Premium
Religion and Spirituality among American Indian, South Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latina, and White Women in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health
Author(s) -
Kent Blake Victor,
Davidson James C.,
Zhang Ying,
Pargament Kenneth I.,
VanderWeele Tyler J.,
Koenig Harold G.,
Underwood Lynn G.,
Krause Neal,
Kanaya Alka M.,
Tworoger Shelley S.,
Schachter Anna B.,
Cole Shelley A.,
O'Leary Marcia,
Cozier Yvette C.,
Daviglus Martha L.,
Giachello Aida L.,
Zacher Tracy,
Palmer Julie R.,
Shields Alexandra E.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal for the scientific study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1468-5906
pISSN - 0021-8294
DOI - 10.1111/jssr.12695
Subject(s) - spirituality , ethnic group , diversity (politics) , white (mutation) , gender studies , race (biology) , epidemiology , representation (politics) , sociology , gerontology , demography , medicine , political science , anthropology , alternative medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , gene , politics , law
Social scientists have increasingly recognized the lack of diversity in survey research on American religion, resulting in a dearth of data on religion and spirituality (R/S) in understudied racial and ethnic groups. At the same time, epidemiological studies have increasingly diversified their racial and ethnic representation, but have collected few R/S measures to date. With a particular focus on American Indian and South Asian women (in addition to Blacks, Hispanic/Latinas, and white women), this study introduces a new effort among religion and epidemiology researchers, the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health. This multicohort study provides some of the first estimates of R/S beliefs and practices among American Indians and U.S. South Asians, and offers new insight into salient beliefs and practices of diverse racial/ethnic and religious communities.