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01-06-2016 | Original Paper

Religious Involvement and Perceptions of Control: Evidence from the Miami-Dade Health Survey

Authors: Anita E. Pascoe, Terrence D. Hill, Krysia N. Mossakowski, Robert J. Johnson

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 3/2016

Abstract

This study uses data collected through the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to test whether religious involvement is associated with three distinct control beliefs. Regression results suggest that people who exhibit high levels of religious involvement tend to report higher levels of the sense of control, self-control, and the health locus of control than respondents who exhibit low levels of religious involvement. Although this study suggests that religious involvement can promote perceptions of control over one’s own life, this pattern is apparently concentrated at the high end of the distribution for religious involvement, indicating a threshold effect.

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Title: Religious Involvement and Perceptions of Control: Evidence from the Miami-Dade Health Survey
Authors: Anita E. Pascoe
Terrence D. Hill
Krysia N. Mossakowski
Robert J. Johnson
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0081-y

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