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Meaning in Life Moderates the Relationship Between Sacred Loss/Desecration and Health
dc.contributor.authorKrause, Neal
dc.contributor.authorPargament, Kenneth I.
dc.contributor.authorIronson, Gail
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-13T18:48:45Z
dc.date.available2019-08-01T19:53:23Zen
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.citationKrause, Neal; Pargament, Kenneth I.; Ironson, Gail (2018). "Meaning in Life Moderates the Relationship Between Sacred Loss/Desecration and Health." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57(2): 365-376.
dc.identifier.issn0021-8294
dc.identifier.issn1468-5906
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/145223
dc.description.abstractAccording to sanctification theory, religious people tend to imbue certain aspects of their lives with spiritual character and significance. Moreover, they take active steps to preserve and protect sacred aspects of their lives that might be threatened. If they are successful, they derive a deep sense of satisfaction and well‐being. However, when stressful events arise, some individuals are not able to preserve and protect the facets of their lives that they have come to view as sacred. The resulting sacred loss/desecration can be associated with physical and mental health problems. The purpose of the current study is to see if a sense of meaning in life buffers (i.e., moderates) the relationship between sacred loss/desecration and four measures of health: physical functioning, the number of chronic conditions, symptoms of physical illness, and self‐rated health. Data from a recent nationwide survey (N = 2,104–2,107) suggest that the negative relationship between sacred loss/desecration and each health outcome is lower for people who have a stronger sense of meaning in life.
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.othermeaning in life
dc.subject.othersacred loss
dc.subject.otherphysical health status
dc.titleMeaning in Life Moderates the Relationship Between Sacred Loss/Desecration and Health
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelReligious Studies
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHumanities
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145223/1/jssr12522.pdf
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jssr.12522
dc.identifier.sourceJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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