Religious Involvement, Anxiety/Depression, and PTSD Symptoms in US Veterans and Active Duty Military
Autor: | Kerry Haynes, Rev John P. Oliver, Ellen J. Teng, Harold G. Koenig, Fred Volk, Donna Ames, Nagy A. Youssef |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology Multivariate analysis Cross-sectional study Psychological intervention Anxiety Religiosity Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Statistical significance mental disorders Prevalence Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Spirituality General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Veterans Aged 80 and over business.industry Depression 05 social sciences Religious studies General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health United States 030227 psychiatry Religion Cross-Sectional Studies Military Personnel Female medicine.symptom business Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of religion and health. 57(6) |
ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Popis: | Religious involvement is associated with mental health and well-being in non-military populations. This study examines the relationship between religiosity and PTSD symptoms, and the mediating effects of anxiety and depression in Veterans and Active Duty Military (V/ADM). This was a cross-sectional multi-site study involving 585 V/ADM recruited from across the USA. Inclusion criteria were having served in a combat theater and PTSD symptoms. Demographics, military characteristics, and social factors were assessed, along with measurement of religiosity, PTSD symptoms, depression, and anxiety. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examined the religiosity-PTSD relationship and the mediating effects of anxiety/depression on that relationship in the overall sample and stratified by race/ethnic group (White, Black, Hispanic). In bivariate analyses, the religiosity-PTSD relationship was not significant in the overall sample or in Whites. However, the relationship was significant in Blacks (r = - 0.16, p = 0.01) and in Hispanics (r = 0.30, p = 0.03), but in opposite directions. In the overall sample, religiosity was inversely related to anxiety (r = - 0.07, p = 0.07) and depression (r = - 0.21, p |
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