Religious Service Attendance Aids Coping by Providing a Sense of Continuity: A Test of the Stress-Support Matching Hypothesis Using Mental Health Outcome Measures

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-408
Author(s):  
G. Rainville
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Mental Health Outcome ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Matching Hypothesis ◽  
Service Attendance

Mental Health Outcome Measures

1999 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-149
Author(s):  
DARREL A. REGIER
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Mental Health Outcome

The Spanish Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Five Mental Health Outcome Measures

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leida E. Matías-Carrelo ◽  
Ligia M. Chávez ◽  
Gisela Negrón ◽  
Glorisa Canino ◽  
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Mental Health Outcome ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Translation And Cultural Adaptation

Religion and Mental Health among Women Veterans with Sexual Assault Experience

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei-Hung Chang ◽  
Katherine M. Skinner ◽  
Ulrike Boehmer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Women Veterans ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Buffering Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Military ◽  
Service Attendance

Objective: Religion has been shown to have a positive impact on well-being and to play an important role in coping with stressful life events. However, the buffering effect of religiosity on mental health, after a particularly stressful life event such as sexual assault, has not been studied. In this study we examined the buffering effect of religion on mental health and depression for women who report experiencing sexual assault while in the military. Method: The sample includes a nationally representative sample of 3,543 women veterans who use VA ambulatory care. Two dimensions of religiosity were used: organizational (frequency of religious service attendance) and subjective (the extent religious beliefs are a source of strength/comfort). Mental health was measured by the mental component summary (MCS) from the SF36 and depressive symptoms were measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale. Results: Women veterans who reported experiencing sexual assault while in the military had lower mental health scores and higher levels of depression. Linear regression analysis indicated that these negative impacts diminished with increased frequency of religious service attendance, supporting the buffering effect of organizational religiosity on mental health and depression. Although the buffering effect of subjective religiosity was not evident, subjective religiosity was shown to be positively associated with better mental health in both groups of women with and without sexual assault experience in the military. Conclusions: Frequent religious service attendance buffers the negative impacts of sexual assault on mental health and depression of women veterans. The potential of integrating religiosity in designing interventions is discussed.

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