Seybold Kevin S
Department of Psychology, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127, USA.
J Behav Med. 2007 Aug;30(4):303-9. doi: 10.1007/s10865-007-9115-6. Epub 2007 Jun 5.
During the last two decades of the 20th century, psychological science rediscovered religiosity/spirituality (R/S) as a legitimate subject matter in understanding the human experience. In large measure, this renewed interest was motivated by the positive association between this variable and health (physical and mental) reported in much of the literature. If the described relationship between R/S and health is accurate, the question of how such an influence might be realized becomes important and subject to empirical investigation. The present paper develops a rationale for why such an outcome might be expected and describes various physiological mechanisms that could mediate the effect of R/S on health.
在20世纪的最后二十年里，心理科学重新发现宗教信仰/精神性（R/S）是理解人类体验的一个合理主题。在很大程度上，这种重新燃起的兴趣是由该变量与许多文献中报道的健康（身体和心理）之间的正相关所驱动的。如果R/S与健康之间所描述的关系是准确的，那么这种影响可能如何实现的问题就变得很重要，并且有待实证研究。本文阐述了为什么可能预期会有这样一种结果的基本原理，并描述了各种可能介导R/S对健康影响的生理机制。
