Effects of Religiousness on Depressive Symptoms Among Elderly Persons in Taiwan

REFERENCES

• Allen, R. S., Harris, G. M., Crowther, M. R., Oliver, J. S., Cavanaugh, R., & Phillips, L. L. (2012). Does religiousness and spirituality moderate the relations between physical and mental health among aging prisoners? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, 710–717. doi:10.1002/gps.3874.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Andreescu, C., Chang, C. C., Mulsant, B. H., & Ganguli, M. (2008). Twelve-year depressive symptom trajectories and their predictors in a community sample of older adults. International Psychogeriatry, 20, 221–236.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benjamins, M. R. (2004). Religion and functional health among the elderly: Is there a relationship and is it constant? Journal of Aging & Health, 16, 355–374.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carmody, J., Reed, G., Kristeller, J., & Merriam, P. (2008). Mindfulness, spirituality, and health-related symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 393–403.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chaaya, M., Sibai, A. M., Fayad, R., & El-Roueiheb, Z. (2007). Religiosity and depression in older people: Evidence from underprivileged refugee and non-refugee communities in Lebanon. Aging & Mental Health, 11, 37–44.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen, Y. Y., & Koenig, H. G. (2006). Do people turn to religion in times of stress? An examination of change in religiousness among elderly, medically ill patients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 114–120.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen, C. S., Chong, M. Y., & Tsang, H. Y. (2007). Clinically significant non-major depression in a community-dwelling elderly population: Epidemiological finings. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 557–562.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chiao, C., Weng L.J., & Botticello, A. (2009). Do older adults become more depressed with age in Taiwan? The role of social position and birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, 625–632.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daaleman, T. P., Perera, S., & Studenski, S. A. (2004). Religion, spirituality, and health status in geriatric outpatients. Annals of Family Medicine, 2, 49–53.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Danhauer, S. C., Carlson, C. R., & Andrykowski, M. A. (2005). Positive psychosocial functioning in later life: Use of meaning-based coping strategies by nursing home residents. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 24, 299–318.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ellison, C. G., Hummer, R. A., & Cormier, S. (2000). Religious involvement and mortality risk among African American adults. Research on Aging, 22, 630–667.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hahn, C. Y., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. J., Shih, C. H., & Lo, H. Y. (2004). Religious attendance and depressive symptoms among community dwelling elderly in Taiwan. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19, 1148–1154.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Idler, E. (2004). Religious observance and health: Theory and research. In K. W. Schaie, N. Krause, N., & A. Booth (Eds.), Religious influences on health and well-being in the elderly (pp. 20–43). New York, NY: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Kirby, S. E., Coleman, P. G., & Daley, D. (2004). Spirituality and well-being in frail and nonfrail older adults. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Science & Social Science, 59B(3), P123–P129.
   Google Scholar
• Klemmack, D. L., Roff, L. L., Parker, M. W., Koenig, H. G., Sawyer, P., & Allman, R. M. (2007). A cluster analysis typology of religiousness/spirituality among older adults. Research on Aging, 29, 163–183.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koch, J. R. (2008). Is religion a health resource for the poor? Social Science Journal, 45, 497–503.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koenig, H. G., George, L. K., & Titus, P. (2004). Religion, spirituality, and health in medically ill hospitalized older patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52, 554–562.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kohout, F. J., Berkman, L., Evans, D. A., & Huntley, J. C. (1993). Two shorter forms of the CES-D Depression Symptom Index. Journal of Aging & Health, 5, 179–193.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Krause, N., Ingersoll-Dayton, B., Liang, J., & Sugisawa, H. (1999). Religion, social support, and health among the Japanese elderly. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 40, 405–421.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krause, N., Liang, J., Shaw, B. A., Sugisawa, H., Kim, H. K., & Sugihara, Y. (2002). Religion, death of a loved one, and hypertension among older adults in Japan. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Science & Social Science, 57B, S96–S107.
