Religiosity and life satisfaction: evidence from the Russian data

References

• Аndroschuk, Viktor. 2011. “Либерализация правовых основ вероисповедной политики государства и её влияние на реформирование законодательства о религиозных преступлениях (Liberalization of the Legal Basis for Religious State Policy and its Impact on the Reform of Religious Crimes Legislation).” Вестник Академии Права и Управления (Moscow Institute of State Mangement and Law) 24 (3): 176–183.
   Google Scholar
• Angrist, Joshua D., and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. 2008. Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’s Companion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Argue, Amy, David R. Johnson, and Lynn K. White. 1999. “Age and Religiosity: Evidence from a Three-Wave Panel Analysis.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 38 (3): 423–435.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Argyle, Michael. 2003. “Causes and Correlates of Happiness.” In Well-being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, edited by Daniel Kahneman, Edward Diener, and Norbert Schwarz, 353–373. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
   Google Scholar
• Azzi, Corry, and Ronald Ehrenberg. 1975. “Household Allocation of Time and Church Attendance.” Journal of Political Economy 83 (1): 27–56.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baetschmann, Gregori, Kevin E. Staub, and Rainer Winkelmann. 2015. “Consistent Estimation of the Fixed Effects Ordered Logit Model.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) 178 (3): 685–703.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Balatsky, Galina, and Ed Diener. 1993. “Subjective Well-being among Russian Students.” Social Indicators Research 28 (3): 225–243.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bergan, Anne, and Jasmiz Tahmeseb McConatha. 2001. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction.” Activities, Adaptation & Aging 24 (3): 23–34.
   Google Scholar
• Campbell, Angus, Philip E. Converse, and Willard L. Rodgers. 1976. The Quality of American Life: Perceptions, Evaluations, and Satisfactions. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
   Google Scholar
• Chatters, Linda M., and Robert Joseph Taylor. 1989. “Age Differences in Religious Participation among Black Adults.” Journal of Gerontology 44 (5): S183–S189.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Chliaoutakis, Joannes El, Ismini Drakou, Charalambos Gnardellis, Sofia Galariotou, Helene Carra, and Myrsini Chliaoutaki. 2002. “Greek Christian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Lifestyle: Could it Become a Pattern of Health-related Behavior?” Preventive Medicine 34 (4): 428–435.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clark, Andrew E., and Orsolya Lelkes. 2006. “Deliver us from Evil: Religion as Insurance.” Papers on Economics of Religion 06/03. Granada: University of Granada, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History. Accessed 1 April 2021. https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00590570
   Google Scholar
• Compton, William C. 2001. “Toward a Tripartite Factor Structure of Mental Health: Subjective Well-being, Personal Growth, and Religiosity.” The Journal of Psychology 135 (5): 486–500.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Vaus, David, and Ian McAllister. 1987. “Gender Differences in Religion: A Test of the Structural Location Theory.” American Sociological Review 52 (4): 472–481.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, and Erzo F. P. Luttmer. 2007. “Insuring Consumption and Happiness through Religious Organizations.” Journal of Public Economics 91 (1): 259–279.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Djankov, Simeon, Elena Nikolova, and Jan Zilinsky. 2016. “The Happiness Gap in Eastern Europe.” Journal of Comparative Economics 44 (1): 108–124.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eichhorn, Jan. 2011. “Happiness for Believers? Contextualizing the Effects of Religiosity on Life-Satisfaction.” European Sociological Review 28 (5): 583–593.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eliassen, A. Henry, John Taylor, and Donald A. Lloyd. 2005. “Subjective Religiosity and Depression in the Transition to Adulthood.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44 (2): 187–199.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Elliott, Marta, and R. David Hayward. 2009. “Religion and Life Satisfaction Worldwide: The Role of Government Regulation.” Sociology of Religion 70 (3): 285–310.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ellison, Christopher G. 1991. “Religious Involvement and Subjective Well-being.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 32 (1): 80–99.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ellison, Christopher G., David A. Gay, and Thomas A. Glass. 1989. “Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction?” Social Forces 68 (1): 100–123.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ellison, Christopher G., and Jinwoo Lee. 2010. “Spiritual Struggles and Psychological Distress: Is there a Dark Side of Religion?” Social Indicators Research 98 (3): 501–517.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evans, Geoffrey, and Ksenia Northmore-Ball. 2012. “The Limits of Secularization? The Resurgence of Orthodoxy in Post-Soviet Russia.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 51 (4): 795–808.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Froese, Paul. 2008. The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
   Google Scholar
• Gebauer, Jochen E., Constantine Sedikides, and Wiebke Neberich. 2012. “Religiosity, Social Self-Esteem, and Psychological Adjustment: On the Cross-cultural Specificity of the Psychological Benefits of Religiosity.” Psychological Science 23 (2): 158–160.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• George, Linda K., Christopher G. Ellison, and David B. Larson. 2002. “Explaining the Relationships between Religious Involvement and Health.” Psychological Inquiry 13 (3): 190–200.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gerdtham, Ulf-Göran, and Magnus Johannesson. 2001. “The Relationship between Happiness, Health, and Socio-economic Factors: Results Based on Swedish Microdata.” The Journal of Socio-Economics 30 (6): 553–557.
