기사
Gender Differences in the Association Between Religious Involvement and Depression: The Cache County (Utah) Study /
- 개인저자
- Norton, Maria C. et al
- 수록페이지
- p129-p136
- 발행일자
- 2006.05.27
- 출판사
- The Gerontological Society of America
초록
[영문]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.