Do people turn to religion in times of stress? An examination of change in religiousness among elderly, medically III patients

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-120

  Chen, Yung Y ^a,c,d   Koenig, Harold G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness severity; Physical activity; Religion; Religious coping; Religiousness; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RELIGION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32944458964     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000198143.63662.fb     Document Type: Article

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