학술논문
Religious Involvement and Readiness to Confirm Reported Physical Disability.
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Article
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Subject
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
*BLACK people
*HEALTH status indicators
*INTERVIEWING
*PEOPLE with disabilities
*PROBABILITY theory
*RESEARCH funding
*SELF-evaluation
*SPIRITUALITY
*STATISTICS
*WHITE people
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*DATA analysis
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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ISSN
0022-4197
Abstract
This investigation examines the influence of religious involvement on likelihood of verifying previously reported disability, net of current activity difficulty and self-rated health. It compares African American and white community-dwelling adults confirming ( N = 348) and not confirming ( N = 164) activity limitations. Logistic regressions show service attendance negatively associated with disability perception only among African Americans. For whites, use of beliefs in coping mitigates against confirmation of disability. Observed associations are conditioned by socioeconomic status and gender. These results underscore the importance of social context, as well as multidimensional religiosity, in understanding the health and disability implications of religiousness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]