   Google Scholar
• Greene, Kenneth V., and Bong Joon Yoon. 2004. “Religiosity, Economics and Life Satisfaction.” Review of Social Economy 62 (2): 245–261.
   Google Scholar
• Greene, William H. 2000. Econometric Analysis (4th Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
   Google Scholar
• Hackney, Charles H., and Glenn S. Sanders. 2003. “Religiosity and Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Studies.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42 (1): 43–55.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hadaway, Christopher Kirk. 1978. “Life Satisfaction and Religion: A Reanalysis.” Social Forces 57 (2): 636–643.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hayo, Bernd. 2007. “Happiness in Transition: An Empirical Study on Eastern Europe.” Economic Systems 31 (2): 204–221.
   Google Scholar
• Hayward, R. David, and Marta Elliott. 2014. “Cross-national Analysis of the Influence of Cultural Norms and Government Restrictions on the Relationship between Religion and Well-being.” Review of Religious Research 56 (1): 23–43.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Headey, Bruce, Juergen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, and Gert G. Wagner. 2010. “Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany.” The Journal of Positive Psychology 5 (1): 73–82.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Idler, Ellen L., Marc A. Musick, Christopher G. Ellison, Linda K. George, Neal Krause, Marcia G. Ory, Kenneth I. Pargament, Lynda H. Powell, Lynn G. Underwood, and David R. Williams. 2003. “Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality for Health Research: Conceptual Background and Findings from the 1998 General Social Survey.” Research on Aging 25 (4): 327–365.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Inglehart, Ronald. 2009. “Democracy and Happiness: What Causes What?” In Happiness, Economics and Politics: Towards a Multi-disciplinary Approach, edited by Amitava Krishna Dutt and Benjamin Radcliff, 256–270. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
   Google Scholar
• Jackson, Brenda R., and Cindy S. Bergeman. 2011. “How Does Religiosity Enhance Well-being? The Role of Perceived Control.” Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 3 (2): 149–161.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kalyuzhnova, Yelena, and Uma Kambhampati. 2008. “The Determinants of Individual Happiness in Kazakhstan.” Economic Systems 32 (3): 285–299.
   Google Scholar
• Kortt, Michael A, Brian Dollery, and Bligh Grant. 2015. “Religion and Life Satisfaction Down Under.” Journal of Happiness Studies 16 (2): 277–293.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krause, Neal, Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Jersey Liang, and Hidehiro Sugisawa. 1999. “Religion, Social Support, and Health among the Japanese Elderly.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 40 (4): 405–421.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krause, Neal, and Keith M. Wulff. 2005. “Church-based Social Ties, A Sense of Belonging in a Congregation, and Physical Health Status.” The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 15 (1): 73–93.
   Google Scholar
• LaBouff, Jordan P., Wade C. Rowatt, Megan K. Johnson, and Callie Finkle. 2012. “Differences in Attitudes toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study.” International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 22 (1): 1–9.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lamoreaux, Jeremy W., and Lincoln Flake. 2018. “The Russian Orthodox Church, the Kremlin, and Religious (Il)Liberalism in Russia.” Palgrave Communications 4 (1): 1–4.
   Google Scholar
• Levin, Jeffrey S. 1994. “Religion and Health: Is there an Association, is it Valid, and is it Causal?” Social Science & Medicine 38 (11): 1475–1482.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levin, Jeffrey S., and Preston L. Schiller. 1987. “Is there a Religious Factor in Health?” Journal of Religion and Health 26 (1): 9–36.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levin, Jeffrey S., Robert Joseph Taylor, and Linda M. Chatters. 1994. “Race and Gender Differences in Religiosity among Older Adults: Findings from Four National Surveys.” Journal of Gerontology 49 (3): S137–S145.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lim, Chaeyoon, and Robert Putnam. 2009. “Praying Alone is No Fun: Religion, Social Networks and Subjective Well-being.” Paper presented at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Canada.
   Google Scholar
• May, Matthew. 2018. “Should I Stay or Should I Go? Religious (Dis)Affiliation and Depressive Symptomatology.” Society and Mental Health 8 (3): 214–230.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller, Alan S., and John P. Hoffmann. 1995. “Risk and Religion: An Explanation of Gender Differences in Religiosity.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 34 (1): 63–75.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam. 2010. “Religiosity and Life Satisfaction across Nations.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 13 (2): 155–169.
   Google Scholar
• Østbø, Jardar. 2017. “Securitizing ‘Spiritual-Moral Values’ in Russia.” Post-Soviet Affairs 33 (3): 200–216.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oswald, Andrew J., Eugenio Proto, and Daniel Sgroi. 2015. “Happiness and Productivity.” Journal of Labor Economics 33 (4): 789–822.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peiro, Amado. 2006. “Happiness, Satisfaction and Socio-economic Conditions: Some International Evidence.” The Journal of Socio-Economics 35 (2): 348–365.
