Dornisch S J, Sievert L L, Sharmeen T, Begum K, Muttukrishna S, Chowdhury O, Bentley G R
Department of Anthropology, UMass Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Am J Hum Biol. 2024 Dec;36(12):e24057. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.24057. Epub 2024 Feb 28.
This study examined the association of minority religious identification (Hindu or Muslim) with self-reported stress and psychological symptoms among sedentee and immigrant Bangladeshi women.
Women, aged 35-59 (n = 531) were drawn from Sylhet, Bangladesh and London, England. Muslim immigrants in London and Hindu sedentees in Sylhet represented minority religious identities. Muslim sedentees in Sylhet and Londoners of European descent represented majority religious identities. In bivariate analyses, minority religious identity was examined in relation to self-reported measures of stress, nervous tension, and depressed mood. Logistic regression was applied to examine the relationship between these variables while adjusting for marital status, parity, daily walking, and perceived financial comfort.
In bivariate analyses, religious minorities reported more stress than religious majorities in all group comparisons (p < .05), and minority Muslims reported more nervous tension and depressed mood than majority Muslims (p < .05). In logistic regression models, minority Muslims had greater odds of high stress than majority Muslims (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.18-3.39). Minority Muslims had greater odds of stress (OR 3.05, 95% CI 1.51-6.17) and nervous tension (OR 3.37, 95% CI 1.66-6.87) than majority Londoners. Financial comfort reduced odds of stress and symptoms in all models.
Socioeconomic situation, immigration history, and minority ethnicity appear to influence the relationship between religious identity and psychosomatic symptoms in Bangladeshi women. Attention to personal and socioeconomic context is important for research examining the association between religion and mental health.
本研究探讨了少数宗教身份认同（印度教或穆斯林）与久坐不动的孟加拉国女性及移民女性自我报告的压力和心理症状之间的关联。
年龄在35 - 59岁之间的女性（n = 531）来自孟加拉国的锡尔赫特和英国的伦敦。伦敦的穆斯林移民和锡尔赫特的印度教久坐不动者代表少数宗教身份。锡尔赫特的穆斯林久坐不动者和欧洲裔伦敦人代表多数宗教身份。在双变量分析中，研究了少数宗教身份与自我报告的压力、神经紧张和抑郁情绪测量指标之间的关系。应用逻辑回归来检验这些变量之间的关系，同时调整婚姻状况、生育次数、每日步行量和感知到的经济舒适度。
在双变量分析中，在所有组间比较中，宗教少数群体报告的压力均高于宗教多数群体（p <.05），少数穆斯林群体报告的神经紧张和抑郁情绪高于多数穆斯林群体（p <.05）。在逻辑回归模型中，少数穆斯林群体出现高压力的几率高于多数穆斯林群体（比值比2.00，95%置信区间1.18 - 3.39）。少数穆斯林群体出现压力（比值比3.05，95%置信区间1.51 - 6.17）和神经紧张（比值比3.37，95%置信区间1.66 - 6.87）的几率高于多数伦敦人。在所有模型中，经济舒适度降低了出现压力和症状的几率。
社会经济状况、移民历史和少数族裔身份似乎会影响孟加拉国女性宗教身份与心身症状之间的关系。在研究宗教与心理健康之间的关联时，关注个人和社会经济背景很重要。
