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Aging, Health, and the "Electronic Church"
dc.contributor.authorHays, Judithen_US
dc.contributor.authorLanderman, Lawrenceen_US
dc.contributor.authorBlazer, Dan G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKoenig, Harolden_US
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Jackson W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMusick, Marcen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:17:23Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:17:23Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.citationHays, Judith; Landerman, Lawrence; Blazer, Dan; Koenig, Harold; Carroll, Jackson; Musick, Marc (1998). "Aging, Health, and the "Electronic Church"." Journal of Aging and Health 10(4): 458-482. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67250>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0898-2643en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67250
dc.description.abstractWe tested whether elders substitute religious media use for church attendance when health declines (using multidimensional disengagement theory) with data from a multiracial, population-based sample in the Bible Belt (N = 2,971). In adjusted models, 3-year declines in functional status were significantly associated with concurrent reduction in frequency of church attendance but not with any change in rates of religious media (TV/radio) use. Age-related declines in church attendance were substantively explained by declining functional ability. Changes in religious media use were independent of age and less sensitive to declining functional status or service attendance than to cultural heritage such as race, socioeconomic status, and rural upbringing. Our data do not support the hypothesis that elders with deteriorating health substitute increased engagement with religious media as their participation in organizational religious activities is reduced. However, applicability of the substitution hypothesis to other dimensions of nonorganizational religiousness (e.g., prayer) awaits similar scrutiny.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleAging, Health, and the "Electronic Church"en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeriatricsen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDuke University Medical Centeren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDuke University Medical Centeren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDuke University Medical Centeren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDuke University Medical Centeren_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDuke Universityen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/089826439801000404en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Aging and Healthen_US
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