TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in the association between religious involvement and depression
T2 - The Cache County (Utah) study
AU - Norton, Maria C.
AU - Skoog, Ingmar
AU - Franklin, Lynn M.
AU - Corcoran, Christopher
AU - Tschanz, Jo Ann T.
AU - Zandi, Peter P.
AU - Breitner, John C.S.
AU - Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A.
AU - Steffens, David C.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - We examined the relation between religious involvement, membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and major depression in a population-based study of aging and dementia in Cache County, Utah. Participants included 4,468 nondemented individuals between the ages of 65 and 100 years who were interviewed in person. In logistic regression models adjusting for demographic and health variables, frequent church attendance was associated with a reduced prevalence of depression in women but increased prevalence in men. Social role loss and the potential impact of organizational power differential by sex are discussed. Though causality cannot be determined here, these findings suggest that the association between religious involvement and depression may differ substantially between men and women.
AB - We examined the relation between religious involvement, membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and major depression in a population-based study of aging and dementia in Cache County, Utah. Participants included 4,468 nondemented individuals between the ages of 65 and 100 years who were interviewed in person. In logistic regression models adjusting for demographic and health variables, frequent church attendance was associated with a reduced prevalence of depression in women but increased prevalence in men. Social role loss and the potential impact of organizational power differential by sex are discussed. Though causality cannot be determined here, these findings suggest that the association between religious involvement and depression may differ substantially between men and women.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/61.3.P129
DO - 10.1093/geronb/61.3.P129
M3 - Article
C2 - 16670181
AN - SCOPUS:33646540387
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 61
SP - P129-P136
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 3
ER -