University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
Int J Psychol. 2009 Aug;44(4):241-8. doi: 10.1080/00207590701700529.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being in a sample of Greek Orthodox Christians. Previous research has documented that personal devotion, participation in religious activities, and religious salience are positively associated with different criteria of psychological well-being. The sample (83 men and 280 women) with an age range from 18 to 48 years, was strongly skewed with respect to sex (77% female) and education level (95% were university students or university graduates). Religiosity was operationalized as church attendance, frequency of prayer and belief salience. In addition, a single item referring to beliefs about God was used. Depression, anxiety, loneliness, and general life satisfaction were selected as dependent variables because they reflect important dimensions of psychological well-being. Preliminary analyses showed that sex was significantly related to the three religiosity variables (church attendance, frequency of prayer, belief salience), with women being more religious than men. Consistent with previous research, correlations suggested that church attendance and belief salience were associated with better life satisfaction. The results of hierarchical regression analysis showed a significant positive association between anxiety and frequency of personal prayer. Finally, personal beliefs about God did not seem to relate to any of the psychological well-being measures. The results of the present study partially support the hypothesized association between religiosity and psychological well-being.
本研究旨在调查希腊东正教基督教徒样本中宗教信仰与心理健康之间的关系。先前的研究记录表明，个人奉献、参与宗教活动和宗教凸显与不同的心理健康标准呈正相关。该样本（83 名男性和 280 名女性）的年龄范围为 18 至 48 岁，在性别（77%为女性）和教育水平（95%为大学生或大学毕业生）方面存在严重偏差。宗教信仰以教堂出勤率、祈祷频率和信仰凸显来衡量。此外，还使用了一个关于对上帝的信仰的单项指标。抑郁、焦虑、孤独和总体生活满意度被选为因变量，因为它们反映了心理健康的重要方面。初步分析表明，性别与三种宗教信仰变量（教堂出勤率、祈祷频率、信仰凸显）显著相关，女性比男性更虔诚。与先前的研究一致，相关性表明教堂出勤率和信仰凸显与更好的生活满意度相关。层次回归分析的结果表明，焦虑与个人祈祷频率之间存在显著的正相关。最后，个人对上帝的信仰似乎与任何心理健康衡量标准都没有关系。本研究的结果部分支持宗教信仰与心理健康之间假设的关联。
