Studying religiosity and spirituality: A review of macro, micro, and meso-level approaches

PS Herzog, DP King, RA Khader, A Strohmeier… - Religions, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper seeks to advance the global study of religiosity and spirituality by conducting a
meta-analysis of major approaches in the field. While the field, and thus the collected …

Religiosity and health: A holistic biopsychosocial perspective

RL Page, JN Peltzer, AM Burdette… - Journal of holistic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The resurgence of interest in the influence of religion and spirituality on health is examined
within the context of the holistic paradigm and historical connection between nursing and …

Social isolation proxy variables and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse among older adults in the US: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the National …

BF Day, GL Rosenthal - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Prescription drug misuse in older adults is a growing public health problem. It is
important to understand factors which predispose older adults to misuse prescription drugs …

Religious involvement and marijuana use for medical and recreational purposes

AM Burdette, NS Webb, TD Hill… - Journal of drug …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we use data from the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
to examine the association between religious involvement and marijuana use for medical …

Determinants of prescription opioid misuse among Black Americans: evidence from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

HL Nicholson Jr, OA Alawode, JA Ford - Addictive behaviors, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Opioid misuse, including prescription opioid misuse, remains a significant
public health concern impacting various ethnoracial groups in the United States, including …

Neighborhood disadvantage and prescription drug misuse in low-income urban mothers

C Bernhardt, C King - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Prescription drug misuse remains a persistent problem in the United States.
Residents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods are at greater risk of substance abuse …

Fit for Christ or gluttons for God? An overview of research on religion and body mass

TD Hill, SM Galindo, AM Burdette - … handbook of the demography of obesity, 2022 - Springer
This chapter provides an overview of research on religion and body mass, an understudied
outcome in the broader religion and health literature. Although a large majority of studies …

(Un) holy Smokes? Religion and Traditional and E-Cigarette Use in the United States

TD Hill, G Bostean, L Upenieks, JP Bartkowski… - Journal of religion and …, 2024 - Springer
This study employed national cross-sectional survey data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and
Politics Survey (n= 1578 to 1735) to model traditional cigarette and e-cigarette use as a …

Religiosity and health promoting behaviors in middle-older African Americans: an examination of multi-level psychosocial mediating processes

KAS Wickrama, PA Ralston - Journal of Spirituality in Mental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present study of 231 middle-aged to old-aged African Americans aimed to elucidate
potential psychological mechanisms involving behavioral control and behavioral attitudes …

Does religious participation predict future expectations about health? Using a life course framework to test multiple mechanisms

L Upenieks, Y Liu - Journal of religion and health, 2022 - Springer
Though an impressive array of health outcomes has been studied, research within the field
of religion and health has not yet considered how religious involvement may affect future …