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ArticleThe Gerontologist2024

Religiosity and Spirituality Development: An Accelerated Longitudinal Design.

Niccole A Nelson, Raquael J Joiner, Brandy S Martinez, Cindy S Bergeman

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Article in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Niccole A NelsonDepartment of Psychology and Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5975-2731
Raquael J JoinerUSC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9546-9893
Brandy S MartinezRaleigh II Clinic, Durham VA Health Care System, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2441-2002
Cindy S BergemanDepartment of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0276-3442

Funding

Notre Dame Study of Resiliency in Later LifeR01AG023571 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BERGEMAN, CINDY S · 2005 to 2015
$5.5M
NIA NIH HHS 1 R01 AG023571-A1-01NIA NIH HHS R01 AG023571
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesThe central aim of the present study was to model developmental trends in communal and independent religious practices, spirituality, positive and negative religious/spiritual coping, as well as their confluence, across ages 45-80. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsParticipants derived from the Notre Dame Study of Health & Well-being (NDHWB), a longitudinal study spanning 10 years in an age-heterogeneous sample. Using 2-level multilevel models, we estimated no change, linear change, quadratic change, and cubic change functions across ages 45-80 in each construct. Cohort differences were also tested.

resultsCommunal and independent practices, spirituality, negative religious/spiritual coping, as well as composite religiosity/spirituality, followed cubic trajectories across mid- to later life. Communal religious practices peaked twice: once at 45 and again around age 70. Independent practices, in contrast, peaked at age 45 and then declined in a stage-like manner until age 80. Spirituality reached its nadir around age 50 and peaked in the early 70s; the reverse was true for negative religious/spiritual coping. The change trajectory in composite religiosity/spirituality most resembled that of independent religious practices. Finally, positive religious/spiritual coping followed a linear trajectory, but a cohort difference precluded its interpretation as developmental change. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Individuals appear to engage with their faith in different ways as they age, meaning extant conclusions about age-related differences and change in global religiosity/spirituality may be distorted.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalSpiritualityAgedAged, 80 and overAgingFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedReligionReligion and PsychologyDaily spiritual experiencesFaithOrganizational practicesReligiosity

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PMID39093686
PMCPMC11398906

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