Parker M, Lee Roff L, Klemmack D L, Koenig H G, Baker P, Allman R M
University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2003 Sep;7(5):390-7. doi: 10.1080/1360786031000150667.
This study considers potential interaction effects of three measures of religiosity, organized (OR), non-organized (NOR), and intrinsic religiosity (IR), on depression and general mental health, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics and mobility. In-home interviews were conducted among a stratified random sample of Medicare beneficiaries from five central Alabama counties (the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging). Those who were high on all three dimensions of religiosity reported having fewer symptoms of depression and better mental health than did those who were low on all three dimensions of religiosity. Subjects who scored high on OR reported lower levels of depression (F (1,981) = 3.97, p<0.05). Neither IR nor NOR had salutary effects on the measure of depression nor on the general measure of mental health.The interpretation of the relationships of religiosity with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the general mental health (Mental Component Score of the SF-12; MCS) measures was complicated by the presence of three way interactions (F (1,981) = 9.02, p<0.01 and F (1, 981) = 5.46, p<0.05, for GDS and MCS respectively). The presence of interaction effects between the different dimensions of religiosity and mental health affirms the importance of remaining sensitive to the multidimensional nature of religiousness and its relationships with measures of mental health.
本研究考察了宗教虔诚度的三个指标，即组织性宗教虔诚度（OR）、非组织性宗教虔诚度（NOR）和内在宗教虔诚度（IR），对抑郁和总体心理健康的潜在交互作用，并控制了社会人口统计学特征和流动性因素。对来自阿拉巴马州中部五个县的医疗保险受益人的分层随机样本进行了入户访谈（阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校衰老研究）。在宗教虔诚度所有三个维度上得分高的人，与在所有三个维度上得分低的人相比，报告的抑郁症状更少，心理健康状况更好。在组织性宗教虔诚度上得分高的受试者报告的抑郁水平较低（F(1,981)=3.97，p<0.05）。内在宗教虔诚度和非组织性宗教虔诚度对抑郁测量指标和总体心理健康测量指标均无有益影响。宗教虔诚度与老年抑郁量表（GDS）和总体心理健康（SF-12的心理成分得分；MCS）测量指标之间关系的解释因存在三向交互作用而变得复杂（GDS和MCS的F(1,981)分别为9.02，p<0.01和5.46，p<0.05）。宗教虔诚度不同维度与心理健康之间存在交互作用，这证实了对宗教信仰的多维性质及其与心理健康测量指标之间的关系保持敏感的重要性。
