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Religions Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-08 DOI: 10.3390/rel17050569

Connie Svob, Priya Wickramaratne, Lifang Pan, Marc Gameroff, Myrna Weissman

{"title":"Associations Between Changing Childhood Religions and Adult Psychopathology: Results from a Multigenerational Sample of Individuals at High and Low Risk for Depression.","authors":"Connie Svob, Priya Wickramaratne, Lifang Pan, Marc Gameroff, Myrna Weissman","doi":"10.3390/rel17050569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rel17050569","url":null,"abstract":"We examined whether change in childhood religious affiliation (i.e., religious change) is associated with increased rates of adult psychopathology. Data were obtained from a three-generation study of families at high- and low-risk for major depressive disorder (MDD; N = 281). High-risk status was defined by diagnoses of MDD in Generation 1; low-risk by its absence. Diagnostic clinical interviews were collected over 40 years. Self-report measures on religiosity/spirituality were collected at Year 35. Lifetime patterns of religious affiliation were examined in relation to various psychopathologies across generations and risk groups using logistic regressions. Change in childhood religion was associated with higher rates of adult substance abuse (odds ratio (OR) = 2.72, p = 0.050) and, marginally, anxiety (OR = 4.90, p = 0.063). Psychopathology was observed primarily in the high-risk group: anxiety disorders (OR = 5.50, p = 0.026), substance abuse (OR = 4.70, p = 0.008), and MDD (OR = 2.40, p = 0.058), although formal tests of interaction were not statistically significant. For those who changed religions in the high-risk group, higher rates of substance abuse were observed in Generation 2 (OR = 7.19, p = 0.01), whereas higher rates of MDD were observed in Generation 3 (OR = 6.94, p = 0.03). There were no generational differences in rates of religious change (p > 0.05). Results suggest changes in childhood religious affiliation may be a risk factor for adult psychopathology.","PeriodicalId":38169,"journal":{"name":"Religions","volume":"17 5","pages":"569"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13633049/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"My Tears Have Been My Food, Both Day and Night": Integrating Theology and Psychology on the Nature of Grief. “我的眼泪是我的食物，无论是白天还是黑夜”：关于悲伤本质的神学与心理学的整合。

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Religions Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-27 DOI: 10.3390/rel16111353

Daniel Lee Hill, Sierra Wickline, Angie S LeRoy

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Facets of Religion/Spirituality and Cognitive Health: Association Variations Across Gender and Race Among Older Adults. 宗教/灵性与认知健康的方面：在老年人中跨性别和种族的关联变化。

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Religions Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.3390/rel16091204

Katherine Carroll Britt, Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng, Chinwe Nwadiogbu, Sato Ashida, Daniel Tranel, Roland J Thorpe, Nabila Dahodwala

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“Since I’ve Been Ill, I Live Better”: The Emergence of Latent Spirituality in the Biographical Pathways of Illness "自从我生病以来，我活得更好了"：疾病传记路径中潜在精神的出现

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010090

N. Pannofino

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The Health/Salvation Nexus: Religion, New Forms of Spirituality, Medicine and the Problem of “Theodicy” 健康与救赎的联系：宗教、新形式的精神生活、医学与 "神论 "问题

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Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010097

Antonio Camorrino

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Religious Diversity, Minorities and Human Rights: Gaps and Overlaps in Legal Protection 宗教多样性、少数群体与人权：法律保护的空白与重叠

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Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010087

Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez

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The Historical Approach to New Testament Rhetorical Criticism: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 15 新约修辞批评的历史方法：哥林多前书第 15 章的修辞分析

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Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010088

Timothy J. Christian

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Visual Traditions in the Formation of the Iconographic Types of the Investiture and Triumph of Patriarch Joseph 形成牧首约瑟夫授勋和凯旋图式的视觉传统

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Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010086

María Ángeles Martí Bonafé

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Do Catholic Religious Practices Attenuate the Deconversion of Emerging Adults in Poland? The Mediating Role of Transcendent Indebtedness 天主教宗教实践是否会减轻波兰新兴成年人的非宗教化倾向？超越债务的中介作用

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Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010085

Dariusz Krok, Adam Falewicz, Małgorzata Szcześniak

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The Celestial Masters and the Origins of Daoist Monasticism 天师与道教修道的起源

IF 0.8 3区哲学

Religions Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/rel15010083

Qi Sun

{"title":"The Celestial Masters and the Origins of Daoist Monasticism","authors":"Qi Sun","doi":"10.3390/rel15010083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15010083","url":null,"abstract":"The Daoist monasteries, which were first popularized in southern China in the late fifth century, reflected major changes in the structure of medieval Daoism. From the perspective of comparative religious history, the rise of Daoist monasteries bears some similarity to the monasticisms that came into being in the Christian and Buddhist traditions; all three originated in hermitic and ascetic practices. However, Daoist monasticism did not naturally stem from the hermetic Daoism tradition; instead, it underwent a two-stage process of “grafting” in terms of its spiritual beliefs and values. The first stage saw the emergence of Daoist scriptures in the Jin and Song periods; in particular, the Lingbao scriptures, which transformed and distilled the tradition of hermetic Daoism practiced in the mountains and invested hermitic practice with a more complete and sacrosanct doctrinal foundation. The second saw the Southern Dynasties’ Celestial Masters order embrace and experiment with the beliefs and values within the Lingbao scriptures; this process introduced the inherent communitarian nature of the Celestial Masters into the development of Daoist monasticism and resulted in the large-scale transformation of religious practice among the Celestial Masters of the period. This change of direction among the Celestial Masters order in the Jin and Song periods toward mountain-based practice led to the establishment of Daoist monasticism, but also to a loss of purity therein.","PeriodicalId":38169,"journal":{"name":"Religions","volume":"6 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139439483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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