The prevalence of dementia is increasing globally as populations grow older. Moderate and severe are the main reasons for older people entering long-term care in Finland, vast majority nursing home residents have it. Regarding mild dementia, religiousness known to slow progress disease, offer solace, maintain a life-long identity. However, we know practically nothing about with dementia. This s...

Previous literature has widely demonstrated the physical and mental benefits of religiousness. However, how religiousness benefits health is not as well known. It has been proposed that self-regulation is the linking mechanism and the current study sought to confirm this theory. Furthermore, religious motivation has been found to have differential effects on a variety of outcomes. The current s...

OBJECTIVE Religiousness is known to be inversely related to alcohol use and problems, but few studies have attempted to identify mediators of this relationship. We examined beliefs about alcohol, social influences, well-being, and motives for drinking as potential mediators of the relationship between religiousness/spirituality and alcohol use and problems. METHOD Participants were 315 female...

To examine the interplay among Gratitude to God (GTG) and daily life experiences affect, we conducted a 14-day diary study in national US sample of 184 adults. GTG minimally fluctuated across days. People who experienced more uplifts had relative both their own baseline others study, while those hassles less baseline. Trait (but not religiousness) buffered these associations. Specifically, trai...

To advance knowledge in the study of spirituality and physical health, we examined sociodemographic, behavioral, and attitudinal correlates of self-perceptions of spirituality. Participants were a nationally representative sample of 1,422 adult respondents to the 1998 General Social Survey. They were asked, among other things, to rate themselves on the depth of their spirituality and the depth ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the older population's attitudes toward suicide and assisted suicide, and to determine whether lenient attitudes are associated with known demographic and psychosocial risk factors for completed suicide. DESIGN Telephone survey conducted by the Gallup Organization in November 1992. PARTICIPANTS A sample of 802 adults in the United States (541 women and 261 men) aged 6...