{"title":"Religiosity, Spirituality, and Health Among African American Adolescents and Emerging Adults Living in the USA: A Scoping Review of the Literature.","authors":"Crystal T Harrell, Yusuf Ransome","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02346-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between religion and/or spirituality (R/S) and health among adolescents and emerging adults has been extensively examined in the last decade. However, very few studies have explored this association among African American youth. Many studies predominantly use religious metrics to assess this relationship. However, growing evidence highlights the need to diversify measures when examining faith's role in African Americans' lives. This scoping review examines the understudied relationship between R/S and health among African American adolescents and emerging adults (ages 12-19). The review synthesized data from seven articles out of 154 identified, revealing a positive association between R/S and health outcomes among this population. The study underscores the need for deeper exploration and the potential for faith-based interventions tailored to African American adolescents and emerging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"3488-3510"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Religion & Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02346-y","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/8/4 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The relationship between religion and/or spirituality (R/S) and health among adolescents and emerging adults has been extensively examined in the last decade. However, very few studies have explored this association among African American youth. Many studies predominantly use religious metrics to assess this relationship. However, growing evidence highlights the need to diversify measures when examining faith's role in African Americans' lives. This scoping review examines the understudied relationship between R/S and health among African American adolescents and emerging adults (ages 12-19). The review synthesized data from seven articles out of 154 identified, revealing a positive association between R/S and health outcomes among this population. The study underscores the need for deeper exploration and the potential for faith-based interventions tailored to African American adolescents and emerging adults.
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Journal of Religion and Health is an international publication concerned with the creative partnership of psychology and religion/sprituality and the relationship between religion/spirituality and both mental and physical health. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal publishes peer-reviewed original contributions from scholars and professionals of all religious faiths. Articles may be clinical, statistical, theoretical, impressionistic, or anecdotal. Founded in 1961 by the Blanton-Peale Institute, which joins the perspectives of psychology and religion, Journal of Religion and Health explores the most contemporary modes of religious thought with particular emphasis on their relevance to current medical and psychological research.
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