Associations between dimensions of religious commitment and mental health reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry: 1978-1989

David B. Larson, Kimberly A. Sherrill, John S. Lyons, Frederic C. Craigie, Samuel B. Thielman, Mary A. Greenwold, Susan S. Larson

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Abstract

The authors assessed all measures of religious commitment (N=139) reported in research studies published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry in 1978 through 1989 (N<35). For nearly two-thirds of the measures, the studies either made no hypotheses or reported no results concerning the relationship of religious commitment to mental health status. For the great majority of the measures assessed, the studies reported a positive relationship between religious commitment and mental health.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)557-559
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
Volume149
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1992

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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