The Association between Religious Participation and Executive Function in Middle- and Older-aged Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2022.2061152

S. Hosseini, A. Chaurasia, M. Oremus

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Abstract

ABSTRACT We investigated the association between religious participation and executive function in a national sample of Canadian adults aged 45 to 85 years. Executive function scores were aggregated from six neurocognitive tests. We regressed the aggregate scores onto religious participation and controlled for numerous covariates. The analyses were stratified by age: 45 to 64 years and ≥ 65 years. In comparison to persons who reported never participating in religious activities, persons who reported daily-weekly participation had statistically significantly lower executive function scores; we observed this finding for both age groups. Associations for monthly-yearly religious participation versus never participating were also inverse yet not necessarily statistically significant at the 5% level. The strongest inverse associations were observed in models adjusted for social networks, social support, and social participation. Our findings mesh with recent research and suggest the need to carefully assess the role of religious participation when promoting executive function. Future research warrants employing longitudinal designs to further investigate the association.

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宗教参与与中老年人执行功能的关系:加拿大老龄化纵向研究的横断面分析

摘要:我们调查了加拿大45 - 85岁成年人的宗教参与与执行功能之间的关系。执行功能得分由六项神经认知测试汇总而成。我们将总得分回归到宗教参与，并控制了许多协变量。分析按年龄分层:45 ~ 64岁和≥65岁。与从不参加宗教活动的人相比，每周参加宗教活动的人的执行功能得分在统计上明显较低;我们在两个年龄组中都观察到了这一发现。每月每年参加一次宗教活动与从未参加宗教活动的相关性也呈负相关，但在5%的水平上并不一定具有统计学意义。在社会网络、社会支持和社会参与调整后的模型中观察到最强的负相关。我们的发现与最近的研究相吻合，并表明有必要仔细评估宗教参与在促进执行功能方面的作用。未来的研究保证采用纵向设计来进一步调查这种联系。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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4.50%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.