dc.contributor.author | Hill, Terrence D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Christie-Mizell, C. André | |
dc.contributor.author | Vaghela, Preeti | |
dc.contributor.author | Mossakowski, Krysia N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Robert J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-17T01:00:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-17T01:00:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-07-27 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hill, T.D.; Christie-Mizell, C.A.; Vaghela, P.; Mossakowski, K.N.; Johnson, R.J. Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association between Day-to-Day Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms? Religions 2017, 8, 134. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15982 | |
dc.description | (This article belongs to the Special Issue Religion and Mental Health Outcomes)
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Although numerous studies have shown that discrimination contributes to poorer mental
health, the precise mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. In this paper, we
consider the possibility that the association between day-to-day discrimination (being disrespected,
insulted, and harassed) and depressive symptoms is partially mediated by religious struggles
(religious doubts and negative religious coping). To test our mediation model, we use data collected
from the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to estimate a series of multiple regression
models assessing associations among day-to-day discrimination, religious struggles, and depressive
symptoms. We find that day-to-day discrimination is positively associated with religious struggles
and depressive symptoms, net of adjustments for general religious involvement, age, gender, race,
ethnicity, immigrant status, interview language, education, employment, household income, financial
strain, and marital status. We also observe that religious struggles are positively associated with
depressive symptoms. Our mediation analyses confirm that day-to-day discrimination can contribute
to depressive symptoms by stirring religious struggles. Our key finding is that religious struggles
may serve as a maladaptive coping response to discrimination. Our analyses extend previous work
by bridging research in the areas of discrimination, religious struggles, and mental health. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI: Religions | en_US |
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dc.source.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/8/134 | |
dc.subject | discrimination | en_US |
dc.subject | religious struggles | en_US |
dc.subject | religious doubts | en_US |
dc.subject | negative religious coping | en_US |
dc.subject | depression | en_US |
dc.title | Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association between Day-to-Day Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/rel8080134 | |