   Google Scholar
• Popova, Olga. 2014. “Can Religion Insure against Aggregate Shocks to Happiness? The Case of Transition Countries.” Journal of Comparative Economics 42 (3): 804–818.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pospelovskiy, Dmitriy. 1995. Русская православная церковь в XX веке (The Russian Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century). Moscow: Respublika.
   Google Scholar
• Reed, Kimberly. 1991. “Strength of Religious Affiliation and Life Satisfaction.” Sociological Analysis 52 (2): 205–210.
   Google Scholar
• Riedl, Maximilian, and Ingo Geishecker. 2014. “Keep it Simple: Estimation Strategies for Ordered Response Models with Fixed Effects.” Journal of Applied Statistics 41 (11): 2358–2374.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rizvi, Mohd Ahsan Kabir, and Mohammad Zakir Hossain. 2017. “Relationship between Religious Belief and Happiness: A Systematic Literature Review.” Journal of Religion and Health 56 (5): 1561–1582.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scheve, Kenneth, and David Stasavage. 2006. “Religion and Preferences for Social Insurance.” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 1 (3): 255–286.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shingareva, Natalia V. 2015. “Религиозные преступления и ответственность за их совершение в Уголовном Уложении 1903 г. (Religious Crimes and Responsibility for their Commitment to the Criminal Code in 1903).” Вестник Экономической Безопасности (Bulletin of the Academy of Economic Security of MIA in Russia): 148–150.
   Google Scholar
• Shteynman, Maria. 2016. “Political Myth and Political Glory: Shaping Media Reality.” Социологическое обозрение (Sociological Review) 15 (4), 96–113.
   Google Scholar
• Sinnewe, Elisabeth, Michael A. Kortt, and Brian Dollery. 2015. “Religion and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Germany.” Social Indicators Research 123 (3): 837–855.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Skorobogatov, Alexander S. 2016. “A Provocative Event, Media, and Religious Choice in Post-Soviet Russia.” Post-Soviet Affairs 32 (6): 512–541.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spreitzer, Elmer, and Eldon E. Snyder. 1974. “Correlates of Life Satisfaction among the Aged.” Journal of Gerontology 29 (4): 454–458.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Stavrova, Olga, Detlef Fetchenhauer, and Thomas Schlösser. 2013. “Why are Religious People Happy? The Effect of the Social Norm of Religiosity across Countries.” Social Science Research 42 (1): 90–105.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tartaro, Jessica, Linda J. Luecken, and Heather E. Gunn. 2005. “Exploring Heart and Soul: Effects of Religiosity/Spirituality and Gender on Blood Pressure and Cortisol Stress Responses.” Journal of Health Psychology 10 (6): 753–766.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tay, Louis, Miao Li, David Myers, and Ed Diener. 2014. “Religiosity and Subjective Well-being: An International Perspective.” In Religion and Spirituality across Cultures, edited by Chu Kim-Prieto, 163–175. Dordrecht: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Titarenko, Larissa. 2008. “On the Shifting Nature of Religion during the Ongoing Post-Communist Transformation in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.” Social Compass 55 (2): 237–254.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vallurupalli, Mounica, Katharine Lauderdale, Michael J. Balboni, Andrea C. Phelps, Susan D. Block, Andrea K. Ng, Lisa A. Kachnic, Tyler J. VanderWeele, and Tracy A. Balboni. 2012. “The Role of Spirituality and Religious Coping in the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy.” The Journal of Supportive Oncology 10 (2): 81–87.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Van Cappellen, Patty, Maria Toth-Gauthier, Vassilis Saroglou, and Barbara L. Fredrickson. 2016. “Religion and Well-being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions.” Journal of Happiness Studies 17 (2): 485–505.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vishkin, Allon, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, and Maya Tamir. 2019. “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: Religiosity, Emotion Regulation and Well-being in a Jewish and Christian Sample.” Journal of Happiness Studies 20 (2): 427–447.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wallace, John M. Jr., and Tyrone A. Forman. 1998. “Religion’s Role in Promoting Health and Reducing Risk among American Youth.” Health Education & Behavior 25 (6): 721–741.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Walter, Tony, and Grace Davie. 1998. “The Religiosity of Women in the Modern West.” British Journal of Sociology 49 (4): 640–660.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• WHOQOL-SRPB (World Health Organization Quality of Life: Spirituality, Religion and Personal Beliefs) Group. 2006. “A Cross-cultural Study of Spirituality, Religion and Personal Beliefs as Components of Quality of Life.” Social Science and Medicine 62 (6): 1486–1497.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. 2010. Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
   Google Scholar
• Zavisca, Jane, and Michael Hout. 2005. “Does Money Buy Happiness in Unhappy Russia?” Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Working Paper. Accessed 6 April 2021. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4j19w9f4
   Google Scholar
• Zullig, Keith J., Rose Marie Ward, and Thelma Horn. 2006. “The Association between Perceived Spirituality, Religiosity, and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Self-rated Health.” Social Indicators Research 79 (2): 255–274.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar