Citation
DeAngelis, Reed T.; Upenieks, Laura; & Louie, Patricia (2024). Religious Involvement and Allostatic Resilience: Findings from a Community Study of Black and White Americans. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(1), 137-149. PMCID: PMC10754255Abstract
Wide inequities in stress and health have been documented between Black and White women and men in the United States. This study asks: How does religion factor into these inequities? We approach this open question from a biopsychosocial perspective, developing three hypotheses for the stress-coping effects of religiosity between groups. We then test our hypotheses with survey and biomarker data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study (2011-2014), a probability sample of Black and White women and men from Davidson County, Tennessee. We find that Black women score the highest on all indicators of religiosity, followed by Black men, White women, and White men. We also find that increased divine control and religious coping predict higher levels of resiliency biomarkers for Black women only and lower levels for White respondents, especially White men. We discuss how our findings inform broader population health inequities and outline several avenues for future research.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01505-1Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2024Journal Title
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health DisparitiesSeries Title
Correction to: Religious Involvement and Allostatic Resilience: Findings from a Community Study of Black and White Americans. DeAngelis R, Upenieks L, Louie P. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Feb;11(1):589. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01535-3. PMID: 36780116Author(s)
DeAngelis, Reed T.Upenieks, Laura
Louie, Patricia
Article Type
RegularPMCID
PMC10754255Data Set/Study
Nashville Stress and Health Study (NSAHS)Continent/Country
United States of AmericaState
TennesseeRace/Ethnicity
BlackWhite