scholarly journals Religious Involvement and Physical Functioning among Older Mexican Americans

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivonne-Marie Berges ◽  
Yong-Fang Kuo ◽  
M. Kristen Peek ◽  
Kyriakos S. Markides
Keyword(s):  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Religious Involvement

Attendance at Religious Services and Physical Functioning After Stroke Among Older Mexican Americans

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivonne-Marie Berges ◽  
Yong-Fang Kuo ◽  
Kyriakos S. Markides ◽  
Kenneth Ottenbacher
Keyword(s):  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Religious Services

scholarly journals RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCE IN OLDER MEXICAN AMERICANS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S527-S527
Author(s):  
Terrence D Hill ◽  
Christopher Ellison ◽  
Lauren Hale
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Epidemiologic Study ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Group Participation

Abstract Although numerous studies have shown that religious involvement is associated with better health across the life course, researchers have virtually ignored possible links between religious involvement and sleep-related outcomes. Building on previous work, we tested whether religious attendance was inversely associated with sleep disturbance among older Mexican Americans. We also assessed whether depressive symptoms could mediate or explain any of the inverse association between religious attendance and sleep disturbance. Relevant hypotheses were tested using ordinary least squares regression and conditional process mediation analysis of cross-sectional data collected from the original cohort of the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE). The baseline H-EPESE (1993-1994) included a probability sample of 3,050 Mexican Americans ages 65 and older. Due to missing data on our focal variables, our final analytic sample included 2,323 respondents. Regression models show that religious attendance is inversely associated with depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance, even with adjustments for smoking, drinking, body mass, chronic disease, mobility, marital status, living arrangements, family engagement, secular group participation, social support, age, gender, immigrant status, language proficiency, education, household income, and religious affiliation. Mediation analyses also indicate that depressive symptoms fully mediate the association between religious attendance and sleep disturbance. These findings contribute to previous work by showing that regular religious attendance may protect against sleep disturbance by promoting mental health in an understudied population of older Mexican Americans. The importance of religious involvement is supported by the fact that secular group participation was unrelated to sleep disturbance.

Religious Involvement and Death Anxiety

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Krause ◽  
R. David Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Conservative Protestant ◽  
Worship Services ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to test a conceptual model that aims to clarify the relationship between religious commitment and death anxiety. This model contains the following hypotheses: (1) people who affiliate with Conservative Protestant congregations will be more likely to attend worship services; (2) people who go to church more often will be more likely to feel they belong in their congregations; (3) those who feel they belong in their congregations will be more deeply committed to their faith; (4) individuals who are more deeply committed to their faith will be more likely to forgive others; (5) people who forgive others are more likely to feel they have been forgiven by God; and (6) individuals who feel they are forgiven by God will experience less death anxiety. Data from a nationwide survey of older Mexican Americans provides support for each hypothesis.

Review of Mexican Americans and Alcohol.

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 922-922
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans

Mexican-Americans and Psychology

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans
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