FITNESS: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS,CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT, AND EXERCISEIN A NATIONWIDE SAMPLE OF PRESBYTERIANS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL BACKGROUND -- Previous Studies of Religion and Exercise -- H1: FREQUENCY OF ATTENDANCE AT RELIGIOUS SERVICESWILL BE POSITIVELY RELATED TO STRENUOUS EXERCISE -- RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE BODY -- H2: SANCTIFICATION OF THE BODY (E.G., BELIEF THAT THE BODYIS A "TEMPLE OF GOD") WILL BE POSITIVELY ASSOCIATEDWITH STRENUOUS EXERCISE -- Spiritual Health Locus of Control -- H3: BELIEFS THAT GOD CONTROLS HEALTH AND WELL-BEINGWILL BE NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH STRENUOUS EXERCISE -- Social Relations within Congregations -- H4: CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLESWILL BE POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH STRENUOUS EXERCISE -- METHODS -- Data -- MEASURES -- Dependent Variable: Exercise -- KEY INDEPENDENT VARIABLES -- Sanctification of the Body -- Spiritual Health Locus of Control -- Congregational Support for Healthy Lifestyles -- Control Variables -- Missing Values -- RESULTS -- Sample Characteristics -- Multivariate Findings -- Ancillary Analyses -- DISCUSSION -- LIMITATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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