   Google Scholar
• Krumrei, E. J., Pirutinsky, S., & Rosmarin, D. H. (2012). Jewish spirituality, depression, and health: An empirical test of a conceptual framework. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 20, 327–336. doi:10.1007/s12529-012-9248-z.
   Google Scholar
• Maselko, J., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2006). Gender differences in religious practices, spiritual experiences and health: Results from the US General Social Survey. Social Science & Medicine, 62, 2848–2860.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McCullough, M. E., & Laurenceau, J. P. (2005). Religiousness and the trajectory of self-rated health across adulthood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31(3), 1–14.
   Google Scholar
• Ng, T. P., Broekman, B. F. P., Niti, M., Gwee, X., Kua, E. H., & Psy, F. R. C. (2009). Determinants of successful aging using a multidimensional definition among Chinese elderly in Singapore. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 407–416.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Noor, N. M. (2008). Work and women’s well-being: Religion and age as moderators. Journal of Religion Health, 47, 476–490.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Olson, D. M., & Kane, R. A. (2000). Spiritual assessment. In R. L. Kane & R. A. Kane (Eds.), Assessing older persons: Measures, meaning, and practical applications (pp. 300–319). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Østbye, T., Krause, K. M., Norton, M. C., Tschanz, J., Sanders, L., Hayden, K., … Welsh-Bobmer, K. A. (2006). Ten dimensions of health and their relationships with overall self-reported health and survival in a predominately religiously active elderly population: The Cache County Memory Study. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 54, 199–209.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parker, M., Roff, L. L., Klemmack, D. L., Koenig, H. G., Baker, P., & Allman, R. M. (2003). Religiosity and mental health in southern, community-dwelling older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 7, 390–397.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pfeiffer, E. (1975). A short portable mental status questionnaire for the assessment of organic brain deficit in elderly patients. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 23, 433–441.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pollard, C., & Kennedy, P. (2007). A longitudinal analysis of emotional impact, coping strategies and post-traumatic psychological growth following spinal cord injury: A 10-year review. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 347–362.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raudenbush, S.W., & Bryk, A.S. 2002. Hierarchical linear models: Applications and data analysis methods (2nd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Soydemir, G. A., Bastida, E., & Gonzalez, G. (2004). The impact of religiosity on self-assessment of health and happiness: Evidence from the US Southwest. Applied Economics, 36, 665–672.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• SPSS Inc. (2005). Linear mixed-effects modeling in SPSS: An introduction to the MIXED procedure. Chicago: SPSS.
   Google Scholar
• Taylor, M.G., & Lynch, S.M. 2004. Trajectories of impairment, social support, and depressive symptoms in later life. Journal of Gerontology Series BL Psychology Science & Socical Science, 59, S238–S246.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tomey, K., Sowers, M.R., Harlow, S., Jannausch, M., Zheng, H., Bromberger. J. (2010). Physical functioning among mid-life women: Associations with trajectory of depressive symptoms. Social Science & Medicine, 71, 1259–1267.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang, C. W., Chan, C. L. W., Ng, S. M., & Ho, A. H. Y. (2008). The impact of spirituality on health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults with vision impairment. Aging & Mental Health, 12, 267–275.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wink, P., Dillon, M., & Larsen, B. (2005). Religion as moderator of the depression-health connection: Findings from a longitudinal study. Research on Aging, 27, 197–220.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang, Y., & George, L.K. 2005. Functional disability, disability transitions, and depressive symptoms in late life. Journal of Aging & Health, 17, 263–292.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yeager, D. M., Glei, D. A., Au, M., Lin, H. S., Sloan, R. P., & Weinstein, M. (2006). Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 2228–2241.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yoo, K. S., Lee, H. O., Fitzpatrick, J. J., Kim, S., Marui, E., Lee, J. S., & Cook, P. (2009). Spirituality, depression, living alone, and perceived health among Korean older adults tin the community. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 23, 309–322.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar