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Better together: religious-based relationships and communal coping among older African American couples 更好地在一起:基于宗教的关系和老年非裔美国夫妇的共同应对

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2278797

Antonius D. Skipper, Andrew H. Rose, Jayla Head, Alex Reeves

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“To err is human, to forgive, divine”: religious doubt, psychological well-being and the moderating role of divine forgiveness “犯错是人，宽恕是神”:宗教怀疑，心理健康和神的宽恕的调节作用

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-28 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2262406

Laura Upenieks, Christopher G. Ellison, Neal M. Krause

{"title":"“To err is human, to forgive, divine”: religious doubt, psychological well-being and the moderating role of divine forgiveness","authors":"Laura Upenieks, Christopher G. Ellison, Neal M. Krause","doi":"10.1080/15528030.2023.2262406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2023.2262406","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTA significant amount of research to date has been done to study the effects of forgiveness on mental health and well-being, but less research has been conducted on divine forgiveness. The main purpose of the current study is to examine the possible moderating role of divine forgiveness. Drawing on a nationally representative sample of 1,500 older adults, regression results suggest that greater divine forgiveness exacerbated the relationship between high religious doubt and greater depressive symptoms and lower life satisfaction. We did not document similar moderation patterns between religious doubt and forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness. Understanding the impact of divine forgiveness for those experiencing uncertainty in their faith is crucial to gaining a more complete picture of religion’s “dark side, and we hope future research continues to pursue these objectives.KEYWORDS: Depressiondivine forgivenesslife satisfactionreligious doubt Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that were used in this study are available from the first-listed author upon request.Compliance with Ethical Statement consisting Ethical Approval StatementAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Informed consentAll study participants were required to sign an informed consent statement.Additional informationFundingThis research was support by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging (Grant RO1 AG009221).","PeriodicalId":44539,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135343933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Role of spiritual experiences in shaping the quality of intergenerational relationships - exploring views of older adults in South India 精神体验在塑造代际关系质量中的作用——探索南印度老年人的观点

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-20 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2259824

Teddy Andrews Jaihind Jothikaran, Agnes Meershoek, Lena Ashok, Anja Krumeich

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A word from the editor: teaching religion, spirituality and aging 编辑的一句话:教导宗教、灵性和衰老

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2254612

James W. Ellor

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“We are all spiritual beings on a human journey”: gerotranscendence and generativity in the stories of South Asian American older adults “我们都是人类旅程中的精神生命”:南亚裔美国老年人故事中的年龄超越与生成

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2255981

Mushira Mohsin Khan, Sheetal Shah

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A word from the guest editor: A special issue on soulful aging 客座编辑的一句话:一个关于灵魂衰老的特刊

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Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2216634

W. Achenbaum

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A Word from the Editor 编辑的一句话

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Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2216633

J. Ellor

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I am not aging soulfully 我没有灵魂地老去

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Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2219907

Jon G. Allen

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The role of spirituality in later life: a study of older adult university students in Portugal 精神在晚年生活中的作用:一项对葡萄牙成年大学生的研究

Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-05-30 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2216157

Giuliana Casanova, Idalina Machado, Sara Melo

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In the twinkling of an eye 一眨眼的功夫

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Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2023.2206677

Sarah Robinson Flick

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