Abstract
Objectives: To test a model of the religion- health connection to determine whether religious coping plays a mediating role in health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans. Methods: Participants completed a telephone survey (N = 2370) assessing religious involvement, religious coping, health behaviors, and demographics. Results: Religious beliefs were associated with greater vegetable consumption, which may be due to the role of positive and negative religious coping. Negative religious coping played a role in the relationship between religious beliefs and alcohol consumption. There was no evidence of mediation for fruit consumption, alcohol use in the past 30 days, or smoking. Conclusions: Findings have implications for theory and health promotion activities for African Americans. Copyright (c) PNG Publications. All rights reserved.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 190-199 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | American Journal of Health Behavior |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2014 |
Keywords
- African Americans
- Health behaviors
- Mediation
- Religion
- Religious coping
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health